Bill Kong (Producer)
Bill Kong is head of Edko Films, one of Hong Kong's longest-standing independent film companies. Bill Kong's production credits include Yim Ho's 'The Day the Sun Turned Cold' (1994) which won Best Picture and Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival and the Academy Awards winning martial arts epic, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' (2000).
'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' became not only one of the biggest hits of 2000, but also the most popular foreign film in US cinematic history. It went on to earn a roaring US$130 million at the box office and win multiple awards including four Academy Awardsâ for Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography, as well as two Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director.
Bill Kong's recent projects include Sun Zhou's acclaimed love story 'Zhou Yu's Train' starring Gong Li, Tian Zhuangzhuang's remake of the Chinese classic film 'Springtime in a Small Town' which won the San Marco prize at the 2002 Venice Film Festival, and Zhang Yimou's Academy Awards nominated martial arts drama, 'HERO.'
'HERO' smashed box-office records when it opened in China grossing more than US$1.45m in a single day from 200 screens. Winner of the Alfred E. Bauer Prize for innovation at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival, 'HERO' has been nominated for a host of awards including Best Foreign Language Film in the 75th Annual Academy Awards, Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globe Awards and 14 nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Maggie Cheung.
- Filmography
- HERO (2003)
- Zhou Yu's Train (2003)
- Springtime in a Small Town (2002)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- The Day the Sun Turned Cold (1994)
