Norris Cheuk is a Hong Kong documentary filmmaker and a graduate of the School of Film and Television at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. He worked in the directing departments of local and international productions, including Ang Lee's Lust, Caution (2007) and Ivy Ho's Claustrophobia (2008), and in 2009 made the short drama A Love Letter and took part in the first Taipei Golden Horse Film Academy. He has made three documentaries about Chinese opera, shown in cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Bordeaux, Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei. The first, Qian Dan Lu (2011), produced by Sylvia Chang, follows two actors of different generations who specialise in the male-to-female dan role. It was followed by a portrait of a Kunqu martial-arts actor, My Next Step (2015). His third, Bamboo Theatre (2019), examines the temporary bamboo theatres that are built by hand and dismantled after each festival. Commissioned by the Xiqu Centre of the West Kowloon Cultural District, it premiered at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea and won him the Artist of the Year (Film) award at the 16th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, as well as nominations for Best Documentary at the 56th Golden Horse Awards and Best New Director at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2017 he was invited to a residency at Tokyo Arts and Space, and in 2024 he wrote and directed his first television drama, Island Concerto, for ViuTV. He co-founded the production company A Priori Image and has initiated theatre productions and cross-cultural exchange programmes.
Achievements
- 2019 · Won Artist of the Year at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards for Bamboo Theatre and was nominated for Best Documentary at the Golden Horse Awards.