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Christopher Doyle‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1952-05-02

Popularity

star4.3

Christopher Doyle

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christopher Doyle

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1952-05-02

Popularity

star4.3

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story‌
star7.8
calendar 1996

Idle Dream

Idle Dream‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema‌
star9.0
calendar 2011

Andromedia

Andromedia‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Carry on Yakuza

Carry on Yakuza‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Showtime

Showtime‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

1:99 Shorts

1:99 Shorts‌
star6.3
calendar 2003

Twelve Twenty

Twelve Twenty‌
star5.5
calendar 2006

Behind the Blur

Behind the Blur‌
star4.0
calendar 2009

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken‌
star3.0
calendar 2001

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

I Love Mary

I Love Mary‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Sexy Lady Driver

The Sexy Lady Driver‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Omega Syndrome

Omega Syndrome‌
star4.2
calendar 1986

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

M on the Bund

M on the Bund‌
star0.0
calendar

Family Day

Family Day‌
star7.0
calendar 1990

In the Mood for Doyle

In the Mood for Doyle‌
star4.0
calendar 2007

Wind

Wind‌
star0.0
calendar 2016

Reflections of Lady in the Water

Reflections of Lady in the Water‌
star3.5
calendar 2006

McDull, the Alumni

McDull, the Alumni‌
star5.0
calendar 2006

A Moment in Time

A Moment in Time‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Parts Unknown: Hong Kong

Parts Unknown: Hong Kong‌
star9.0
calendar 2018

Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park‌
star6.5
calendar 2007

Making Paranoid Park

Making Paranoid Park‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Psycho Path

Psycho Path‌
star6.7
calendar 2000

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks‌
star6.7
calendar 2019

The Land of the Brave

The Land of the Brave‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild‌
star0.0
calendar

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain‌
star6.9
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

The Culture Show

The Culture Show‌
star5.8
calendar 2004