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Christopher Doyle

Known For
Camera

Known Credits
35

Gender
Male

Birthday
May 2, 1952 (74 years old)

Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christopher Doyle

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 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

Camera

2026Morte Cucina...Director of Photography
2025In the Mood for Love 2001...Director of Photography
2021Love After Love...Director of Photography
2020Tezuka's Barbara...Director of Photography
2019They Say Nothing Stays the Same...Director of Photography
2017The White Girl...Director of Photography
2017Human Flow...Director of Photography
2017You Mean The World To Me...Director of Photography
2016Wind...Director of Photography
2016Stockholm, My Love...Director of Photography
2016I Am Belfast...Director of Photography
2016Endless Poetry...Director of Photography
2015Port of Call...Director of Photography
2015Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous...Director of Photography
2015Fundamentally Happy...Director of Photography
2015Beijing, New York...Director of Photography
2014Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore...Director of Photography
2013Bends...Director of Photography
2013Magic Magic...Director of Photography
2013American Dreams in China...Director of Photography
2013A Good Story...Director of Photography
2011Rabbit Horror...Director of Photography
2011Love for Life...Director of Photography
2011Underwater Love...Director of Photography
2011Passion Play...Director of Photography
2010Showtime...Director of Photography
2010Ocean Heaven...Director of Photography
2010Ondine...Director of Photography
2009The Limits of Control...Director of Photography
2008Downloading Nancy...Director of Photography
2007Paranoid Park...Director of Photography
2006Lady in the Water...Director of Photography
2006Invisible Waves...Director of Photography
2006Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her...Director of Photography
2005Perhaps Love...Director of Photography
2005The White Countess...Director of Photography
2004Eros...Director of Photography
2004The Hand...Director of Photography
20042046...Director of Photography
2004Three... Extremes...Director of Photography
2004Dumplings...Director of Photography
2003Green Tea...Director of Photography
2003Last Life in the Universe...Director of Photography
2002Hero...Director of Photography
2002The Quiet American...Director of Photography
2002Three...Director of Photography
2002Three: Going Home...Director of Photography
2002Rabbit-Proof Fence...Director of Photography
2001Made...Director of Photography
2000In the Mood for Love...Director of Photography
1999Liberty Heights...Director of Photography
1999Away with Words...Director of Photography
1999Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'...Director of Photography
1998Psycho...Director of Photography
1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema...Director of Photography
1997First Love: The Litter on the Breeze...Director of Photography
1997Chinese Box...Second Unit Director of Photography
1997Motel Cactus...Director of Photography
1997Happy Together...Director of Photography
1996wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net...Director of Photography
19964 Faces of Eve...Director of Photography
1996Temptress Moon...Director of Photography
1996Tri-Star...Director of Photography
1995The Peony Pavilion...Director of Photography
1995Fallen Angels...Director of Photography
1994Red Rose White Rose...Director of Photography
1994Ashes of Time...Director of Photography
1994Red Lotus Society...Director of Photography
1994Chungking Express...Director of Photography
1992Mary from Beijing...Director of Photography
1992Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land...Director of Photography
1990Days of Being Wild...Director of Photography
1990Return Engagement...Director of Photography
1989I Am Sorry...Director of Photography
1989My Heart Is That Eternal Rose...Director of Photography
1988Burning Snow...Director of Photography
1986Soul...Director of Photography
1986Noir et blanc...Director of Photography
1984Ah Fu...Director of Photography
1983That Day, on the Beach...Director of Photography
The Star...Director of Photography
Hunters in the Dark...Director of Photography
Late in Summer...Director of Photography

Production

2024M on the Bund...Executive Producer
1993Beijing Bastards...Producer

Crew

2022Just 1 Day...Cinematography
2019The Boat Burning Festival+...Cinematography
2019Cuba...Cinematography
2018To Heaven, to Gather...Cinematography
2018Love Only...Cinematography
2016Enishi: The Bride of Izumo...Cinematography
2013Blue Sky Bones...Cinematography
2006Twelve Twenty...Cinematography
1998Motorola...Cinematography
1996Irma Vep...Thanks
1995Out of the Blue...Cinematography
1991My Nostalgia, My Songs...Cinematography
1984逆旅與幻象...Cinematography
1981家庭/電影...Cinematography
1981Journey through Images...Cinematography
1979The Boat-Burning Festival...Cinematography
1979Archive / Preserving Taiwan’s Historic Sites...Cinematography

Directing

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

Writing

2017The White Girl...Writer
2015Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous...Writer
2006Paris Je T'aime...Writer
2004Blue...Writer
1999Away with Words...Writer

Editing

1991My Nostalgia, My Songs...Editor
1981Journey through Images...Editor

Acting

2024M on the Bundas Self
2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicksas Self
2019China on Filmas self
2016Windas Himself
2014Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon Worldas
2011Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinemaas Self
2010Showtimeas
2010A Moment in Timeas
2009Behind the Bluras
2008Making Paranoid Parkas
2007In the Mood for Doyleas Himself
2007Paranoid Parkas Uncle Tommy
2006Reflections of Lady in the Wateras
2006McDull, the Alumnias BBQ Cook
2006Twelve Twentyas Taxi Driver / Captain
2004The Culture Showas Self
20031:99 Shortsas (segment "Spring, 2003")
2001Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kongas Self
2001Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shakenas Himself
1999Psycho Pathas Self - Cinematographer
1998Andromediaas Sakkaa / Soccer
1997Yesterday You, Yesterday Meas Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator)
1996Comrades, Almost a Love Storyas Jeremy
1990Family Dayas Tourist
1989Carry On Yakuzaas Fake Arms Dealer
1988I Love Maryas
1986Omega Syndromeas Leonard Waxman
1984逆旅與幻象as self
1982The Sexy Lady Driveras Steven George
1981家庭/電影as self
1981Idle Dreamas
1981The Land of the Braveas Australian Man (Cameo)
Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wildas Himself
Christopher Doyle: Chungking Expressas
Moving Pictures: Chungking Expressas