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Bill Kong (William Kong) is a film producer from Hong Kong and the president of Edko Films Ltd. His father, Kong Cho Yee, was a renowned early Hong Kong film distributor.
After taking over Edko Films, Bill Kong focused on promoting Chinese cinema to the international market and distributed films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, and House of Flying Daggers.
Personal Life
His father Kong Cho Yee was a film distributor. Bill Kong entered the film industry at the age of 13 and later followed his father to Denmark. He was named "Asia’s Best Producer", selected as one of "Asian Heroes" by Time magazine, and recognized by the Asian Wall Street Journal as "one of the most influential independent distributors in Asia and also one of the most successful producers." Known for his low-profile personality. In 1999, the success of distributing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon led to four awards at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001, including Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction. His later productions Hero and House of Flying Daggers by Zhang Yimou also achieved wide acclaim.