Shu Kei

Writing

Shu Kei

Born 1956-04-15 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony 8 films

Shu Kei, whose real name is Kenneth Ip, was born in Hong Kong in 1956 and started writing film criticism while still in secondary school. After graduating from University of Hong Kong, majoring in English, he joined Commercial Television as a scriptwriter. After that station went out of business, Shu started working for Golden Harvest as scriptwriter and assistant director. He also founded Film Biweekly Magazine (later renamed City Entertainment) and acted…

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Filmography

8 films
Boundless poster

As Hong Kong's foremost filmmaker, Johnnie To himself becomes the protagonist of this painstaking d…

Boundless

★ 7.7 2013

Sunless Days poster

Director Shu Kei travelled to Venice, Canada, London and Hong Kong, collecting accounts of the Tian…

Sunless Days

★ 7.0 1990

Ah Ying poster

Chronicles the growth of a young woman as she dabbles in Hong Kong’s independent film scene. Based…

Ah Ying

★ 6.5 1983