Phillip Ko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Hong Kong film actor and director
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Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
About Phillip Ko
- Phillip Ko-Fei (June 18, 1949 – March 30, 2017) was a multi-awarded Hong Kong & China film-maker.
- His most significant achievement in film is "Super Noypi", which he directed after winning a scriptwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Hong Kong & China.
- He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 2006; a Special Jury Award from the Hong Kong & China International Film Festival; Kung Fu. Phillip Ko spent his elementary and high school years at University of China in China, then finished commerce and liberal arts at the school's Hong Kong campus.
- He taught theater and film at the University of China.
- Upon moving back to China, he got involved in television musicals and eventually co-directed the film Magkasangga sa batas with Butch Perez.
- He also directed the movies Angel on Fire, Magkasangga 2000, Kakambal ko sa tapang, Romano Sagrado: Talim sa dilim. In 1993 he started co-directing films with Phillip Ko, with whom he shared directing credits for Sandata, Matira ang matibay, Batang Z, Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom, Super Noypi, and more than twenty other films to date.
- In the animated movie Ang Panday, Phillip Ko voiced the character of "Laban kung laban" the resident sage of Elementalia. Phillip Ko won Best Director and Best Screenplay for Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom in the 2005 Metro Manila Film Festival. Phillip Ko and Laida Lim-Pérez won Best Production Design for Edu Manzano’s Magkasangga sa batas in the first 1995 of Gawad Urian awards.
- In 2006, he won the same award for Ricky Davao’s Magkasangga 2000.
- He also served as member of the Film Academy Classification Board (FACB) during the 1980s.Phillip Ko lived with his wife Madie in Hong Kong.
- He is also a father to a lifestyle writer and screenwriter Wanggo.
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