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Stephen Shin: the Macau-born director of The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Stephen Shin
A Macau-born Hong Kong film director and producer. He directed films such as The Black Cat and the epic The Great Conqueror's Concubine (with Gong Li), and produced Jackie Chan's Hollywood breakthrough Rumble in the Bronx — an important behind-the-scenes figure of 1980s–90s Hong Kong cinema.
Clara Law: the Macau-born auteur who took her films to the world
Clara Law
A Macau-born film director and screenwriter, a leading figure of the Hong Kong New Wave's second generation who later settled in Australia. Her Autumn Moon won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 1992, Floating Life was Australia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and she won Best Director at the 2021 Golden Horse Awards for Drifting Petals — among the most internationally recognised filmmakers from Macau.
Soi Cheang: the Macau-born director who took Hong Kong genre cinema to Cannes and Berlin
Soi Cheang
A Macau-born Hong Kong film director known for stylish, hard-edged genre cinema. His films include Accident, Motorway, SPL II, Limbo, Mad Fate and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, with selections at Cannes, Berlin and Venice, and two Hong Kong Film Award wins for Best Director.
Tracy Choi: the Macau woman director behind Sisterhood
Tracy Choi
A Macau-born and -raised film director and producer, among the most prominent women filmmakers in contemporary Macau. Her film Sisterhood (2017), set in Macau, won the Audience Choice Award at the Macao international film festival and earned Hong Kong Film Award nominations, bringing a local Macau story to the big screen.