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Christopher Doyle

Christopher Doyle

Camera · Born 1952-05-02 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Paranoid Park (2007) — Uncle Tommy
  2. Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996) — Jeremy
  3. Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) — Self
  4. Andromedia (1998) — Sakkaa / Soccer
  5. McDull, the Alumni (2006) — BBQ Cook
  6. The Culture Show (2004) — Self
  7. Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken (2001) — Himself
  8. Psycho Path (1999) — Self - Cinematographer
  9. 1:99 Shorts (2003) — (segment "Spring, 2003")
  10. Twelve Twenty (2006) — Taxi Driver / Captain
  11. Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World (2014)
  12. Family Day (1990) — Tourist
  13. In the Mood for Doyle (2007) — Himself
  14. Reflections of Lady in the Water (2006)
  15. Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema (2011) — Self
  16. Carry On Yakuza (1989) — Fake Arms Dealer
  17. Behind the Blur (2009)
  18. I Love Mary (1988)
  19. The Land of the Brave (1981) — Australian Man (Cameo)
  20. China on Film (2019) — self
  21. Idle Dream (1981)
  22. Showtime (2010)
  23. The Sexy Lady Driver (1982) — Steven George
  24. Yesterday You, Yesterday Me (1997) — Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator)
  25. M on the Bund (2024) — Self
  26. Wind (2016) — Himself
  27. A Moment in Time (2010)
  28. Making Paranoid Park (2008)
  29. Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong (2001) — Self
  30. Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild — Himself
  31. Christopher Doyle: Chungking Express
  32. Moving Pictures: Chungking Express
  33. 家庭／電影 (1981) — self
  34. 逆旅與幻象 (1984) — self

Directed

  1. Paris Je T'aime (2006) — Director
  2. Away with Words (1999) — Director
  3. The White Girl (2017) — Director
  4. Warsaw Dark (2008) — Director
  5. Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous (2015) — Director
  6. Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World (2014) — Director
  7. Beautiful 2014 (2014) — Director
  8. Love Only (2018) — Director
  9. Christine (Film of Her) (1980) — Director
  10. 家庭／電影 (1981) — Director
  11. My Nostalgia, My Songs (1991) — Director
  12. Typhoon Shelter (1998) — Director
  13. Journey through Images (1981) — Director
  14. Blue (2004) — Director