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2 May 1952 (72)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
---|---|---|
— | Morte Cucina | Cinematography |
— | Late in Summer | Director of Photography |
— | Hunters in the Dark | Director of Photography |
— | M on the Bund | Executive Producer |
— | The Star | Director of Photography |
2022 | Just 1 Day | Cinematography |
2021 | Love After Love | Director of Photography |
2020 | Tezuka's Barbara | Cinematography |
2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same | Director of Photography |
2019 | Cuba | Cinematography |
2018 | Parts Unknown: Hong Kong | Cinematography |
2018 | To Heaven, to Gather | Cinematography |
2018 | Love Only | Cinematography |
2018 | Love Only | Director |
2017 | Human Flow | Director of Photography |
2017 | The White Girl | Writer |
2017 | The White Girl | Director |
2017 | The White Girl | Cinematography |
2017 | You Mean The World To Me | Director of Photography |
2016 | Endless Poetry | Director of Photography |
2016 | I Am Belfast | Director of Photography |
2016 | Stockholm, My Love | Director of Photography |
2016 | Enishi: The Bride of Izumo | Cinematography |
2016 | Wind | Director of Photography |
2015 | Port of Call | Director of Photography |
2015 | Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous | Director |
2015 | Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous | Writer |
2015 | Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous | Director of Photography |
2015 | Fundamentally Happy | Director of Photography |
2015 | Beijing, New York | Director of Photography |
2014 | Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore | Director of Photography |
2014 | Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World | Director |
2014 | Beautiful 2014 | Director |
2013 | Magic Magic | Director of Photography |
2013 | American Dreams in China | Director of Photography |
2013 | Bends | Director of Photography |
2013 | Blue Sky Bones | Cinematography |
2013 | A Good Story | Director of Photography |
2011 | Passion Play | Director of Photography |
2011 | Tormented | Director of Photography |
2011 | Love for Life | Director of Photography |
2011 | Underwater Love | Director of Photography |
2010 | Ondine | Director of Photography |
2010 | Ocean Heaven | Director of Photography |
2010 | Showtime | Director of Photography |
2009 | The Limits of Control | Director of Photography |
2008 | Downloading Nancy | Director of Photography |
2008 | Warsaw Dark | Director |
2007 | Paranoid Park | Director of Photography |
2006 | Lady in the Water | Director of Photography |
2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Director |
2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Writer |
2006 | Invisible Waves | Director of Photography |
2006 | McDull, the Alumni | Director of Photography |
2006 | Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her | Director of Photography |
2006 | Twelve Twenty | Cinematography |
2005 | The White Countess | Director of Photography |
2005 | Perhaps Love | Director of Photography |
2004 | 2046 | Director of Photography |
2004 | Three... Extremes | Director of Photography |
2004 | Dumplings | Director of Photography |
2004 | Eros | Director of Photography |
2004 | The Hand | Director of Photography |
2003 | Last Life in the Universe | Director of Photography |
2003 | Green Tea | Director of Photography |
2002 | Hero | Director of Photography |
2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Director of Photography |
2002 | The Quiet American | Director of Photography |
2002 | Three | Director of Photography |
2002 | Going Home | Director of Photography |
2001 | Made | Director of Photography |
2000 | In the Mood for Love | Director of Photography |
1999 | Liberty Heights | Director of Photography |
1999 | Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' | Director of Photography |
1999 | Away with Words | Writer |
1999 | Away with Words | Director |
1999 | Away with Words | Director of Photography |
1998 | Psycho | Director of Photography |
1998 | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema | Director of Photography |
1998 | Motorola | Cinematography |
1997 | Happy Together | Director of Photography |
1997 | Chinese Box | Second Unit Director of Photography |
1997 | Motel Cactus | Director of Photography |
1997 | First Love: The Litter on the Breeze | Director of Photography |
1996 | Irma Vep | Thanks |
1996 | Temptress Moon | Director of Photography |
1996 | wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net | Director of Photography |
1996 | Tri-Star | Director of Photography |
1996 | 4 Faces of Eve | Director of Photography |
1995 | Fallen Angels | Director of Photography |
1995 | The Peony Pavilion | Director of Photography |
1995 | Out of the Blue | Cinematography |
1994 | Chungking Express | Director of Photography |
1994 | Ashes of Time | Director of Photography |
1994 | Red Rose White Rose | Director of Photography |
1994 | Red Lotus Society | Director of Photography |
1993 | Beijing Bastards | Producer |
1992 | Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land | Director of Photography |
1992 | Mary from Beijing | Director of Photography |
1990 | Days of Being Wild | Director of Photography |
1990 | Return Engagement | Director of Photography |
1989 | My Heart Is That Eternal Rose | Director of Photography |
1989 | Red Surf | Stunts |
1989 | I Am Sorry | Director of Photography |
1988 | Burning Snow | Director of Photography |
1986 | Noir et blanc | Director of Photography |
1986 | Soul | Director of Photography |
1984 | Ah Fu | Director of Photography |
1983 | That Day, on the Beach | Director of Photography |
1980 | Christine (Film of Her) | Director |
1979 | The Boat-Burning Festival | Cinematography |