金炳興

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金炳興1937年生於上海，籍貫江蘇吳縣，喺香港成長，早年住西環一帶，係香港影評人同導演。佢讀仿林中學附設小學、南僑中學同仿林中學，1958年中六畢業後到國立臺灣大學讀電機工程，1962年取得學士學位之後，選擇走自己喜歡嘅文藝路。佢留台期間已經開始寫現代詩，返港後1963年協助創辦文藝半月刊《好望角》，又主編《中國學生周報》電影版，為《大學生活》同《快報》寫影評，1968年加入國泰機構任劉芳剛嘅副導演。1970年佢赴意大利羅馬電影實驗中心留學，1971年返港後獲戴天引薦任胡金銓助理，並任中文大學校外課程部電影文憑課程講師；1973年佢創立「火鳥電影會」，推動香港電影文化。1983至1984年間佢自編自導首部電影《我為你狂》，編劇作品《烈火青春》獲第二屆香港電影金像獎最佳編劇提名。佢亦係香港電影評論學會1995年創會成員，歷任金馬獎、香港電影金像獎同亞太影展評審。

English

Kam Ping Hing, born in Shanghai in 1937 to a family from Wu County, Jiangsu and raised in Sai Wan, Hong Kong, is a film critic and director. Educated at Fong Lam and Nam Chow schools, he read electrical engineering at National Taiwan University, graduating in 1962 but choosing a life in the arts. He wrote modern poetry while in Taiwan, helped found the literary fortnightly Hao Wang Kok in 1963, edited the film page of the Chinese Student Weekly, reviewed films for University Life and the Express, and in 1968 joined Cathay as assistant to director Liu Fang-kang. He studied at Rome's film school from 1970, and on returning in 1971 was introduced by Dai Tian to work as an assistant to King Hu while lecturing on film in the Chinese University's extramural department. In 1973 he founded the Firebird Film Club to promote film culture. Around 1983–84 he wrote and directed his first feature, and his screenplay for Nomad was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards. A founding member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in 1995, he has judged the Golden Horse Awards, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.