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Christopher Doyle

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Christopher Doyle

EN, TH, CN, ZH cinema · 133 credits

Born

2 May 1952 (age 74)

Birthplace

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Also known as Ho Fung To · Kefeng Du · Chris Doyle · 杜可風 · 크리스토퍼 도일 · 杜可风

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.

Known for

Filmography

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

ENNot rated

as Himself

Christopher Doyle: Chungking Express poster

Christopher Doyle: Chungking Express

ENNot rated

Actor

Moving Pictures: Chungking Express poster

Moving Pictures: Chungking Express

ENNot rated

Actor

Hunters in the Dark

Hunters in the Dark

ENNot rated

Director of Photography

Late in Summer

Late in Summer

ENNot rated

Director of Photography

Morte Cucina poster

Morte Cucina

TH · 20265.4

Director of Photography

In the Mood for Love 2001 poster

In the Mood for Love 2001

CN · 20257.3

Director of Photography

M on the Bund poster

M on the Bund

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self, Executive Producer

Just 1 Day poster

Just 1 Day

CN · 20223.7

Cinematography

The Hand poster

The Hand

ZH · 20217.2

Director of Photography

Love After Love poster

Love After Love

ZH · 20215.6

Director of Photography

Tezuka's Barbara poster

Tezuka's Barbara

JA · 20205.6

Director of Photography

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

EN · 20196.7

as Self

Cuba poster

Cuba

EN · 20196.0

Cinematography

They Say Nothing Stays the Same poster

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

JA · 20196.8

Director of Photography

The Boat Burning Festival+ poster

The Boat Burning Festival+

ZH · 2019Not rated

Cinematography

一起去天堂

2018

To Heaven, to Gather

ZH · 2018Not rated

Cinematography

Love Only poster

Love Only

ZH · 2018Not rated

Cinematography

The White Girl poster

The White Girl

CN · 20174.7

Writer, Director, Director of Photography

You Mean The World To Me poster

You Mean The World To Me

ZH · 2017Not rated

Director of Photography

Human Flow poster

Human Flow

EN · 20176.9

Director of Photography

WIND poster

WIND

IT · 2016Not rated

as Himself, Director of Photography

I Am Belfast poster

I Am Belfast

EN · 20166.6

Director of Photography

Stockholm, My Love poster

Stockholm, My Love

EN · 20166.7

Director of Photography

Endless Poetry poster

Endless Poetry

ES · 20167.4

Director of Photography

Enishi: The Bride of Izumo poster

Enishi: The Bride of Izumo

JA · 20166.5

Cinematography

Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous poster

Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous

CN · 20156.0

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Port of Call poster

Port of Call

CN · 20156.5

Director of Photography

Fundamentally Happy poster

Fundamentally Happy

EN · 20157.0

Director of Photography

Beijing, New York poster

Beijing, New York

ZH · 20153.5

Director of Photography

杜可風:霓虹光影

2014

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

CN · 20147.0

Actor, Director

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore poster

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

TL · 20146.3

Director of Photography

Beautiful 2014 poster

Beautiful 2014

ZH · 2014Not rated

Director

Wu Xia Pian - Le Festin du Tigre Chinois poster

Wu Xia Pian - Le Festin du Tigre Chinois

FR · 2013Not rated

as Self

American Dreams in China poster

American Dreams in China

ZH · 20136.9

Director of Photography

Bends poster

Bends

ZH · 20135.1

Director of Photography

A Good Story poster

A Good Story

DE · 201310.0

Director of Photography

Magic Magic poster

Magic Magic

EN · 20135.1

Director of Photography

Blue Sky Bones poster

Blue Sky Bones

ZH · 20137.1

Cinematography

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema poster

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

FR · 20119.0

as Self

Underwater Love poster

Underwater Love

JA · 20115.1

Director of Photography

Love for Life poster

Love for Life

ZH · 20116.9

Director of Photography

Passion Play poster

Passion Play

EN · 20114.7

Director of Photography

Rabbit Horror poster

Rabbit Horror

JA · 20115.2

Director of Photography

Showtime poster

Showtime

ZH · 2010Not rated

Actor, Director of Photography

A Moment in Time poster

A Moment in Time

EN · 2010Not rated

Actor

Ondine poster

Ondine

EN · 20106.4

Director of Photography

Ocean Heaven poster

Ocean Heaven

ZH · 20107.7

Director of Photography

Behind the Blur poster

Behind the Blur

EN · 20094.0

Actor

The Limits of Control poster

The Limits of Control

EN · 20096.0

Director of Photography

Making Paranoid Park poster

Making Paranoid Park

EN · 2008Not rated

Actor

Warsaw Dark poster

Warsaw Dark

PL · 20083.5

Director

Downloading Nancy poster

Downloading Nancy

EN · 20085.4

Director of Photography

In the Mood for Doyle poster

In the Mood for Doyle

EN · 20074.0

as Self

Paranoid Park poster

Paranoid Park

EN · 20076.5

as Uncle Tommy, Director of Photography

Twelve Twenty poster

Twelve Twenty

EN · 20065.5

as Taxi Driver / Captain, Cinematography

Reflections of Lady in the Water poster

Reflections of Lady in the Water

EN · 20063.5

as Self

McDull, the Alumni poster

McDull, the Alumni

CN · 20065.7

as BBQ Cook

Paris Je T'aime poster

Paris Je T'aime

FR · 20066.8

Director, Writer

Invisible Waves poster

Invisible Waves

TH · 20065.9

Director of Photography

Lady in the Water poster

Lady in the Water

EN · 20065.6

Director of Photography

Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her poster

Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her

EN · 20066.5

Director of Photography

Perhaps Love poster

Perhaps Love

CN · 20056.7

Director of Photography

The White Countess poster

The White Countess

EN · 20056.2

Director of Photography

2046 poster

2046

ZH · 20047.3

Director of Photography

Dumplings poster

Dumplings

CN · 20046.7

Director of Photography

Eros poster

Eros

EN · 20045.7

Director of Photography

Three... Extremes poster

Three... Extremes

KO · 20046.8

Director of Photography

Blue poster

Blue

JA · 2004Not rated

Director, Writer

1:99 Shorts poster

1:99 Shorts

CN · 20036.3

as (segment "Spring, 2003")

