司徒慧焯

简介

Roy Szeto is a Hong Kong director, screenwriter and actor, born on 12 October 1967. He grew up in the Kowloon Tong area of Quarry Bay, Hong Kong, and his ancestral roots trace to Kaiping in Guangdong province. He participated in school drama activities during his secondary education and began taking part in theatrical productions in 1982 in multiple roles including writing, directing, acting and producing. He graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts School of Drama, Directing Major in 1990 and immediately joined the film industry. He joined Tsui Hark's studio in 1991 and worked on notable films such as "A Chinese Ghost Story III". He served as an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts for twelve years, where he held the position of Head of Directing and Artistic Director of School Production. His representative work "Shed Skin Papa" was nominated for the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2016 and the Far East Film Festival in Udine in 2017. He is regarded as one of the few Hong Kong directors to gain recognition in mainland China, and has returned to working as an independent creative director since July 2024.