Yim Ho (Chinese: 嚴浩) is a

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director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

most active in the 1980s, and a leader of the

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. He began his career making

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s for

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, then became a

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in 1980. One of his most critically acclaimed works was ''

Homecoming Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States and Canada. United St ...

'' (1984). This film was different from other films of that period in that it presents certain emotions and sympathies towards the relationship between Mainland

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and Hong Kong (the

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was signed the same year ''Homecoming'' was released). The film brings together two very well known actresses, Josephine Koo and

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's theme song with the same title as the film has also been a popular

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song. Ho's son

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(Chinese: 严艺之, otherwise known as 嚴羚) is an actor, musician, and director who acted in Ho's 2005 film ''A West Lake Moment'', and composed its original soundtrack.

Filmography

* ''The Extra'' (1978) * ''The Happening'' (1980) * ''Wedding Bells, Wedding Bells'' (1981) * ''

'' (1984) - 10

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nominations **

winners: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best New Performer, Best Art Direction **

nominations: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Film Song, Best Original Film Score * '' Red Dust'' (1990) - 12

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nominations **

winners: Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Make-up, Best Original Score **

nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Original Song, Best Sound Design **

nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Original Film Score, Best Original Film Score **

Singapore International Film Festival The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) (Simplified Chinese, Chinese: 新加坡国际电影节) is the longest-running film festival in Singapore, founded in 1987. The 35th Singapore International Film Festival took place from 28 Novem ...

nominated: Best Asian Feature Film * '' King of Chess'' (1991) * ''No Sun City'' (1992) * '' The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' (1994) **

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winners: Best Film, Best Director **

nominations: Best Film, Best Director **

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winners: Film of Merit, Best Actress * ''

The Sun Has Ears ''The Sun Has Ears'' () is a 1996 Hong Kong drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually ...

'' (1996) **

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winners: FIPRESCI Prize,

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**Berlin International Film Festival nomination: Golden Bear **

Hundred Flowers Awards The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan. They are classified as the Chinese equiv ...

winners: Best Actress * ''

Kitchen A kitchen is a room (architecture), room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment. A modern middle-class residential kitchen is typically equipped with a Kitchen stove, stove, a sink ...

'' (1997) **

Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival The Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (), or BiFan, formerly known as Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival or PiFan, is an international film festival held annually in July in Bucheon, South Korea. Inaugurated in 1997, the fe ...

winner: Best of Puchon **

nomination: Golden Bear **

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nomination: Gold Hugo **

nominations: Best Original Song, Best Supporting Actor * ''

Pavilion of Women ''Pavilion of Women'' is a 2001 Chinese-American drama film directed by Yim Ho and written by Luo Yan (screenwriter), Luo Yan and Paul Collins. The film stars Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho, Yi Ding (actress), Yi Ding and Koh Chieng Mun ...

'' (2001) * ''

A West Lake Moment ''A West Lake Moment'' ( zh, t=鸳鸯蝴蝶, p=''Yuan Yang Hu Die'') is a 2005 psychological romantic drama-comedy film directed by Hong Kong directors Yim Ho and Yang Zi, and starring Chen Kun, Zhou Xun and Linq Yim. Aloys Chen and Zhou Xun ha ...

'' (2005) **

nominations: Best Screenplay, Best Actor * ''

Floating City ''Floating City'' () is a 2012 drama film directed by Yim Ho. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film was released on 18 and 19 May 2012 in mainland China and Hong Kong respectively. Premise The story of a self-made man in a rapidly changin ...

'' (2012)

Awards and nominations

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

Best Director award for ''Homecoming'' *

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

Best Director nomination for ''Red Dust'' *

Best Screenplay nomination for ''Red Dust'' *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Best Director nomination for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold''

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

Best Director award for ''Red Dust'' *

Best Film award for ''Red Dust'' *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Best Screenplay nomination for ''A Lake Moment''

Silver Bear award for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *1996 FIPRESCI prize for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *1996 Golden Bear nomination for ''The Sun Has Ears'' *

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Golden Bear nomination for ''Kitchen''

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

Best Film award for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold'' *

Best Director award for ''The Day the Sun Turned Cold''

Best of Puchon for ''Kitchen''

Gold Hugo nomination for ''Kitchen''

References

External links

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HK cinemagic entry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yim, Ho Hong Kong film directors 1952 births Living people Silver Bear for Best Director recipients Alumni of the London Film School