Hong Khaou
Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is known for his feature film debut, Lilting (2014).
Hong Khaou
- Name
- Hong Khaou
- Born
- 22 October 1975
- Birthplace
- Cambodia
- Occupation
- * Director
- Education
- University for the Creative Arts
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Hong Khaou (born 22 October 1975) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is known for his feature film debut, Lilting (2014).
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• Name — Hong Khaou • Born — 22 October 1975 • Birthplace — Cambodia • Occupation — * Director • screenwriter • Years Active — 2005–present • Education — University for the Creative Arts
Early life and education
Early life and education
Khaou was born in Cambodia, the youngest of four children born to Chinese-Cambodian parents. He was a few months old when the family fled to Vietnam after the Fall of Phnom Penh. They moved to England as political refugees when Khaou was eight years old. He studied BA (Hons) Film Production at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in Farnham, where he graduated in 1997.
Career
Career
Khaou's short film Spring played at both the Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011, with his previous short Summer also having premiered at Berlin in 2006. His debut feature film Lilting was produced under the Film London micro-budget scheme Microwave, and was released on 8 August 2014 in the United Kingdom by distributors Artificial Eye. He is the recipient of the 2014 Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award for his upcoming feature film Monsoon. In 2021, Khaou directed four episodes of season 2 of the BBC mystery television series Baptiste. In 2023, he was announced as the director of the drama television series Mr Loverman—BBC's adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo's novel of the same name—starring Lennie James. In September 2025, it was announced that Khaou will direct the upcoming BBC One miniseries A Tale of Two Cities, adapted from the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.
Filmography
Filmography
Short film • Waiting for Movement (2005) • Summer (2006) • Spring (2011)
Television
Television
• Baptiste (2021) • Alice & Jack (2024) • Mr Loverman (2024) • A Tale of Two Cities (2026)
Feature film
• Lilting (2014) • Monsoon (2019)
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- 1.Wight, Emily. Cambodian Brits? Yes, they do exist. phnompenhpost.com.
- 2."Filmmaker's Forum: Hong Khaou On The Emotional Journey of Bringing 'Lilting' To Sundance". , Indiewire, 30 January 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 3.Matheou, Demetrios. 'Monsoon': Karlovy Vary Review. Screen. 29 June 2019.
- 4."Lilting: Film graduate to release debut theatrical feature August 8th", University for the Creative Arts. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 5."London In Berlin (2011)" , Film London, 9 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 6."London In Berlin (2006)" , Film London, 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 7."Lilting Overview". , Microwave, Film London. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 8."Lilting" , Artificial Eye. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 9.Khatchatourian, Maane. Sundance Institute and Mahindra Choose 4 Filmmakers for Global Prizes. Variety. 21 January 2014.
- 10.Goldbart, Max. 'Mr Loverman': Lennie James To Lead BBC Adaptation Of 'Girl, Woman, Other' Scribe Bernardine Evaristo's Seventh Novel. Deadline. 2023-06-06.
- 11.BBC acquires new adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities starring Kit Harington, François Civil and Mirren Mack. BBC. 17 September 2025.
- 12."Short Film Promotion Scheme Awardee", British Council. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- 13.IMDb title 1808493 Spring (Short 2011)
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