Manfred Wong

Biography

Manfred Wong (original name Wong Man Chun) was born in 1957 in Hong Kong and grew up in a wooden house area behind Guan Loong Lau in the western part of Hong Kong Island. From a young age, he was fond of reading stories about famous people and participated in radio drama performances at age nine after being recommended by his primary school principal. He began his professional career at age fourteen by writing film and television columns for the "Young Man Weekly" newspaper to earn pocket money. He attended Baptist College where he studied media and met colleagues such as Cheung Ting Ting and Cheng Dan Rui. He worked at RTV as a screenwriter from 1977 to 1981 for several TV series, then moved to writing film scripts starting in 1979. In 1985, he directed his first film "The Rebellious Girl" after being promoted by Mak Dong Hung. In the late 1980s, he worked in the creative department of Harvest Films under Chua Lam. In 1991, he traveled to Beijing to direct "Farewell to the Forbidden City" under a co-production arrangement. In 1994, he produced "In the Heat of the Sun" after connecting with actress Liu Xiaoqing. In 1996, he co-founded "Best Partner" Films with Wong Jing and Lau Wai Keung, which produced over thirty films including "The Storm Riders" series and "Young and Dangerous" series. In 2001, his produced film "My Siblings" broke all-time Chinese domestic box office records. Wong is regarded as one of Hong Kong's most prominent film figures, having worked with major production companies including Harvest, D&B, Shaw Brothers, New Art City, Art City, and Young Sheng.