CINEFILER

Christopher Doyle

Born
May 2, 1952
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Christopher Doyle is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer who often works on Chinese language films. He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, as well as AFI Award for cinematography, the Golden Horse awards (four times), and Hong Kong Film Award (six times). Doyle is an affiliate of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. Doyle was born in Sydney, Australia in 1952. He left his native country on a Norwegian merchant ship at the age of eighteen, after which he took on a number of odd jobs including as a Kibbutz-nick cowboy in Israel, homeopathic doctor in Thailand, and “green agriculturalist” in India work. In the late seventies, Doyle was “re-birthed” as Du Ke Feng, which means “like the wind.” Following his time as a language student in Taiwan and having found work as a photographer, he was hired as a cinematographer on Edward Yang’s That Day, on the Beach in 1983. Since his “birth in art,” Du Ke Feng has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films. He is best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai, including Chungking Express, In the Mood for Love and 2046 (the latter of which saw Doyle walking off set mid-way through production). He has collaborated with other Chinese filmmakers on projects including Temptress Moon, Hero, Happy Together, and Dumplings. As his "alter ego" Christopher Doyle he has made more than twenty in various other languages and film cultures, working as director of photography on Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, Liberty Heights, Last Life in the Universe, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Paranoid Park, The Limits of Control. He also wrote, shot, and directed Warsaw Dark, Away with Words starring Asano Tadanobu, and Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous, an experimental portrait of three generations of Hong Kong people.[5] He is currently filming The White Girl, another tribute to his adopted hometown of Hong Kong, with co-director Jenny Suen. On May 26, 2017 Doyle was honored during the 70th Cannes Festival with the “Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography” award, in tribute to his rich and influential career. The ceremony was co-hosted by filmmaker Olivier Assayas and actress Juliette Binoche, among others.
Known For
Chungking Express
(1994)
Director of Photography
Hero
(2002)
Director of Photography
In the Mood for Love
(2000)
Director of Photography
Ashes of Time
(1994)
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Happy Together
(1997)
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Fallen Angels
(1995)
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Lady in the Water
(2006)
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Psycho
(1998)
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2046
(2004)
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The Limits of Control
(2009)
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Passion Play
(2011)
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Days of Being Wild
(1990)
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Ondine
(2009)
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Paranoid Park
(2007)
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The Quiet American
(2002)
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Made
(2001)
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Full Filmography
Camera
That Day, on the Beach
(1983)
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Ah Fu
(1984)
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Soul
(1986)
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Noir et blanc
(1986)
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Burning Snow
(1988)
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My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
(1989)
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I Am Sorry
(1989)
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Return Engagement
(1990)
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Days of Being Wild
(1990)
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Mary from Beijing
(1992)
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Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
(1992)
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Chungking Express
(1994)
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Red Rose White Rose
(1994)
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Red Lotus Society
(1994)
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Ashes of Time
(1994)
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Fallen Angels
(1995)
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The Peony Pavilion
(1995)
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Tri-Star
(1996)
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Temptress Moon
(1996)
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4 Faces of Eve
(1996)
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wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
(1996)
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Happy Together
(1997)
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Motel Cactus
(1997)
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First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
(1997)
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Chinese Box
(1997)
Second Unit Director of Photography
Psycho
(1998)
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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
(1998)
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Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
(1999)
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Away with Words
(1999)
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Liberty Heights
(1999)
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In the Mood for Love
(2000)
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Made
(2001)
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Hero
(2002)
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The Quiet American
(2002)
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
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Three
(2002)
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Going Home
(2002)
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Last Life in the Universe
(2003)
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Green Tea
(2003)
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2046
(2004)
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Dumplings
(2004)
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Eros
(2004)
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Three... Extremes
(2004)
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Perhaps Love
(2005)
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The White Countess
(2005)
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Lady in the Water
(2006)
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McDull, the Alumni
(2006)
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Invisible Waves
(2006)
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Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
(2006)
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Paranoid Park
(2007)
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Downloading Nancy
(2008)
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Ondine
(2009)
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The Limits of Control
(2009)
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Ocean Heaven
(2010)
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Showtime
(2010)
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Underwater Love
(2011)
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Love for Life
(2011)
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Passion Play
(2011)
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Tormented
(2011)
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American Dreams in China
(2013)
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Bends
(2013)
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Magic Magic
(2013)
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A Good Story
(2013)
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Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
(2014)
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Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
(2015)
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Port of Call
(2015)
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Fundamentally Happy
(2015)
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Beijing, New York
(2015)
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I Am Belfast
(2016)
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Stockholm, My Love
(2016)
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Wind
(2016)
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Endless Poetry
(2016)
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You Mean The World To Me
(2017)
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Human Flow
(2017)
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The Hand
(2018)
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same
(2019)
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Love After Love
(2021)
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