Soi Cheang

Soi Cheang (born 11 July 1972), also known as Bob Cheng or by his birth name Cheang Pou-soi,^[a] is a Macau-born Hong Kong filmmaker.^[1][2] Known for his contribution to action crime films, his works Motorway (2012), Limbo (2021) and Mad Fate (2023) earned him three Best Director nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which he won for the latter.

Soi Cheang
Cheang in October 2023
Born	Cheang Pou-soi (1972-07-11) 11 July 1972 (age 52) Portuguese Macau
Nationality	Hong Konger
Other names	Bob Cheng
Occupations	Film director screenwriter film producer
Notable work	Full list
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭保瑞
Simplified Chinese	郑保瑞
Transcriptions

Cheang's films have regularly appeared at international film festivals; Accident (2009) was selected to be in Competition section of Venice Film Festival,^[3] Limbo (2021) and Mad Fate (2023) were selected to be in the Berlinale Special section of Berlin International Film Festival,^[4][5] and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) was selected to be in the Official Selection (Midnight Screening) of the Cannes Film Festival.^[6]

In addition to directing action crime films, Cheang was also directed The Monkey King trilogy, in which he produced the latter. His other works, included Paradox (2017) and I'm Livin' It (2019), earned him two Best Film nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards, as well as The Sunny Side of the Street (2022), earned him the Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature nomination, respectively.

Filmography

This is a list of films which Cheang has participated, others are noted.^[7][8]

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Producer
1999	Our Last Day	Yes	No	—
	The House of No Man	Yes	No	Also as story writer
	Beach Girl	Yes	No	—
2000	Diamond Hill	Yes	No	Also as screenwriter
2001	Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster	Yes	No
2002	New Blood	Yes	No
2003	The Death Curse	Yes	No	—
	Love for All Seasons	No	No	Policeman
2004	Love Battlefield	Yes	No	—
	Hidden Heroes	Yes	No	—
2005	Home Sweet Home	Yes	No	—
2006	Dog Bite Dog	Yes	No	—
2007	Shamo	Yes	No	—
2009	Accident	Yes	No	—
2012	Motorway	Yes	No	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2014	The Monkey King	Yes	No	—
2015	SPL 2: A Time of Consequences	Yes	No	—
	Two Thumbs Up	No	Yes	—
2016	The Monkey King 2	Yes	No	—
2017	Paradox	No	Yes	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
	The Brink	No	Yes	—
2018	The Monkey King 3	Yes	Yes	—
2019	I'm Livin' It	No	Yes	Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
2020	Double World	No	Yes	—
2021	Limbo	Yes	No	Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Director Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2022	The Sunny Side of the Street	No	Yes	Nominated – Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature
2023	Cyber Heist	No	Yes	—
	Mad Fate	Yes	Executive	Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
	Dust to Dust	No	Yes	—
2024	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In	Yes	Executive	—

Notes

1. Chinese: 鄭保瑞; Jyutping: zeng6 bou2 seoi6