Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle, also known as Dù Kěfēng (Mandarin) or Dou Ho-Fung (Cantonese)[1] (traditional Chinese: 杜可風; simplified Chinese: 杜可风) (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Doyle is also known for other films such as Temptress Moon, Hero, Dumplings, and Psycho. 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).
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| Born | 2 May 1952 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||
| Nationality | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Cinematographer, actor, photographer, and film director | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1978–present (photographer); 1983–present (cinematographer) | ||||||||||
| Awards | NYFCC Award of Best Cinematography 2000 In the Mood for Love 2003 Hero 2004 2046 Golden Osella for Best Cinematography 1994 Ashes of Time Technical Grand Prize (Cannes Film Festival) 2000 In the Mood for Love Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Cinematography 1986 Soul 1991 Days of Being Wild 1994 Ashes of Time 1995 Fallen Angels 2002 Hero 2004 2046 Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Cinematography 1995 Fallen Angels 2000 In the Mood for Love 2002 Hero Golden Horse Awards – Best Cinematography 1994 Ashes of Time 1997 Happy Together 2000 In the Mood for Love 2002 Three | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 杜可風 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杜可风 | ||||||||||
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Early life
Doyle was born in Sydney, Australia in 1952. He left his native country on a Norwegian merchant ship at the age of eighteen.
Career
While living in other countries, he took on several odd jobs, such as an oil driller in India, a cow herder in Israel, and a doctor of Chinese medicine in Thailand.[2] In the late seventies, Doyle took an interest in Chinese culture and received the Chinese name Dù Kěfēng, which translates to "like the wind".[3] After language studies in Taiwan, he started working as a photographer. A couple of years later, he became a cinematographer, working with director Edward Yang in the 1983 film That Day, on the Beach.[4]
Doyle has worked on over 50 Chinese-language films. He is best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046. He has collaborated with other Chinese filmmakers on projects including Temptress Moon, Hero and Dumplings. He has also made more than 20 films in various other languages, 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, and The Limits of Control, among others.
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 co-directed The White Girl with Jenny Suen.
Awards
Among Doyle's 60 awards and 30 nominations are the Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for In the Mood for Love,[6] as well as the Osella d’Oro for Best Cinematography for Ashes of Time at the Venice International Film Festival.[7]
On 26 May 2017, Doyle was honoured during the 70th Cannes Festival with the “Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography” award, in tribute to his successful and influential career.[8]
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
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| 1979 | The Boat-Burning Festival | Chang Chao-Tang | |
| 1996 | wkw/tk/1996@7′55″hk.net | Wong Kar-wai | |
| 2002 | Six Days | ||
| Goin Home | Peter Chan | Segment of Three | |
| 2004 | The Hand | Wong Kar-wai | Segment of Eros |
| Dumplings | Fruit Chan | Segment of Three... Extremes | |
| 2006 | The Madness of the Dance | Carol Morley | |
| 2007 | Meeting Helen | Emily Woof | |
| 2011 | White Sand | Tsien-Tsien Zhang | |
| 2012 | Linda Linda | ||
| 2013 | A Good Story | Martin-Christopher Bode | |
| 2014 | Allergic to Art | Himself Jenny Suen |
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| 2016 | Wind | Tiong Guan Saw | |
| 2018 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown episode "Hong Kong" | Asia Argento | with Frederic Menou |
| 2018 | To Heaven, to Gather | Li-Yue Chang | |
| 2019 | Cuba | Peter H. Chan |
Feature films
- Away with Words (1999)
- Izolator aka "Warsaw Dark" (2008)
- Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous (2015)
- The White Girl (2017), co-directed with Jenny Suen
Short films
- Home / Movie (1981)
- Paris, je t'aime (2006) – segment "Porte de Choisy"
Videos
- Dumbass on YouTube (2013) – musicvideo with lyrics by Ai Weiwei, music by Zuoxiao Zuzhou
As actor
- He had a cameo appearance in the 1996 film Comrades: Almost a Love Story in which he plays an English teacher who can speak Mandarin.
Bibliography
- Angel Talk (1996) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Fallen Angels – ISBN 978-4-7952-8069-4
- Backlit by the Moon (1996) – Japanese photography monograph – ISBN 978-4-947648-39-6
- Photographs of Tamaki Ogawa (1996) – Japanese photography monograph – ISBN 978-4-947599-45-2
- Doyle on Doyle (1997) – Japanese photography monograph – ISBN 4-9900557-1-3
- Buenos Aires (1997) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Happy Together – ISBN 978-4-7952-8066-3
- Don't Cry for Me, Argentina (1997) – Photographic journal account of filming Happy Together – ISBN 962-8114-24-7
- A Cloud in Trousers (1998) – Gallery exhibition monograph – ISBN 978-1-889195-33-9
- There Is a Crack in Everything (2003) – Photography monograph
- R34g38b25 (2004) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Hero – ISBN 978-962-86177-0-8
- Talking White - Behind-the-scenes photobook covering The White Girl (co-written with Jenny Suen)
See also
References
- Opalyn Mok, "10 things about: Christopher Doyle, cinematographer extraordinaire", Malay Mail, 7 December 2014.
- "Christopher Doyle". christopherdoylefilm.com.
- Anderson, Ariston (11 November 2016). "Turin Film Fest to Fete Wong Kar Wai Innovator Christopher Doyle". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Godfrey, Alex; Doyle, Christopher (24 April 2015). "Interview – Christopher Doyle: a legend in his own Y-fronts". The Guardian.
- Wen, Philip (27 September 2015). "Australian filmmaker Christopher Doyle films Hong Kong's 'umbrella revolution'". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- "In the Mood for Love", Festival de Cannes, 2000.
- Christopher Doyle at Rossi Rossi.
- Ali Naderzad, "CANNES FESTIVAL, Christopher Doyle gets Excellence in Cinematography award", Screen Comment, 25 May 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Christopher Doyle at IMDb
- Doyle, Christopher (6 August 2004). "The Legend of Drunken Master". Village Voice (Interview). Interviewed by Dennis Lim.
- Doyle, Christopher (7 January 2005). "'If you call me, you know what you're in for'". The Guardian (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Rose.
- Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, interview with Christopher Doyle in three parts by Andreas Pousette, February 2005.
- Doyle, Christopher (17 July 2005). "'His eyes have seen the glory...'". The Guardian (Interview). Interviewed by Gaby Wood.
- Video: Christopher Doyle talks about Hong Kong for CNN and Nokia’s feature series "The Scene".
- Doyle, Christopher (21 March 2006). "Interview" (Interview). CNN.
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