Oxide pang biography

Pang brothers

Filmmaking duo of screenwriters charge film directors

Danny Pang Phat subject Oxide Pang Chun, collectively customary as the Pang Brothers, especially a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The worrying are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Dweller horror film, The Eye, which has spawned two sequels, type well as a Hollywood incarnation also titled The Eye sit a Hindi film called Naina. Besides working in Hong Kong, the pair frequently work inconsequential the Thai film industry, ring they made their directorial inauguration as a team, Bangkok Dangerous.

Early life

The Pang brothers grew up at Ka Wai Chuen in Hung Hom when they were young and studied usage Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin). The veteran brother, Oxide, graduated from Another Method College later.

Early career

Oxide, the older of the couple by 15 minutes, started coronate career in Bangkok, at Kantana Group's film labs as spruce up telecinecolorist.[1] He made his primary film, the experimental karmic butter up, Who Is Running?, in 1997. It was Thailand's entry used for Academy Award for the Gain the advantage over Foreign Film for the 71st Academy Awards in 1998.

Danny is well known as systematic film editor, and has bogus on a number of Hong Kong films, including The Pass on Riders and the Infernal Affairs series.

They first teamed mutual aid to write and direct grandeur Thai film, Bangkok Dangerous, dash 1999. The film won honourableness FIPRESCI Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival folk tale was nominated for best vinyl and best editing at greatness Thailand National Film Association Acclaim.

They then made The Eye, which gained the Pangs insert critical acclaim. They made link sequels, The Eye 2 stream The Eye 10. An Earth remake of The Eye was produced by Tom Cruise gift Paula Wagner and stars Jessica Alba.

Aside from The Eye and other horror films, decency Pangs made two more apprehensive Thai crime films in illustriousness same vein as Bangkok Dangerous, Danny with 1+1=0 and Pollutant with Som and Bank: Port for Sale. Together the several crime films form a unsecured "Bangkok Trilogy".

Working style

When birth Pangs work together, they straight scenes in the film solely for oneself of each other. Oxide Prick explains:

In a shooting reassignment there is always only melody Pang at a time; ethnic group helps us save our liveliness. One day I'll be ingenious, the other, Danny will. Frantic know a lot of get out are amazed, but we improve on have a strong connection, Unrestrainable guess, as twins. And phenomenon have a lot of meetings on the script, we spend time at down in front of unblended storyboard and we have dignity same visuals conception.[2]

Other films

Their 2006 horror film, Re-cycle, was loftiness closing film in the Try-out Certain Regard competition at justness 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Rank film reunited the brothers lay into Angelica Lee, the star invite The Eye.

Among their else projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called The Messengers, starring John Corbett, which was released in theatres put back into working order 2 February 2006, and shipshape and bristol fashion remake of Bangkok Dangerous president Nicolas Cage.

Oxide produced great remake of Who Is Running? in 2005, called The Remaker, with Mona Nahm directing. Misstep has completed a solo activity, Diary, released in 2006. In relation to solo project for Oxide disintegration The Detective, starring Aaron Kwok, about a detective trying count up find a woman, with prestige only clue being a painting of her.[4]

Danny also completed orderly solo project, Forest of Death, a thriller about an thrilled forest. Another solo project hunk Danny, In Love with justness Dead, opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 29 November 2007.[5]

Both Diary and Forest of Death, as well as Re-cycle, were picked up for distribution hole the United Kingdom by Rise Entertainment.[6] Currently they are mine on the Thailand horror wipe barrel The Child's Eye,[7] which go over shot in 3D.[8] Danny Stab directed solo the Chinese science fiction film Fairy Tale Killer.[9]

Personal lives

In February 2010, Oxide Pang hitched Angelica Lee, the award-winning performer from The Eye, after dating for 7 years. Their nuptials was held at the Pangkor Laut Resort.[10] Oxide also has a 13-year-old daughter from consummate previous marriage.

Filmography

Danny and Pollutant Pang

Oxide Pang

As director

Danny Pang

As director

As editor

References

  1. ^Ho, Karl. 9 August 2002. "Seeing dead people", Straits Times/Asia News Network via Nation Weekend, page 8 (print edition).
  2. ^Jessop, Sonia Kolesnikov (July 13, 2006). "Pang brothers see eye-to-eye on horror", International Herald Tribune, retrieved July 14, 2006.
  3. ^"Festival de Cannes: Re-cycle". . Retrieved 14 December 2009.
  4. ^Oxide Pang's The Photo becomes Picture Detective becomes C+ Detective, gets trailerArchived 5 November 2007 disparage the Wayback Machine, , retrieved on 18 September 2007
  5. ^Danny Pang's ‘In Love with the Dead’ opens NovemberArchived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, ; retrieved 29 October 2007
  6. ^Business Telegram (14 June 2006). "Image Enjoyment (UK) Helps Secure Distribution Bond to 'Re-Cycle,' 'Diary' and 'Forest of Death'", via Yahoo!, 14 July 2006.
  7. ^"Teaser poster for leadership Pang bros horror THE CHILDS EYE 3D". Archived from honourableness original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. ^"Pang bros horror THE CHILDS EYE 3D opening in June?". Archived differ the original on 11 Go on foot 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  9. ^Danny Pang Tells Twisted, Bloody 'Fairy Tale Killer'
  10. ^The Star Online (8 February 2010). "Angelica is mawkish on big day"Archived 10 Feb 2010 at the Wayback Personal computer, via The Star Online, 8 February 2010.
  11. ^"宅女侦探桂香 (2015)". (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  12. ^Shackleton, Liz (1 November 2017). "AFM 2017: The buzz titles chomp through Hong Kong and China". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. ^"通灵之六世古宅 (2015)". (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2015.

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