Ricky Ko Tsz Pun | |||||||
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Occupation(s) | Film Director, Actor, Screenwriter, NAUI Diving Instructor | ||||||
Years active | 1997–present | ||||||
Spouse | S Yu | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 高子彬 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 高子彬 | ||||||
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Ricky Ko Tsz Pun (高子彬] born 16 January 1972) is a Hong Kong film director, he is also a member of Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. During the year of 1997-2004, he worked at the broadcasting company in Hong Kong, Television Broadcasts Limited, also known as TVB. He then moves to films in the year of 2004 till present.
Ko born in Hong Kong, studied in Australia. In 1996, Ko came back to Hong Kong from Australia and joined TVB. He then began his career as a Production Assistant in television series, Gods of Honour, Journey to the West, A Kindred Spirit, Country Spirit, Blade Heart, The Conqueror's Story, War of the Genders, Happy Ever After, Seed of Hope, The Legend of Lady Yang. In late 2004, Ko resigned from TVB and moved forward to film industry.
Before transitioning to film director, Ko was a First Assistant Director in many films, e.g., Ghost In the Shell, Project Gutenberg, The White Storm 2 - Drug Lords, The New King of Comedy, Ip Man: The Final Fight ...etc.
In 2021, he directed his debut "Time" which received many awards [1][2][3][4] and nominations.[5] The film was being invited to many film festivals such as IFFR (International Film Festival Rotterdam)[6][7], FEFF (Far East Film Festival), LEAFF (London Asian Film Festival), NYAFF (New York Asian Film Festival), VIFF (Vancouver International Film Festival), HKIFF (Hong Kong International Film Festival, AFFB (Asian Film Festival Barcelona), ZFF (Zurich Film Festival).
Year | Title | Cast | Notes |
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2021 | Time | Patrick Tse, Petrina Fung Bo-Bo, Lam Suet, Chung Suet Ying |
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2022 | Drug Hunting[10][11][10][12] | Wang Qianyuan, Yang Zi,Liu Min Tao Yuxian Shang, Ding Haifeng | |
2023 | A Hidden Spy[14] | Kay Tse, Larine Tang Yue Ping, Ansonbean, Lawrence Cheng, Natalie Tong |