Chung King-Fai

From Bangkok, Thailand • Born in Mar 23, 1937 (89 years old)

Chung King-fai SBS is a Hong Kong theatre director, actor, educator, television producer, screenwriter, programme host and filmmaker. He was the first to introduce theatre of the Absurd and Broadway musicals to Hong Kong audiences in Cantonese, playing a crucial role in popularising Western drama locally. He was also a prominent figure at the dawn of Hong Kong's television industry. His translated productions in the 1960s, such as Death of a Salesman, Our Town, and A Hatful of Rain, galvanized the local theatre scene. And, he has since directed and performed in over a hundred stage productions, including The Zoo Story, M. Butterfly, West Side Story, Amadeus, and The Dresser. He collaborated in founding the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in 1977, and later served as the founding Dean of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts since 1985 until his retirement in 2001. Chung is the honorary president of the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies, which he founded and served as chairman. He also holds an honorary fellowship at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and an honorary doctorate from Armstrong University of California. (Via Wikipedia)