Danny Pang

 

Director
The Pang twins (Hong Kong, China, 1965) are directors (Oxide directed more films), screenwriters and editors (Danny edited more films). They began their career in Hong Kong where Danny worked as an editor and Oxide worked as a digital film color editor. They moved to Bangkok and together directed Bangkok Dangerous (1999). Before that Oxide made his directing debut with Ta fa likit (1997). They achieved international fame with their joint direction of the horror film The Eye (Gin gwai, 2002) after which they made the sequels The Eye 2 (Gin gwai 2, 2004) and The Eye 10 (Gin gwai 10, 2005); the original film was made as a remake in America and India (unofficial remake). They co-directed the horror film Gwai wik (Re-cycle, 2006), The Messengers (2007) in American production, the American remake of their original Bangkok Dangerous (2008), action film Fung wan II (Storm Warriors, 2009) and the horror Child's Eye (2010). Besides working together they both direct their own films as well.

Filmography


Films by this director

The Eye

(Gin gwai, 2002.)

Directed by: Danny Pang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Decha Srimantra
Synopsis:

Mun is a twenty year-old cellist who has been blind since she was two. She has a chance to see again when a retina donor emerges. The operation goes well and Mun can see again. At first, everything seems to be in order but soon Mun starts seeing unusual things. She thinks she is seeing ghosts and is determined to find out whose eyes she got.

digital, color, 99 min

The Eye 2

(Gin gwai 2, 2004.)

Directed by: Danny Pang
PHOTOGRAPHY: Decha Srimantra
Synopsis:

Even though the title suggests that this is a sequel to the film Eye (2002), it is in fact a film with only a similar theme to the original. The hero is Joey, a psychologically unstable girl who tries to commit suicide after a failed relationship. The doctors save her and she finds out that she is pregnant. Trying to decide what to do next, she starts to suffer from visions of a strange man and woman.

digital, color, 90 min
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