Chung King-fai, SBS, is a Hong Kong actor and pioneer of contemporary performing art. He is also a

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, TV producer, programme host and performing arts educator. He is the founder and president of the

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, Art Form Panels of the Hong Kong

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, Chairman of Exploration Theatre, and Art Director of

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Education and career

Chung finished his secondary education in

Pui Ching Middle School The Pui Ching Middle Schools () is a system of Baptist secondary schools first founded in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China and later Hong Kong and Macau. Located at Peizheng Road in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou Pui Ching Middle School is a s ...

before studying at

Chung Chi College The Chung Chi College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public university in New Territories, Hong Kong. The college is one of the three original colleges that joined to form the CUHK in 1963. F ...

, at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

, majoring in English. He received a BA degree in Speech and Drama from

Oklahoma Baptist University Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) is a private Baptist university in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was established in 1910 under the original name of The Baptist University of Oklahoma. OBU is owned and was founded by the Baptist General Convention of ...

and his master's degree in Fine Arts from

Yale School of Drama The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in ...

(1962). Back in Hong Kong, he was an actor and executive producer with the two major television broadcasters, and lecturer at

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public Liberal arts education, liberal arts university with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist ...

. He has also been an advisor to Hong Kong Repertory Theatre. In 1983, Chung was appointed the founding Dean of the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts. Chung introduced Theatre of the Absurd and

Broadway musicals Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatr ...

to Hong Kong audiences in

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(mother tongue of the major population), with numerous stage performances. He has directed over 80 productions, including Equus,

West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...

Rashomon is a 1950 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shinobu Hashimoto. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura, it follows various people who describe how a ...

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Xiaojing Hutong The ''Classic of Filial Piety'', also known by its Chinese language, Chinese name as the ''Xiaojing'', is a Confucianism, Confucian Confucian classics, classic treatise giving advice on filial piety: that is, how to behave towards a senior su ...

, Grease, M Butterfly, A Sentimental Journey and

Noises off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of '' The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funni ...

. Chung also holds an honorary fellowship at the

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) is a provider of tertiary education in Hong Kong. Located near the north coast of Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island, the main campus also functions as a venue for performances. Béthanie (Hong Ko ...

and an honorary doctorate from Armstrong University of California.

Film(s)

Television series

Awards and achievements

* 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 Best Director,

Hong Kong Drama Awards The Hong Kong Drama Awards () are a set of awards annually given for praiseworthy achievements in the field of stage Stage, stages, or staging may refer to: Arts and media Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical ...

* 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999 Best Actor, Hong Kong Drama Awards * 1994 Ten Years Outstanding Achievement Award, Hong Kong Drama Awards * 1999 Artist of the Year (Stage Director), Hong Kong Artists' Guild * 2000 Drama Achievement Award,

* 2001 Fellowship from Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts * 2002

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second rank of the Order of the Bauhinia Star under the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was ...

* 2005 Most Outstanding TV Actor, Ming Pao Weekly * 2006 Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited * 2007 World Outstanding Chinese Award

References

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