Hong Khaou
| Hong Khaou | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 October 1975 Cambodia |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a Cambodian born, British film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut feature film Lilting and the short films Summer and Spring.
Hong Khaou was born in Cambodia, but his family moved to the United Kingdom in the 1980s as political refugees. He arrived in the UK at the age of eight, having first moved from Cambodia, to Vietnam.
Hong studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, formerly the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, graduating in 1997.
His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave, and was released on 8 August in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye. His short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006. He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon.
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