A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Kai
Leung Ming-Kai
Ming Kai Leung
梁铭佳
As a cinematographer, Kai has shot numerous features in Hong Kong and other parts of the world. These include Berlin Teddy-Award winner All Shall Be Well; The Way We Talk; Pavane for an Infant; 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; Mundane History; and Anson Mak's documentary On the Edge of a Floating City, We Sing. Festivals including Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, and New Directors/New Films have selected features he shot. Kai has 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 received the Best Screenplay award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.
Cinematography:
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Old Stone
???? Mother Bhumi
Colorist:
2015 My Good Man's Gone
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Old Stone
???? Mother Bhumi
Director:
2015 My Good Man's Gone
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Old Stone
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
???? Mother Bhumi
Director of Photography:
2009 Mundane History
2009 Off Season
2012 In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire
2012 What Isn't There
2013 Keep the Change
2014 Invisible Spaces
2014 Mutual Friends
2015 Murmur of the Hearts
2015 My Good Man's Gone
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Eugenia and John
2016 Old Stone
2018 Live For Real
2019 Ciao UFO
2019 Krabi, 2562
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
2020 Twilight's Kiss
2021 Come Here
2021 Drifting
2022 Far Far Away
2022 The Black Wall
2023 A Light Never Goes Out
2023 Everyphone Everywhere
2023 Lifting
2023 The Sunny Side of the Street
2024 All Shall Be Well
2024 Pavane For An Infant
2025 The Way We Talk
???? Mother Bhumi
Producer:
2009 Mundane History
2009 Off Season
2012 In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire
2012 What Isn't There
2013 Keep the Change
2014 Invisible Spaces
2014 Mutual Friends
2015 Murmur of the Hearts
2015 My Good Man's Gone
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Eugenia and John
2016 Old Stone
2018 Live For Real
2019 Ciao UFO
2019 Krabi, 2562
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
2020 Twilight's Kiss
2021 Come Here
2021 Drifting
2022 Far Far Away
2022 The Black Wall
2023 A Light Never Goes Out
2023 Everyphone Everywhere
2023 Lifting
2023 The Sunny Side of the Street
2024 All Shall Be Well
2024 Pavane For An Infant
2025 The Way We Talk
???? Mother Bhumi
Screenplay:
2009 Mundane History
2009 Off Season
2012 In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire
2012 What Isn't There
2013 Keep the Change
2014 Invisible Spaces
2014 Mutual Friends
2015 Murmur of the Hearts
2015 My Good Man's Gone
2016 By the Time It Gets Dark
2016 Eugenia and John
2016 Old Stone
2018 Live For Real
2019 Ciao UFO
2019 Krabi, 2562
2019 Memories to Choke On, Drinks to Wash Them Down
2020 Twilight's Kiss
2021 Come Here
2021 Drifting
2022 Far Far Away
2022 The Black Wall
2023 A Light Never Goes Out
2023 Everyphone Everywhere
2023 Lifting
2023 The Sunny Side of the Street
2024 All Shall Be Well
2024 Pavane For An Infant
2025 The Way We Talk
???? Mother Bhumi
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