CHAN Kam-lok, Mark was born in Hong Kong. He graduated from the Department of Cinema and Television, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist university. He worked as a cinematographer and sound recordist in many independent productions and multi-media performances. He represented Hong Kong in a youth exchange tour in Japan in 1995-6. His video works have been shown on television and over 30 local and overseas festivals. The work Happy Valley (Waiting at T zero) won the Grand Prize in Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards 1997.