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Christopher Doyle

Christopher Doyle

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1952-05-02

Birth Place

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movies and TV shows :

1:99 Shorts

1:99 Shorts

2003

6.3

Movie
A Moment in Time

A Moment in Time

2010

0.0

Movie
Andromedia

Andromedia

1998

5.0

Movie
Behind the Blur

Behind the Blur

2009

4.0

Movie
Carry on Yakuza

Carry on Yakuza

1989

0.0

Movie
Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

0.0

Movie
Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

2014

7.0

Movie
Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

7.8

Movie
Family Day

Family Day

1990

7.0

Movie
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

2001

0.0

Movie
I Love Mary

I Love Mary

1988

0.0

Movie
Idle Dream

Idle Dream

1981

0.0

Movie
In the Mood for Doyle

In the Mood for Doyle

2007

4.0

Movie
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019

6.8

Movie
M on the Bund

M on the Bund

0.0

Movie
Making Paranoid Park

Making Paranoid Park

2008

0.0

Movie
McDull, the Alumni

McDull, the Alumni

2006

5.0

Movie
Omega Syndrome

Omega Syndrome

1986

4.2

Movie
Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

2001

3.0

Movie
Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park

2007

6.5

Movie
Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

2011

9.0

Movie
Psycho Path

Psycho Path

2000

6.7

Movie
Reflections of Lady in the Water

Reflections of Lady in the Water

2006

3.5

Movie
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

2021

6.9

Movie
Showtime

Showtime

2010

0.0

Movie
poster

The Culture Show

2004

6.0

TV
The Land of the Brave

The Land of the Brave

1981

0.0

Movie
The Sexy Lady Driver

The Sexy Lady Driver

1982

0.0

Movie
Twelve Twenty

Twelve Twenty

2006

5.5

Movie
Wind

Wind

2016

0.0

Movie
Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

1997

0.0

Movie