Jack Ng Wai-lun (; born 1976) is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. Starting his career as a screenwriter, Ng is best known for collaborating with

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in action thriller films. He received four nominations for Best Screenplay in the 28th, 30th, 33rd, and

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for his contributions to '' Beast Stalker'' (2008), '' The Stool Pigeon'' (2010), '' Unbeatable'' (2013), and '' Cold War 2'' (2016) respectively. Ng made his directorial debut with the crime comedy film '' A Guilty Conscience'' (2023). The film earned him nominations for

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in the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Directorial Debut in the 36th Golden Rooster Awards, and made him the first director to produce a Hong Kong domestic film with over HK$100 million of box office.

Early life and education

Ng was born in 1976. He attended St Joseph's College, and graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts in 2000 with a

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in Film and Television, majoring in directing.

Career

After completing his studies, he entered the film industry as a

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, which included working on

's 2000 crime comedy film '' Jiang hu: The Triad Zone''. Ng befriended Lam and went on to collaborate as a screenwriter in his subsequent projects ' and '' Runaway'' in 2001. Ng continued to write for Lam in the 2003 comedy horror film ''

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'' and served as the writer for the 2005 action thriller film '' SPL: Sha Po Lang''. In 2008, Ng once again collaborated with Lam, writing the screenplay for the action thriller film '' Beast Stalker'', which garnered him a nomination for Best Screenplay in the

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. He earned another nomination for Best Screenplay in the

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for the 2010 action thriller film '' The Stool Pigeon'', also directed by Lam. Ng continued to collaborate with Lam as a screenwriter in several films. In 2012, he worked on Lam's action film ''

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'' and the 2013 sports film '' Unbeatable''. His screenplay for ''The Viral Factor'' earned him a nomination for Best Screenplay at the 19th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award, while he received nominations for Best Screenplay in both the 20th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award and the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards for his work on ''Unbeatable''. In 2015, Ng wrote the screenplay for the action thriller film ''That Demon Within'', for which Ng was nominated for Best Screenplay in the 21st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award. In 2017, he collaborated with directors and on the action thriller film '' Cold War 2'', earning another nomination for Best Screenplay in the

. He then co-wrote ''

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'' with his fellow APA classmate

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in 2018, and contributed as a screenwriter for the biographical film '' Anita'' in 2021. In 2023, Ng made his directorial debut with the film '' A Guilty Conscience''. The film received critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing domestic film in Hong Kong, making Ng the first director to achieve a box office record of over HK$100 million for a local film. His directorial debut also earned him a nomination for

in the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards and Best Directorial Debut in the 36th Golden Rooster Awards.

Filmography

Film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Jack 1976 births Living people Alumni of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong screenwriters