Last Life in the Universe poster

Last Life in the Universe

TH · 20037.1

Director of Photography

Green Tea poster

Green Tea

ZH · 20037.0

Director of Photography

Hero poster

Hero

ZH · 20027.5

Director of Photography

The Quiet American poster

The Quiet American

EN · 20026.6

Director of Photography

Three: Going Home poster

Three: Going Home

CN · 20029.0

Director of Photography

Rabbit-Proof Fence poster

Rabbit-Proof Fence

EN · 20027.0

Director of Photography

Three poster

Three

KO · 20026.0

Director of Photography

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

2001

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

EN · 20014.0

as Himself

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong poster

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

EN · 2001Not rated

as Self

Made poster

Made

EN · 20015.8

Director of Photography

In the Mood for Love poster

In the Mood for Love

CN · 20008.1

Director of Photography

Psycho Path poster

Psycho Path

EN · 19997.2

as Self - Cinematographer

Away with Words poster

Away with Words

EN · 19996.4

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' poster

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'

CN · 19997.0

Director of Photography

Liberty Heights poster

Liberty Heights

EN · 19996.7

Director of Photography

Andromedia poster

Andromedia

JA · 19985.0

as Sakkaa / Soccer

Psycho poster

Psycho

EN · 19985.1

Director of Photography

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema poster

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

CN · 19985.5

Director of Photography

Motorola poster

Motorola

CN · 19984.8

Cinematography

Typhoon Shelter poster

Typhoon Shelter

JA · 1998Not rated

Director

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me poster

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

CN · 1997Not rated

as Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator)

Happy Together poster

Happy Together

CN · 19977.6

Director of Photography

Motel Cactus poster

Motel Cactus

KO · 19975.8

Director of Photography

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze poster

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

CN · 19976.7

Director of Photography

Chinese Box poster

Chinese Box

EN · 19975.9

Second Unit Director of Photography

Comrades, Almost a Love Story poster

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

CN · 19967.8

as Jeremy

Temptress Moon poster

Temptress Moon

ZH · 19966.7

Director of Photography

4 Faces of Eve poster

4 Faces of Eve

CN · 19968.0

Director of Photography

Tri-Star poster

Tri-Star

CN · 19965.7

Director of Photography

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net poster

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net

JA · 19966.4

Director of Photography

Irma Vep poster

Irma Vep

FR · 19966.7

Thanks

Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

CN · 19957.7

Director of Photography

The Peony Pavilion poster

The Peony Pavilion

ZH · 19959.4

Director of Photography

Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue

CN · 1995Not rated

Cinematography

Chungking Express poster

Chungking Express

CN · 19948.0

Director of Photography

Red Lotus Society poster

Red Lotus Society

ZH · 19947.4

Director of Photography

Ashes of Time poster

Ashes of Time

CN · 19947.1

Director of Photography

Red Rose White Rose poster

Red Rose White Rose

ZH · 19946.3

Director of Photography

Beijing Bastards poster

Beijing Bastards

ZH · 19936.5

Producer

Mary from Beijing poster

Mary from Beijing

CN · 19926.2

Director of Photography

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land poster

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

ZH · 19927.5

Director of Photography

My Nostalgia, My Songs poster

My Nostalgia, My Songs

ZH · 1991Not rated

Cinematography, Editor, Director

Family Day poster

Family Day

CN · 19908.5

as Tourist

Days of Being Wild poster

Days of Being Wild

CN · 19907.3

Director of Photography

Return Engagement poster

Return Engagement

CN · 19906.7

Director of Photography

Carry On Yakuza poster

Carry On Yakuza

ZH · 19899.0

as Fake Arms Dealer

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose poster

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

CN · 19897.3

Director of Photography

I Am Sorry poster

I Am Sorry

CN · 19896.2

Director of Photography

I Love Mary poster

I Love Mary

ZH · 198810.0

Actor

Burning Snow poster

Burning Snow

CN · 19884.7

Director of Photography

Soul poster

Soul

CN · 19865.0

Director of Photography

Noir et blanc poster

Noir et blanc

FR · 19864.6

Director of Photography

逆旅與幻象 poster

逆旅與幻象

XX · 1984Not rated

as self, Cinematography

Ah Fu poster

Ah Fu

ZH · 1984Not rated

Director of Photography

That Day, on the Beach poster

That Day, on the Beach

ZH · 19837.5

Director of Photography

The Sexy Lady Driver poster

The Sexy Lady Driver

ZH · 1982Not rated

as Steven George

閒夢

1981

Idle Dream

ZH · 1981Not rated

Actor

The Land of the Brave poster

The Land of the Brave

ZH · 19818.0

as Australian Man (Cameo)

家庭/電影 poster

家庭/電影

ZH · 1981Not rated

as self, Director, Cinematography

Journey through Images poster

Journey through Images

ZH · 1981Not rated

Cinematography, Editor, Director

Christine (Film of Her) poster

Christine (Film of Her)

ZH · 1980Not rated

Director

The Boat-Burning Festival poster

The Boat-Burning Festival

ZH · 1979Not rated

Cinematography

Archive / Preserving Taiwan’s Historic Sites poster

Archive / Preserving Taiwan’s Historic Sites

ZH · 1979Not rated

Cinematography