Matt Chow

Hong Kong actor, screenwriter, and director

Matt Chow

Born

(1968-08-04) August 4, 1968 (age 55)

Hong Kong

Occupation(s)

screenwriter, film producer, actor, director

Awards

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay
2004 Bullets Over Summer
(shared with Wilson Yip and Ben Cheung)

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

鄒凱光

Simplified Chinese

邹凯光

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zōu1 Kǎi3 Guāng1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Jau1 Hoi2 Gwong1

Musical career

Also known as

Matthew Chow

Musical artist

Matthew Chow Hoi-Kwong (Chinese: 鄒凱光, born 4 August 1968) is a Hong Kong screenwriter, director, actor and producer. He is best known for his romantic comedy films, and has served as a screenwriter for filmmakers Peter Chan, Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai, and Joe Ma.

Career

Matt Chow started his career at TVB in 1989 when he was hired by Joe Ma, who Chow considers to be his friend, teacher and boss.^[1]

Filmography

Producer

Ghost Office (2001)
Let's Sing Along (2001)

Story

Let's Sing Along (2001)

Director

L - O - V - E ..... LOVE (1997)
PR Girls (1998)
United We Stand, And Swim (2001)
Let's Sing Along (2001)
The Attractive One (2004)
Itchy Heart (2004)
Golden Chicken 3 (2014)
12 Golden Ducks (2015)
Triumph in the Skies (2015)

Actor

Feel 100%, Once More (1996)
Feel 100% (1996)
July 13th (1996)
Till Death Do Us Laugh (1996)
They Don't Care About Us (1996)
First Love Unlimited (1997)
He Comes from Planet K (1997)
Haunted Karaoke (1997)
L - O - V - E ..... LOVE (1997)
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)
F***/Off (1998)
Portland Street Blues (1998)
Love Generation Hong Kong (1998)
Nude Fear (1998)
Bio Zombie (1998)
PR Girls (1998)
Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King (1999)
Bullets Over Summer (1999)
Ghost Office (2001)
La Brassiere (2001)
Everyday Is Valentine (2001)
You Shoot, I Shoot (2001)
Shadow (2001)
Feel 100% II (2001)
Women From Mars (2002)
The Irresistible Piggies (2002)
Dry Wood Fierce Fire (2002)
Beauty and the Breast (2002)
Fighting to Survive (2002)
Summer Breeze of Love (2002)
Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
Happy Family (2002)
Love Undercover (2002)
Loving Him (2002)
The Mummy, Aged 19 (2002)
U-Man (2002)
Star Runner (2003)
Sound of Colors (2003)
The Twins Effect (2003)
Naked Ambition (2003)
Love Is a Many Stupid Thing (2004)
Hidden Heroes (2004)
Three of a Kind (2004)
Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (2005)
Home Sweet Home (2005)
A.V. (2005)
Love Undercover 3 (2006)
Dating a Vampire (2006)
Wife From Hell (2006)
House of Mahjong (2007)
Overheard 2 (2011)
All's Well, Ends Well 2012 (2012)
Mr. and Mrs. Gambler (2012)
Vulgaria (2012)
Diva (2012)
SDU: Sex Duties Unit (2013)
Full Strike (2015)
Love off the Cuff (2017)
First Night Nerves (2018)
Missbehavior (2019)
Raging Fire (2021)

Writer

Hero from Beyond the Boundary of Time (1993)
The Avenging Quartet (1993)
Idol (1993)
A Deadly Way (1994)
The Day that Doesn't Exist (1995)
Lying Hero (1995)
The Little Drunken Masters (1995)
Till Death Do Us Laugh (1996)
Feel 100% (1996)
Shanghai Grand (1996)
July 13th (1996)
He Comes from Planet K (1997)
Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997)
Love, Amoeba Style (1997)
L - O - V - E ..... LOVE (1997)
First Love Unlimited (1997)
Bio Zombie (1998)
PR Girls (1998)
Bullets Over Summer (1999)
Juliet in Love (2000)
Ghost Office (2001)
United We Stand, And Swim (2001)
Let's Sing Along (2001)
Three: Going Home (2002)
Golden Chicken (2002)
Three (2002)
Women From Mars (2002)
Diva . Ah Hey (2003)
The Attractive One (2004)
Three of a Kind (2004)
Itchy Heart (2004)
Love Undercover 3 (2006)
Dog Bite Dog (2006)
Golden Chicken 3 (2014)
Chilli Laugh Story (2022)

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References

^ Interview Matthew Chow
^ Matt Chow at hkmdb.com
^ Matt Chow at chinesemov.com

External links

Matt Chow at IMDb
HK cinemagic entry

Films directed by Matt Chow

PR Girls (1998)
Golden Chicken 3 (2014)
12 Golden Ducks (2015)
Triumph in the Skies (2015)

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Films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) Intruder (1997) The Odd One Dies (1997) Final Justice (1996) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Sealed with a Kiss (1999) Help!!! (2000) Needing You... (2000) Comeuppance (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Gimme Gimme (2001) Wu yen (2001) Let's Sing Along Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) PTU (2003) Looking for Mister Perfect (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Love for All Seasons (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Trivisa (2016) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Mad Fate (2023)
Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Soi Cheang Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau
Screenwriters	Yau Nai-hoi Au Kin-yee Yip Tin-shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho
Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai
See also	Tactical Unit series