CHAN Wing San Sunny

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Chan Wing San Sunny is a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. He has been a Lecturer (Screenwriting and Creative Development) at the School of Film and Television, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

In 2000, he graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in Film and Television, majoring in Screenwriting. He later received a Master of Arts in Chinese from Lingnan University. He has worked as screenwriter on more than 20 films, including Funeral March (2001) , Love Undercover series (2002) and Hidden Heroes (2004).

The first film he both wrote and directed, Men On the Dragon (2018), was nominated in 11 categories at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best New Director.

Table for Six (2022) is the second film he wrote and directed with box-office revenue exceeding HK$77 million. The film is the highest-grossing Chinese-language comedy film in Hong Kong and was nominated in 11 categories at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best New Director.

Table for Six 2(2024) has been screening since Chinese New Year 2024 and generating nearly HK$40 million box-office.
Chan has also been active as programme executive producer, host, judge, mentor, and journalist etc.

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