Philip Yung Tsz-kwong () is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and critic.
Yung won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards for Port of Call (2015), and won Best Director at the 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Papa (2024).
Early life Philip Yung Tsz-kwong grew up in a self-described "lower-class environment".
Career Prior to his work as a filmmaker, Yung was a film critic.
He made his feature film debut with Glamorous Youth (2009) followed by May We Chat (2013).
His third feature Port of Call (2015), a crime thriller about a detective with eccentric methods, was nominated for and won several awards at various Asian award ceremonies, including the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards, the 52nd Golden Horse Awards, and the 19th Bucheon Film Awards. Yung personally won the Best of Bucheon Award at the Bucheon Film Awards and Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
His next feature Where the Wind Blows is a period crime thriller about corrupt cops in 1960s Hong Kong. Inspired by his grandmother's stories about Old Hong Kong, Yung filmed for around three months beginning in November 2017 what was then entitled Theory Of Ambitions. According to Apple Daily, the film was set to premiere at the end of 2018 but was blocked by the mainland's National Radio and Television Administration due to its subject matter. The film was again scheduled to open at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in April 2021 before being withdrawn due to unspecified "technical reasons", what critics say is a shorthand for censorship by the mainland.
Filmography +YearFilmDirectorWriter Notes/2009Glamorous Youth2013May We ChatRigor MortisWith Jill Leung and Juno Mak2014As the Light Goes OutWith Derek Kwok and Jill Leung2015Port of Call2019Fatal VisitScript by2023Where the Wind Blows2024Penny PinchersPapa2026CycloneWith Carmen Hau and Thomas Leung Wing-ho
Accolades Awards and nominationsCeremonyNominated WorkCategoryOutcomeNotes29th Hong Kong Film AwardsGlamorous YouthHong Kong Film Award for Best New Director35th Hong Kong Film AwardsPort of CallBest DirectorBest ScreenplayBest Film Editingwith Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Chu Ka-yat52nd Golden Horse AwardsBest Original Screenplay10th Asian Film AwardsBest ScreenwriterBest Editingwith Liao Ching-sung, Wong Hoi, Chu Ka-yat 31st Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsPapa Best Director 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director Best Screenplay
Word by Word Word by Word Limited () is a film production company founded in 2014 by Yung and screenwriter Effy Sun, in collaboration with the Beijing-based company Dadi Century. It is headquartered in To Kwa Wan. Yung aimed to develop his own projects through the company, as well as fund and co-create films with new directors focusing on non-mainstream themes. The company's first project was the Chinese film Yolk Man (2019), directed by debut director Channing Huang and executive produced by Philip Yung. In August 2024, the company partnered with the to co-launch a program to recruit screenwriting apprentices.
Films produced Yolk Man (2019) The Sparring Partner (2022) Papa (2024) Cyclone (2026)
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