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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.


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Born:
May 2, 1952 In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Movie/TV Credits:
37
First Appeared:
In the movie The Streets of L.A. 1979-11-13
Latest Project:
Movie Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks 2019-08-14
Known For
Poster of Duplex
Poster of Comrades, Almost a Love Story
Poster of Family Day
Filmography
Movie Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Self 2019-08-14
Movie Parts Unknown: Hong Kong Himself 2018-06-03
Movie Gangster Squad Edgar Beaumont 2013-01-09
Movie Coffin Baby Coffin Baby 2013-03-15
Movie God Bless America American Superstarz Security Guard Who Gets Shot 2012-05-11
Movie Showtime 2010-09-02
Movie Behind the Blur 2009-01-01
Movie In the Mood for Doyle Himself 2007-08-30
Movie McDull, the Alumni BBQ cook 2006-01-22
Movie Toolbox Murders Coffin Baby 2004-11-12
Movie 1:99 Shorts 10) 2003-08-04
Movie Duplex Tavern Bartender 2003-09-26
Movie Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong Self 2001-10-01
Movie Psycho Path Self - Cinematographer 2000-02-10
Movie Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' Self 1999-01-01
Movie Treehouse Hostage Scalise 1999-09-24
Movie Andromedia Sakkaa / Soccer 1998-07-11
Movie The Replacement Killers Thug 1998-02-06
Movie Another Day in Paradise Conan 1998-12-30
Movie Oliver Twist Fagin's Gang 1997-05-15
Movie Scream 2 Officer Richards 1997-12-12
Movie Comrades, Almost a Love Story Jeremy 1996-11-02
Movie When the Bough Breaks Howard Speckett 1994-05-07
Movie Another Stakeout McNamara 1993-07-22
Movie Hot Shots! Conspiratorial Crewman 1991-07-31
Movie Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth Activist #2 (as Chris Doyle) 1991-08-22
Movie Darkman Goon at Construction Site (uncredited) 1990-08-24
Movie Family Day Tourist 1990-09-20
Movie Kindergarten Cop Dope Party Shooter (uncredited) 1990-12-21
Movie Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death Fred 1989-03-15
Movie The Return of Swamp Thing Leechman 1989-05-11
Movie Carry on Yakuza Fake arms dealer 1989-05-11
Movie I Love Mary 1988-09-02
Movie Omega Syndrome Leonard Waxman 1986-10-26
Movie The Naked Cage Police Officer 1986-03-01
Movie The Sexy Lady Driver Steven George 1982-01-01
Movie The Streets of L.A. 1st Duster 1979-11-13
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