CHEUK KWAN
Cheuk Kwan was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. After earning his 
master's degree in systems engineering in the U.S., he immigrated to Canada in 1976 where he embarked 
upon a successful career in information technology.  His international upbringing gave the multilingual Mr. Kwan - 
he speaks English, Japanese, French and several Chinese dialects - an early start in world travel and opportunities 
to meet people from several countries.  His career later brought him to the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and back to Japan 
and Hong Kong. 

Back home in Canada, the community activist founded The Asianadian, a magazine dedicated to the promotion 
of Asian Canadian arts, culture and politics in 1978.  The following year, he helped lead a nation-wide fight for 
equality for Chinese Canadians. 

Cheuk took a film workshop at New York University in 1998 before establishing his own production company, 
Tissa Films.  His first five films, Song of the Exile, On the Islands, Three Continents, Latin Passions, and Beyond Fontiers
are based on his international Chinese Restaurants series and bring together his personal experiences, love of travel 
and appreciation of Chinese culture worldwide.  

Latin Passions won the Special Jury Prize, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2006.