Manfred Wong
Overview
Born 1957 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Birth Name Man-Chun Wong
Mini Bio (1)
Manfred Wong Man-Chun is a multi-talented man – he’s a writer, radio programmer compère, an actor at times, producer, scriptwriter and director, all in one.
Born in 1957 in Hong Kong, he had studied at St. Paul’s Convent School. Thereafter, he majored in Communications at Baptist College, but dropped out before completion and took up the post as a TV copywriter.
In 1972, he worked as a writer for magazines and newspaper. In 1977, he became a scriptwriter at RTV and was involved in drama series such as “Reincarnated” and “Dragon Strike.” He entered the film industry in 1979, working in the creative side of production. In 1995 he formed a partnership with director-cinematographer Andrew Lau and writer-producer-director Jing Wong to establish B.O.B. & Partners Co. Ltd., the creative team most noted for its creation of the very successful Young and Dangerous series, the first of which established box-office breaking success.
The success of the Young and Dangerous series is due to Manfred’s keen observation of the pop culture. Mixing comic story and the pop culture of youth with the triad genre, he connected movies with generational appeal, and Manfred has made it again with “The Storm Riders.”
Trivia
Founded B.O.B. & Partners Co. Ltd. in partnership with director-cinematographer Andrew Lau and writer-producer-director Jing Wong. The B.O.B. stands for ‘Best of the Best’.
Personal Quotes (2)
I think Mariah [Carey] will still be in the music scene and move to a new music label. I guess, a few years later, Mariah will turn into a country singer like Dolly Parton. And I’m not joking. [When asked about Mariah Carey, and what she should do on the next album to regain her popularity.]
Pop music has become a copycat in this market. Singers just think that they have conquered everything but style. There’s always no change, and their techniques are poor. They sing like they have clay in their mouths….the best Hong Kong Music Scene was in the ’80s to the early ’90s, but nowadays, it’s worst than zero.
