Derek Tsang

Derek Tsang

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1979-11-08 (44 years old)

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Biography

Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung (曾國祥; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2001. He made his acting debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003) and directorial debut with Lover's Discourse (2010), sharing the directing credit with Jimmy Wan Chi-man. The duo was nominated for a Golden Horse Award for Best New Director in 2010.


His solo directorial debut Soul Mate (2016) was critically praised, receiving a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film nomination at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. His next film Better Days (2019) was the Hong Kong submission for the Academy Awards and received a Best International Feature Film nomination, becoming the first Hong Kong submission directed by a Hong Kong native to do so.


After graduation, he moved back to Hong Kong, where his father arranged for him to work under director Peter Chan Ho-Sun. There, he met producer Jojo Hui and director Jimmy Wan Chi-man, both of whom would go on to be Tsang's frequent collaborators.


Despite not pursuing an acting career, Tsang has had a variety of acting roles since the start of his career, which he attributed to other actors not wanting to be typecast into roles with unflattering characteristics. He made his screen debut in Men Suddenly in Black (2003), cameoing as the younger version of his father's character. There he met director Pang Ho-cheung, whom Tsang would later collaborate with on various projects.


Tsang made his solo directorial debut with Soul Mate (2016). He was subsequently nominated for Best Director awards at various film award ceremonies, including at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 53rd Golden Horse Awards.


His next film, Better Days (2019), won eight out of 12 categories at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. The film was subsequently chosen as the official entry for Hong Kong for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. It was shortlisted but lost to Denmark's Another Round. He was the first native Hong Kong director in the category.


Tsang said his influences are primarily derived from art-house cinema, with early influences from director Wong Kar-wai and the French New Wave, as opposed to his father Eric Tsang's works, which consisted of mostly of mainstream comedies. He credits his half-sister Bowie Tsang for teaching him about film and literature.


Tsang married actress Venus Wong in 2019. He has expressed a reluctance to cast Wong due to the negative perception of nepotism.

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Filmography

all 54

Movies 52

Director 8

TV Shows 2

Producer 2

Screenplay 1

Co-Executive Producer / Director
3 Body Problem

3 Body Problem (2024)

TV
Director
A New Awakening

A New Awakening (2021)

Movie
Director
Unspeakable Love

Unspeakable Love (2020)

Movie
Director
三个金币

三个金币 (2020)

Movie
Actor
Stoma

Stoma (2020)

Movie
Director
Better Days

Better Days (2019)

Movie
5.57
Missbehavior

Missbehavior (2019)

Movie
Shui Sing's son
The Brink

The Brink (2017)

Movie
6
Cherie's Younger Brother
Love Off the Cuff

Love Off the Cuff (2017)

Movie
5
Director
Soul Mate

Soul Mate (2016)

Movie
Joe Ma
S Storm

S Storm (2016)

Movie
Director
Good Take!

Good Take! (2016)

Movie
Lau Kin-Ping
Robbery

Robbery (2016)

Movie
3.5
Interpol agent
From Vegas to Macau III

From Vegas to Macau III (2016)

Movie
5.17
Steve Shit
House of Wolves

House of Wolves (2016)

Movie
Madame Glaze
Lazy Hazy Crazy

Lazy Hazy Crazy (2015)

Movie
The Challenge

The Challenge (2014)

TV
Two for the Night

Two for the Night (2014)

Movie
David
Zombie Fight Club

Zombie Fight Club (2014)

Movie
6
Joe Ma
Z  Storm

Z Storm (2014)

Movie
Aberdeen

Aberdeen (2014)

Movie
Simon Yuen
Naked Ambition 3D

Naked Ambition 3D (2014)

Movie
Dried Shrimp
SDU: Sex Duties Unit

SDU: Sex Duties Unit (2013)

Movie
Robber
My Sassy Hubby

My Sassy Hubby (2012)

Movie
Derek
Triad

Triad (2012)

Movie
Johnny
The Thieves

The Thieves (2012)

Movie
Director
Lacuna

Lacuna (2012)

Movie
6
Cherie's Brother
Love in the Buff

Love in the Buff (2012)

Movie
5.67
Director
Lover's Discourse

Lover's Discourse (2010)

Movie
Chun
Girl$

Girl$ (2010)

Movie
Sol
Ex

Ex (2010)

Movie
Young Roast Pork
Once a Gangster

Once a Gangster (2010)

Movie
6
Cheung Jai / Screenplay
Dream Home

Dream Home (2010)

Movie
John
Claustrophobia

Claustrophobia (2008)

Movie
Third Brother's assistant
Ocean Flame

Ocean Flame (2008)

Movie
Fai
Tactical Unit - No Way Out

Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008)

Movie
Chicken
Run Papa Run

Run Papa Run (2008)

Movie
Scare 2 Die

Scare 2 Die (2008)

Movie
Lo Chun
Dead Air

Dead Air (2007)

Movie
Single Blog

Single Blog (2007)

Movie
Mini B
On the Edge

On the Edge (2006)

Movie
Peter
Midnight Running

Midnight Running (2006)

Movie
Gum
The Third Eye

The Third Eye (2006)

Movie
Fai
Isabella

Isabella (2006)

Movie
6
Michael
Without Words

Without Words (2006)

Movie
Kuen
Cocktail

Cocktail (2006)

Movie
Ho Bo-Wah / Band-Aid
AV

AV (2005)

Movie
It Had To Be You

It Had To Be You (2005)

Movie
Editor / Producer
Room

Room (2004)

Movie
Joey's Co-worker
The Eye 2

The Eye 2 (2004)

Movie
5.33
Dan
The Park

The Park (2003)

Movie
Young Tin Yau
Men Suddenly in Black

Men Suddenly in Black (2003)

Movie
Sze
Shadow

Shadow (2001)

Movie
The Strangled Truth

The Strangled Truth

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.2
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1979-11-08 (44 years old)

Birth Place
Guangdong, China

Father
Eric Tsang

Siblings
Bowie Tsang, Mark Tsang

Citizenships
China

Also Known As
曾國祥, Kwok Cheung Tsang, 曾国祥, Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung, Derek Kwok-cheung Tsang, Tsang Kwok-cheung, 증국상, Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung

Awards
Gen.T (Hong Kong), Asia's Most Influential Hong Kong


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