Leung Ming-kai

Produttore, Regista, Montatore, Sceneggiatore

As a cinematographer, Kai has shot numerous features in Hong Kong and other parts of the world. He won Best Cinematography at the 2025 Taipei Golden Horse Awards for Mother Bhumi, won Best Cinematography at the 2026 Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers Awards for Ciao UFO, and is also nominated for Best Cinematography at the upcoming 2026 Hong Kong Film Awards for Ciao UFO. In 2025, two of the Best Film nominees at the Hong Kong Film Awards were shot by Kai. They are Berlin Teddy-Award winner All Shall Be Well and NYAFF Audience Award winner The Way We Talk. He also shot the opening film of the 2025 Hong Kong International Film Festival, Pavane for an Infant. Kai’s other feature works include The Sunny Side of the Street; Drifting; Krabi, 2562; Suk Suk; Old Stone; Ek Hazarachi Note; Murmur of the Hearts; By the Time It Gets Dark; and Mundane History. Festivals including Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films have selected features he shot. Kai has previously been nominated for national awards for Best Cinematography in Thailand, Canada, and at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards, and at festivals in Malaysia, India, and the Philippines. As a director, Kai’s short film “Three Boys” represented the Philippines in competition at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and won the top-prize Gold Award at the Hong Kong Independent Film & Video Awards. It also screened at Sao Paulo, Austin, and Jecheon. “Lock” was in competition at the Tribeca Film Festival. Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down was his feature debut as co-director and co-writer. Memories premiered internationally at Rotterdam and won the Best Screenplay Award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • The Lingering
    The Lingering2018

Famoso per

  • Far Far Away
    Far Far Away2022
  • Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
    Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down2019
  • Everyphone Everywhere
    Everyphone Everywhere2023

Filmografia

2023
Everyphone Everywhere · as Associate Producer
2021
Far Far Away · as Associate Producer
2019

2022
Director's Gate · as Self - Guest

2025
Mother Bhumi · as Director Of Photography
2024
Pavane for an Infant · as Director Of Photography
2024
The Way We Talk · as Director Of Photography
2024
All Shall Be Well · as Director Of Photography
2023
Everyphone Everywhere · as Director Of Photography
2022
A Light Never Goes Out · as Director Of Photography
2022
The Sunny Side of the Street · as Director Of Photography
2021
Far Far Away · as Director Of Photography
2021
Drifting · as Director Of Photography
2021
Come Here · as Director Of Photography
2019
Twilight's Kiss · as Director Of Photography
2019
2019
Ciao UFO · as Director Of Photography
2019
Krabi, 2562 · as Director Of Photography
2018
The Lingering · as CinematographerSu Plex
2018
2016
By the Time It Gets Dark · as Cinematographer
2016
Old Stone · as Cinematographer
2015
Murmur of the Hearts · as Director Of Photography
2015
Someone Else · as Cinematographer
2014
1000 Rupee Note · as Director Of Photography
2013
Mutual Friends · as Director Of Photography
2012
What Isn't There · as Director Of Photography
2012
In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire · as Director Of Photography
2010
Futurestates · as Cinematographer
2009
Mundane History · as Director Of Photography
2008
Still Water · as Cinematographer
2007
Quarterlife · as Cinematographer
2005
Promise · as Cinematographer