Danny Pang Phat Danny Pang Phat (born 1965) is one of the Pang brothers. The twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang started their career in Hong Kong, where Oxide worked as colourist and Danny as editor. After moving to Bangkok, Oxide made ''Who Is Running?'' which ...

and Oxide Pang Chun, collectively known as the Pang Brothers, are a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The pair are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Asian

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, '' The Eye'', which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood version also titled '' The Eye'' and a Hindi film called '' Naina''. Besides working in

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, the pair frequently work in the Thai film industry, where they made their directorial debut as a team, '' Bangkok Dangerous''.

Early life

The Pang brothers grew up at Ka Wai Chuen in Hung Hom when they were young and studied at Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin). The elder brother, Oxide, graduated from New Method College later.

Early career

Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career in

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, at Kantana Group's film labs as a

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.Ho, Karl. 9 August 2002. "Seeing dead people", Straits Times/Asia News Network via Nation Weekend, page 8 (print edition). He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller, '' Who Is Running?'', in 1997. It was Thailand's entry for Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film for the 71st Academy Awards in 1998. Danny is well known as a film editor, and has worked on a number of Hong Kong films, including '' The Storm Riders'' and the ''

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'' series. They first teamed up to write and direct the Thai film, '' Bangkok Dangerous'', in 1999. The film won the

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Award at the 2000

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and was nominated for best film and best editing at the Thailand National Film Association Awards. They then made '' The Eye'', which gained the Pangs wider critical acclaim. They made two sequels, '' The Eye 2'' and '' The Eye 10''. An American remake of ''The Eye'' was produced by

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and Paula Wagner and stars

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. Aside from ''The Eye'' and other horror films, the Pangs made two more edgy Thai

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s in the same vein as ''Bangkok Dangerous'', Danny with ''1+1=0'' and Oxide with ''Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale''. Together the three crime films form a loose "Bangkok Trilogy".

Working style

When the Pangs work together, they direct scenes in the film independently of each other. Oxide Pang explains:

Other films

Their 2006 horror film, '' Re-cycle'', was the closing film in the

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competition at the

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. The film reunited the brothers with Angelica Lee, the star of ''The Eye''. Among their other projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called '' The Messengers'', starring John Corbett, which was released in theatres on 2 February 2006, and a remake of '' Bangkok Dangerous'' starring

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. Oxide produced a remake of ''Who Is Running?'' in 2005, called ''The Remaker'', with Mona Nahm directing. He has completed a solo project, ''

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'', released in 2006. Another solo project for Oxide is '' The Detective'', starring Aaron Kwok, about a detective trying to find a woman, with the only clue being a photograph of her. Danny also completed a solo project, '' Forest of Death'', a thriller about an enchanted forest. Another solo project by Danny, ''In Love with the Dead'', opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 29 November 2007. Both ''Diary'' and ''Forest of Death'', as well as ''Re-cycle'', were picked up for distribution in the United Kingdom by Image Entertainment. Currently they are working on the Thailand horror flick '' The Child's Eye'', which is shot in 3D. Danny Pang directed solo the Chinese thriller film ''Fairy Tale Killer''.

Personal lives

In February 2010, Oxide Pang married Angelica Lee, the award-winning actress from ''The Eye'', after dating for 7 years. Their wedding was held at the Pangkor Laut Resort. Together, the couple has twin boys, born on 8 July 2016. Oxide also has a 13-year-old daughter from his previous marriage.

Filmography

Danny and Oxide Pang

* '' Bangkok Dangerous'' (1999) * '' The Eye'' (

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) * '' Sung horn'' (''Omen'') (

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

) * '' The Eye 2'' (

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 ...

) * '' The Eye 10'' (

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

) * '' Re-cycle'' (

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) * '' The Messengers'' (2007) * '' Bangkok Dangerous'' (remake, 2008) * ''

The Storm Warriors ''The Storm Warriors'' is a 2009 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' fantasy film produced and directed by the Pang brothers. It is the second live-action film adaptation of artist Ma Wing-shing's manhua series ''Fung Wan'', following the 1998 film '' The Stor ...

'' (

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) * '' The Child's Eye'' (2010) * '' Out of Inferno'' (2013)

Oxide Pang

As director

* '' Who Is Running?'' (1997) * '' Bangkok Haunted'' (2001) * '' One Take Only'' (''Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale'') (2003) * '' The Tesseract'' (2003) * '' Ab-normal Beauty'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006) * '' The Detective'' (2007) * '' Basic Love'' (2009) * '' The Detective 2'' (2011) * '' Sleepwalker'' (2011) * '' Conspirators'' (2013) * '' Detective Gui'' (2015) * '' My War'' (2016) * '' The Big Call'' (2017) * '' High Forces'' (TBD)

Danny Pang

As director

* '' 1+1=0'' (''Nothing to Lose'') (2002) * '' Leave Me Alone'' (2004) * '' Forest of Death'' (2006) * '' In Love with the Dead'' (2007) * '' Fairy Tale Killer'' (2012) * ''The Strange House'' (2015)

As editor

* '' The Storm Riders'' (1998) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Infernal Affairs II'' (2003) * '' Infernal Affairs III'' (2003) * '' The Park'' (2003) * '' Sung horn'' (''Omen'') (2003) * '' The Eye 2'' (2004) * '' Bar Paradise'' (2005) * '' The Messengers'' (2007)

References

External links

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An Interview With Oxide Pang

Pang brothers see eye-to-eye on horror
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