Kal
Ng
Born in Hong Kong, graduated with an
architecture degree at the University of Oregon. Master Degree in Comparative
Literature and PhD in Architecture at Hong Kong University. Kal has worked in
both the architecture and film production disciplines.
In Architecture he has worked as designer
and interior renovator for projects in Toronto, Hong Kong and China, including
new museum design in Guanghan Sanxingdui, Sichuan.
In the 1990, he was active in the Canadian
independent film scene and made 16mm black and white feature film. Stories
of Chide the Wind - The Soul Investigator, which was selected to the Film Forum at
1995 Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1997 he repatriated back to Hong Kong to
witness the hand over and subsequently founded the independent filmmaker co-op
Ying E Chi with several liked minded filmmakers. In 1999, his second feature
film Dreamtrips,
written and produced by him with funding from the Canada and Hong Kong and shot
in anamorphic wide screen, was invited to the Toronto International Film
Festival and The Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film was
commercially screened at the Cine Art and Broadway Cinematheque.
In 2002 he founded his own company KGE LAB,
specialized in creating architectural media such as animation and
visualization, bridging his work in architectural design and film production.
Ballroom One, a digital animation was
featured as the top 10 semifinalist film in 2006 FEIDAD award.
From 2004 to 2009 he finished his M.phil and PhD
researches, focusing on the film worlds of Antonioni and Hitchcock and the techniques
of showing cinematic space in architectural animations. While writing his
dissertation titled Architectural Cinema, he also found time in screenwriting
original film scripts.
KGE
LAB company profile
KGE LAB was founded by Kal Ng to specialize on
digital animated film creations. His expertise in ultra realistic spatial
depiction in his training of architectural visualization has assisted him in
realizing his film ideas and opening up a world of possibilities for digital filmmaking
in the new era. He specialized in digital set design and environmental creation
using industrial grade software.
吳家龍
香港出生，美國俄勒岡州大學建築系學士畢業，香港大學文學院比較文學碩士及建築系博士。工作範圍觸及建築界及電影界。建築方面有參與國內四川廣漢博物館設計及多倫多、香港住宅室內設計。電影方面，八六年開始在香港及加拿大多倫多拍攝短片。第一套十六米厘黑白長片「鬧風的故事靈魂的探查者」被邀參展九五年柏林國際電影節論壇電影。九七年見證香港回歸，並與新晋導演合作創立影意志，為香港新一代導演組織。九九年獲加拿大國家藝術單位及香港藝術發展局投資拍攝自編自導三十五米厘闊幕劇情長片「夢之旅」，參展多倫多及香港國際電影節，在香港影藝戲院及百老匯電影中心上映。二零零二年創立「影意驗製作」，創作新世代數碼動畫作品，作品「舞廳一號」入選臺灣東亞數碼建築年度準決賽世界十名。零四年至零九年分別完成香港大學文學院及建築學院的碩士及博士學位，研究安東尼奧尼及希治閣的電影世界，論文為「電影建築」。博士論文為「建築電影術」，研究建築動畫空間表現技術，期間寫成不少原創電影劇本。
影意驗製作室
公司簡介
影意驗製作室是由吳家龍專攻數碼動畫電影的創作單位。他的專長在高度逼真的建築空間描寫。他在建築空間顯現的訓練協助他實現他的電影概念，開放數碼電影製作及摸擬世界新時代的可能性。他專攻數碼場景設計和電影環境創造工業級的軟件。分別在港大，城大及正形設計學院教授三維動畫。