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Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a Cambodian-British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film, Lilting, and the short films Summer and Spring.[1]

Early life

Khaou was born in Cambodia to Chinese-Cambodian parents, the youngest sibling of four children: Linh Khaou, Nick Khaou [1], Thai Khaou and then himself. He was a few months old when he and his family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge.[2] When he was eight years old, his family migrated to the United Kingdom in the 1980s as political refugees.[3][4]

Education

Khaou studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, formerly the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, graduating in 1997.[5]

Career

Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011,[6] with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006.[7]

His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave,[8] and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye.[9]

He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon.[10]

For BBC television, in 2021 Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of Baptiste. In 2023, he was announced as director of Mr Loverman, also for BBC television, an adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other starring Lennie James.[11]

Filmography

Short films

Feature film

Television

References

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  1. "Short Film Promotion Scheme Awardee", British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  3. "Filmmaker's Forum: Hong Khaou On The Emotional Journey of Bringing 'Lilting' To Sundance". Шаблон:Webarchive, Indiewire, 30 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  5. "Lilting: Film graduate to release debut theatrical feature August 8th", University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. "London In Berlin (2011)" Шаблон:Webarchive, Film London, 9 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. "London In Berlin (2006)" Шаблон:Webarchive, Film London, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. "Lilting Overview". Шаблон:Webarchive, Microwave, Film London. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  9. "Lilting" Шаблон:Webarchive, Artificial Eye. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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