Derek Kwok

Derek Kwok Chi-kin is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. He won the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best New Director with his film The Moss.

La comédie humaine (2010)

The story revolves around a Spring, a hitman from mainland China who is on a mission in Hong Kong with his partner Setting Sun. However, Spring falls ill and comes under the care of a screenwriter by the name of Soya and they find themselves developing into a tight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janet Chun  •  Chan Hing-Kai
CAST:  Chapman To  •  Wong Cho-lam  •  Fiona Sit  •  Hui Shiu-Hung

The story revolves around a Spring, a hitman from mainland China who is on a mission in Hong Kong with his partner Setting Sun. However, Spring falls ill and comes under the care of a screenwriter by the name of Soya and they find themselves developing into a tight ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janet Chun  •  Chan Hing-Kai
CAST:  Chapman To  •  Wong Cho-lam  •  Fiona Sit  •  Hui Shiu-Hung

Frozen (2010)

A young 20-year-old-woman named Wing (Lan Wei) visits her grandfather's laboratory in Hong Kong. By accident, Wing opens a chamber and resurrects a woman about her age. Wing then discovers the woman awaken is her mother Gigi (Janice Man), who was cryogenically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Janice Man  •  Aarif Rahman  •  Leon Lai  •  Jenice Wei Lan

A young 20-year-old-woman named Wing (Lan Wei) visits her grandfather's laboratory in Hong Kong. By accident, Wing opens a chamber and resurrects a woman about her age. Wing then discovers the woman awaken is her mother Gigi (Janice Man), who was cryogenically ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Janice Man  •  Aarif Rahman  •  Leon Lai  •  Jenice Wei Lan

The Pye-Dog (2007)

The Pye-Dog, produced by Teddy Robin and written and directed by Derek Kwok, contained all the necessary ingredients for a story of friendship and camaraderie between a man and a boy. Both orphans, they bond together through school, but a secret one of them has of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Eason Chan  •  George Lam Chi-Cheung  •  Eric Tsang  •  Lin Yuan

The Pye-Dog, produced by Teddy Robin and written and directed by Derek Kwok, contained all the necessary ingredients for a story of friendship and camaraderie between a man and a boy. Both orphans, they bond together through school, but a secret one of them has of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Eason Chan  •  George Lam Chi-Cheung  •  Eric Tsang  •  Lin Yuan

As the Light Goes Out (2014)

Firefighters in Hong Kong's Pillar Point uncover dangerous truths as they battle an out-of-control inferno on Christmas Eve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Shawn Yue  •  Simon Yam  •  Andy On

Firefighters in Hong Kong's Pillar Point uncover dangerous truths as they battle an out-of-control inferno on Christmas Eve.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Nicholas Tse  •  Shawn Yue  •  Simon Yam  •  Andy On

The Midas Touch (2013)

A debt collector takes over the management of a group of starlets after their talent agent defaults on a loan, but soon finds he's in over his head.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fung Chih-chiang
CAST:  Chapman To  •  Charlene Choi  •  Gao Yunxiang  •  Deep Ng Ho-Hong

A debt collector takes over the management of a group of starlets after their talent agent defaults on a loan, but soon finds he's in over his head.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fung Chih-chiang
CAST:  Chapman To  •  Charlene Choi  •  Gao Yunxiang  •  Deep Ng Ho-Hong

Gallants (2010)

Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clement Cheng Si-Kit  •  Derek Kwok
CAST:  You-Nam Wong  •  Chen Kuan-Tai  •  Bruce Leung  •  Teddy Robin

Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and greedy developers are trying to steamroll it to make way for condos  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clement Cheng Si-Kit  •  Derek Kwok
CAST:  You-Nam Wong  •  Chen Kuan-Tai  •  Bruce Leung  •  Teddy Robin

The Moss (2008)

A Hong Kong cop is struggling for his survival in the underground world, a place filled with criminals and low life people like moss in rotting hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Shawn Yue  •  Bonnie Xian  •  Louis Fan Siu-Wong  •  Eric Tsang

