Sunny Chan Wing-san () is a Hong Kong director and screenwriter best known for co-writing comedy film '' Love Undercover'' (2002) with Joe Ma, and directing drama films ''Men On The Dragon'' (2018) and '' Table for Six'' (2022), which earned him nominations for

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twice in the 38th and 41st Hong Kong Film Awards respectively.

Biography

Chan became interested in storytelling after reading the novels of Hong Kong fantasy writer . He later attended the

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in 1997 and graduated with a

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in film and television in 2000. He began to write commercial screenplays after graduation and co-wrote romance film ' with filmmaker Joe Ma in 2001. They received a nomination for Best Screenplay in the 7th Golden Bauhinia Awards. Chan then became an apprentice of Ma and the duo co-wrote more than ten films together, including the 2002 comedy film '' Love Undercover''. In 2006, Ma decided to pursue a career in mainland China, while Chan, who had just gotten married and preferred a more stable life, chose not to join him. However, Chan did not receive any scriptwriting offers after Ma's departure. After being unemployed for two years, he found a job at

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and taught screenwriting part-time at Hong Kong Design Institute. He also acquired a

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in Chinese from

Lingnan University Lingnan University a public research university located in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. Lingnan University has 3 faculties, 3 Schools, 16 departments, 2 language centres, and 2 units (science and music), offering 29 degree honours ...

. In 2018, Chan was invited to join the production of fantasy comedy film ''

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'' by his APA classmate

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, as Ng found himself rather inexperienced in comedy writing, while Chan was well-versed in the field. Chan also made his directorial debut with drama film ' in the same year, and received nominations for

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and

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in the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2022, Chan directed and wrote comedy film '' Table for Six''. The film received widespread acclaim and became the third highest-grossing domestic film of all times in Hong Kong. Chan also received nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best New Director and Best Original Film Song (as lyricist) in the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards. ''

Table for Six 2 ''Table for Six 2'' () is a 2024 Hong Kong comedy film directed and written by Sunny Chan (filmmaker), Sunny Chan. The film is a sequel to ''Table for Six'' (2022), with Stephy Tang, Louis Cheung, Ivana Wong, Lin Min Chen, and Peter Chan (actor), ...

'', a sequel also directed and wrote by Chan, was released in 2024.

Filmography

Film

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Sunny Living people Alumni of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Alumni of Lingnan University (Hong Kong) Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people)