Pang Ho-cheung
Hong Kong actor, writer and filmmaker
Edmund Pang Ho-cheung (Chinese: 彭浩翔) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist.
Early life
Pang was born in Hong Kong in 1973. At the age of 15, he started using a video camera to direct short films with his elder brother.
After graduating from high school, he studied abroad in Taiwan for half a year, before returning to Hong Kong, where he worked for Hong Kong Asian Television Limited as a gag show writer. He later wrote his first novel, and served as a columnist for various newspapers and magazines.
Career
In 1997, at the age of 24, Pang began 18 months of research for his first novel, Fulltime Killer. The novel went on to become extremely popular, selling more than 100,000 copies in Hong Kong. It was then reworked as a radio programme. Johnnie To adapted the novel into a feature film starring Andy Lau in 2001.
While Pang was still a television and radio host, he decided to fulfil his dream of being a film director.
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