Ricky Ko Tsz Pun (高子彬] born 16 January 1972) is a film director from
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
. He worked at
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...
(TVB) before shifting to film work in 2004.
Career
After completing his studies in Australia, Ko returned to Hong Kong in 1996 and joined the television broadcasting company
TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...
. Beginning his career as a
production assistant
A production assistant, also known as a PA, is a member of the film crew and is a job title used in filmmaking and television for a person responsible for various aspects of a production. The job of a PA can vary greatly depending on the budget ...
, he worked on a number of television series, including ''
Gods of Honour'', ''
Journey to the West
''Journey to the West'' () is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. It is regarded as one of the Classic Chinese Novels, great Chinese novels, and has been described as arguably the ...
'', ''
A Kindred Spirit'', ''
Country Spirit
Country Spirit () ''Plain Love III'' was a television drama series produced by TVB. The series takes place in a winery in China in the early 1900s. The series, totaling 42 episodes, follows a widow in a ghost marriage and her husband's house ser ...
'', ''
Blade Heart'', ''
The Conqueror's Story
''The Conqueror's Story'' is a Hong Kong television series based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty in Chinese history. It was first broadcast in 2004 in ...
'', ''
War of the Genders'', ''
Happy Ever After'', ''
Seed of Hope'', and ''
The Legend of Lady Yang''.
In late 2004, Ko resigned from TVB and transitioned to the film industry.
Ko was a
first assistant director on films including
''Ghost In the Shell'',
''Project Gutenberg'',
''The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords'', ''
The New King of Comedy'', and ''
Ip Man: The Final Fight''.
In 2021, he directed his debut film, ''
Time
Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...
''.
Ko is a member of the
Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild.
Filmography
As director
Other positions
Television
References
External links
Asian Movie Plus interviews with director Ricky KoDirector Ko in Douban profileDirector Konin Hong Kong Movies HKMDB profile
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Hong Kong film directors
1972 births
Living people
21st-century Hong Kong male actors
Hong Kong film producers
Hong Kong male film actors