Stanley Kwan

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor

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name = Stanley Kwan
tradchinesename = 關錦鵬
simpchinesename = 关锦鹏
birthdate = birth date and age|1957|10|9
location = flagicon|Hong Kong Hong Kong
hongkongfilmwards = Best Director
1988 "Rouge"
goldenhorseawards = Best Director
2001 "Lan Yu"

Stanley Kwan (zh-tsp|t=關錦鵬|s=关锦鹏|p=Guān Jǐnpéng; born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer.

Kwan was born in Hong Kong, and he landed a job at the TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College. Kwan's first film was "Women" (1985), which starred Chow Yun-Fat, and was a big box-office success.

Kwan's films often deal sympathetically with the plight of women and their struggles with romantic affairs of the heart. "Rouge" (1987), "Full Moon in New York" (1989), "Centre Stage" (1992; aka "Actress"), a biopic on silent film star Ruan Lingyu and "Everlasting Regret" (2005), are all such typical Kwan films. "Red Rose White Rose" (1994) is an adaptation of an Eileen Chang novel.

Kwan came out as a gay man in 1996 in "Yang ± Yin", his documentary looking at the history of Chinese-language film through the prism of gender roles and sexuality. He is one of the few openly gay directors in Asia and one of the very few to have worked on these themes.citation |periodical=The Gully |url=http://www.thegully.com/essays/gaymundo/020727_lan_yu_stanley_kwan.html |date=2002 July 27 |title=Stanley Kwan: Between Chinas |accessdate=2007-10-31] His "Lan Yu (film)" (2001) adapts a gay love story originally published on the Internet.

Filmography

* "Women" (1985)
* "Love Unto Waste" (1986)
* "Rouge" (1987)
* "Full Moon in New York" (1989)
* "Too Happy for Words" (1992)
* "Centre Stage", aka "The New China Woman" or "Actress" (1992)
* "Red Rose White Rose" (1994)
* "" (1996)
* "Hold You Tight" (1997) (Teddy Award in 1998)
* "Still Love You After All These" (1997)
* "The Island Tales" (1999)
* " Lan Yu" (2001)
* "Everlasting Regret" (2005)

ee also

* Cinema of Hong Kong
* Cinema of mainland China

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0477102|name=Stanley Kwan