14-580: Danny Pang Phat and Oxide Pang Chun , collectively known as the Pang Brothers , are a filmmaking duo of screenwriters and film directors. The pair are twins, born in Hong Kong in 1965. Among their films is the hit Asian horror film , The Eye , which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood version also titled The Eye and a Hindi film called Naina . Besides working in Hong Kong ,
28-552: A telecine colorist . He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller, Who Is Running? , in 1997. It was Thailand's entry for Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film for the 71st Academy Awards in 1998. Danny is well known as a film editor, and has worked on a number of Hong Kong films, including The Storm Riders and the Infernal Affairs series. They first teamed up to write and direct
42-483: A lady who wants to kill him. He leaves Tam a portrait and a large amount of cash without giving any other details. Tam cannot resist the offer and so his investigation starts. Knowing that Sum, the lady in the picture, is a frequent visitor of a store where the picture was shot, Tam tries to get hints of her whereabouts from the storekeepers. He is told to find her through her mahjong playmates. Tam starts with Ming, but when he arrives at Ming's home, he finds Ming hanged in
56-455: A remake of Who Is Running? in 2005, called The Remaker , with Mona Nahm directing. He has completed a solo project, Diary , released in 2006. Another solo project for Oxide is The Detective , starring Aaron Kwok , about a detective trying to find a woman, with the only clue being a photograph of her. Danny also completed a solo project, Forest of Death , a thriller about an enchanted forest. Another solo project by Danny, In Love with
70-414: A shooting location there is always only one Pang at a time; it helps us save our energy. One day I'll be shooting, the other, Danny will. I know a lot of people are amazed, but we do have a strong connection, I guess, as twins. And we have a lot of meetings on the script, we sit down in front of a storyboard and we have the same visuals conception. Their 2006 horror film, Re-cycle , was the closing film in
84-478: Is a 2007 Hong Kong neo-noir mystery thriller film directed by Oxide Pang , and starring Aaron Kwok as a private investigator hired to track down a missing young woman who may be linked to a series of murders in Thailand . The film was followed by a sequel, The Detective 2 , which was released in 2011. Tam (Aaron Kwok) is an impoverished private detective. One day, a guy nicknamed Fatty asks Tam to find
98-664: The Thai film, Bangkok Dangerous , in 1999. The film won the FIPRESCI Award at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for best film and best editing at the Thailand National Film Association Awards . They then made The Eye , which gained the Pangs wider critical acclaim. They made two sequels, The Eye 2 and The Eye 10 . An American remake of The Eye
112-483: The Un Certain Regard competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival . The film reunited the brothers with Angelica Lee , the star of The Eye . Among their other projects are a Hollywood-backed, English-language film, a thriller called The Messengers , starring John Corbett , which was released in theatres on 2 February 2006, and a remake of Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicolas Cage . Oxide produced
126-649: The Dead , opened in Hong Kong cinemas on 29 November 2007. Both Diary and Forest of Death , as well as Re-cycle , were picked up for distribution in the United Kingdom by Image Entertainment. Currently they are working on the Thailand horror flick The Child's Eye , which is shot in 3D. Danny Pang directed solo the Chinese thriller film Fairy Tale Killer . In February 2010, Oxide Pang married Angelica Lee ,
140-590: The award-winning actress from The Eye , after dating for 7 years. Their wedding was held at the Pangkor Laut Resort. Oxide also has a 13-year-old daughter from his previous marriage. Danny Pang Phat Danny Pang Phat (born 1965) is one of the Pang brothers . The twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang started their career in Hong Kong , where Oxide worked as colourist and Danny as editor. After moving to Bangkok , Oxide made Who Is Running? which
154-424: The living room. As Tam continues to search for other mahjong playmates of Sum, he is shocked to find each of them murdered every time he is about to contact with them. He discovers a half-burned photo at one of the scenes. Tam realizes the suspicions behind the deaths and decides to protect the next target of the invisible murderer. The photo is the only clue for Tam to solve the case. This article related to
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#1732787072193168-550: The pair frequently work in the Thai film industry , where they made their directorial debut as a team, Bangkok Dangerous . The Pang brothers grew up at Ka Wai Chuen in Hung Hom when they were young and studied at Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin) . The elder brother, Oxide, graduated from New Method College later. Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career in Bangkok , at Kantana Group 's film labs as
182-499: Was edited by Danny. Bangkok Dangerous is the first film in which the brothers combine their talents. Pang started his career as an editor working on numerous Hong Kong films such as The Storm Riders and the Infernal Affairs series, he also wrote and directed Neung Buak Neung Pen Soon (also known as 1+1=0 or Nothing To Lose ), which was released in 2002. He also directed the Chinese horror thriller The Strange House . The Detective (2007 film) The Detective
196-458: Was produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner and stars Jessica Alba . Aside from The Eye and other horror films, the Pangs made two more edgy Thai crime films in the same vein as Bangkok Dangerous , Danny with 1+1=0 and Oxide with Som and Bank: Bangkok for Sale . Together the three crime films form a loose "Bangkok Trilogy". When the Pangs work together, they direct scenes in the film independently of each other. Oxide Pang explains: In
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