Wong Kar-Wai
Wong Kar- Wai (Chinese王家卫/王家卫, Pinyin Wáng Jia Wei, Cantonese Wohng Gà Waih, born July 17, 1958 in Shanghai) is a screenwriter, film producer and film director from Hong Kong. The writer-director is known for a special, exquisite aesthetics image, light and rhythm that had on Asian and other contemporary filmmakers big impact.
Life
Wong Kar- Wai was born in Shanghai. The family moved to Hong Kong when he was five years old. He studied until 1980 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic College graphic design. He then worked for two years as a production assistant in television. Between 1982 and 1987 he wrote as a screenplay writer for over ten scripts of various genres, from romantic comedy to action drama. Final Victory (最后 胜利, 1986 Producer: Patrick Tam ) holds Wong himself for his best work.
Since 1988, Wong has directed ten feature films and won numerous awards.
With the movie Days of Being Wild began in 1991 his collaboration with cinematographer Christopher Doyle. In 2001, Wong Kar- Wai shooting his short film The Follow as part of the promotional short film series The Hire from BMW. Also for Lacoste he made a promotional film, again with the Taiwanese actor Chang Chen, who was involved in the feature films " Happy Together " and " 2046 ".
Four years after In the Mood for Love Wong Kar- Wai introduced in 2004 with considerable delay its sequel in 2046 finished. The production had been postponed repeatedly, which caused in relation to the title of appropriate jokes about the announced premiere date. The film finally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival world premiere, and not without continuing to make it there again for excitement. Because of " transport problems " the press screening had been canceled; first time in the history of the festival was then coincide with the gala screening instead. According to rumors, the movie was still been until recently in the subtitling work. The criticism was found in any case delighted by the exceptionally staged work, but noted other problems understanding things, as so often in poetic picture films.
Wong Kar- Wai, 2006 was jury president at Cannes Film Festival. A year later he was present with the opening film My Blueberry Nights there at the 60th Film Festival in competition.
2013 Wong clothed the Office of the Jury President of the 63rd International Film Festival Berlin. At the same time opened his running out of competition martial arts film Yi Zong dài shī ( The Grand Master) over two warring Kung Fu Master (played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhang Ziyi ) the festival.
Filmography
Movies
Further work
- There's only one sun (2008) - Promotional film for Philips Aurea
- Eros ( 2004) - episode " The Hand " - co-director (along with Michelangelo Antonioni and Steven Soderbergh )
- Six Days (2002) - music video for DJ Shadow
- The Hire: The Follow (2001) - promotional short film for BMW
- Hua Yang De Nian Hua (2000) - Short Film
- Wkw/tk/1996 @ 7'55 " hk.net (1996 ) - promotional short film for the Japanese industrial and fashion designer Takeo Kikuchi
Awards
- Best Director, International Film Festival of Cannes 1997
- Best Foreign Film, César 2001
- Screen International Award, European Film Awards 2000
- Best non - European film, European Film Awards 2004