A Hong Kong cop is struggling for his survival in the underground world, a place filled with criminals and low life people like moss in rotting hell.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Shawn Yue  •  Bonnie Xian  •  Louis Fan Siu-Wong  •  Eric Tsang

Aberdeen (2014)

The extended Cheng family, which, like Aberdeen harbor’s Chinese namesake, represents today’s Little Hong Kong and its myriad of contradictions between traditions and modernity; superstitions and materialism; family and individuality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pang Ho-cheung
CAST:  Louis Koo  •  Gigi Leung Wing-Kei  •  Eric Tsang  •  Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah

The extended Cheng family, which, like Aberdeen harbor’s Chinese namesake, represents today’s Little Hong Kong and its myriad of contradictions between traditions and modernity; superstitions and materialism; family and individuality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pang Ho-cheung
CAST:  Louis Koo  •  Gigi Leung Wing-Kei  •  Eric Tsang  •  Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah

Full Strike (2015)

Ng Kau Sau was once Queen in badminton, she gave up herself after being expelled from the sport. One day she met a brunch of terrible weirdoes: the Drunken Master who was lying on the ground, one-armed Lam Chiu, visually-impaired Ma Kun, and the scar-faced boss Lau ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Wong  •  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Josie Ho  •  Ronald Cheng  •  Tse Kwan-Ho  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin

Ng Kau Sau was once Queen in badminton, she gave up herself after being expelled from the sport. One day she met a brunch of terrible weirdoes: the Drunken Master who was lying on the ground, one-armed Lam Chiu, visually-impaired Ma Kun, and the scar-faced boss Lau ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Wong  •  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Josie Ho  •  Ronald Cheng  •  Tse Kwan-Ho  •  Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin

12 Golden Ducks (2015)

Devastated by a love affair, former in-demand gigolo Future Chang (played by Sandra Ng) retreats to Thailand, leading the life a dissolute. Thanks to the intervention of his high school teacher, Mr. Lo, Future summons the courage to return to Hong Kong. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong
CAST:  Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu  •  Louis Koo  •  Anthony Wong Chau-Sang  •  Wilfred Lau

Devastated by a love affair, former in-demand gigolo Future Chang (played by Sandra Ng) retreats to Thailand, leading the life a dissolute. Thanks to the intervention of his high school teacher, Mr. Lo, Future summons the courage to return to Hong Kong. With the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Chow Hoi-Kwong
CAST:  Sandra Ng Kwun-Yu  •  Louis Koo  •  Anthony Wong Chau-Sang  •  Wilfred Lau

May We Chat (2014)

Three troubled young girls will do anything to escape their stifling lives - even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Yung
CAST:  Irene Wan  •  Rainky Wai  •  Heidi Lee  •  Kabby Hui

Three troubled young girls will do anything to escape their stifling lives - even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. Set in the generation of smartphones and web 2.0, the technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Yung
CAST:  Irene Wan  •  Rainky Wai  •  Heidi Lee  •  Kabby Hui

Wu Kong (2017)

The story tells the story of Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, who come to the Immortal Mountain to cultivate their skills. They gain friendship, experience love and ultimately betrayal, growing throughout their life journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Eddie Peng  •  Shawn Yue  •  Ni Ni  •  Oho Ou

The story tells the story of Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, who come to the Immortal Mountain to cultivate their skills. They gain friendship, experience love and ultimately betrayal, growing throughout their life journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Eddie Peng  •  Shawn Yue  •  Ni Ni  •  Oho Ou

Schemes in Antiques (2021)

Despite his family’s famed expertise on ancient relics, Xu Yuan makes a simple living as the owner of an electronics shop, eager to distinguish himself from a disgraced ancestor who was executed for treason after stealing a Chinese artifact for Japan. But when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Lei Jiayin  •  Li Xian  •  Ge You  •  Xin Zhilei

Despite his family’s famed expertise on ancient relics, Xu Yuan makes a simple living as the owner of an electronics shop, eager to distinguish himself from a disgraced ancestor who was executed for treason after stealing a Chinese artifact for Japan. But when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Kwok
CAST:  Lei Jiayin  •  Li Xian  •  Ge You  •  Xin Zhilei