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Christopher Doyle

Christopher Doyle (born May 2, 1952 in Sydney, Australia; Chinese name: 杜可風) is an Australian-born cinematographer and member of the HKSC.

Doyle has worked with Chinese directors like Wong Kar-wai (for which he has done the cinematography of all his movies but the first one), Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, and Zhang Yuan. He directed a feature film, Away with Words (aka Kujaku, aka San tiao ren) set in Hong Kong and Okinawa, starring Tadanobu Asano.

Doyle often uses extreme angles and vanguard color grading. He is considered as one of the best living cinematographers. He is an established photographer and is known for his drinking habits and dry wit.^{[citation needed]} While his Australian accent is still discernible when he speaks English, he does so with unusual intonations and stops, the result of speaking Cantonese and Mandarin, in which he is fluent, for most of his adult life.

In the late 1970s, he went to Taiwan from Hong Kong and then settled in Taipei. He now lives in Hong Kong. He has worked as an oil driller in India, a cow herder in Israel, and a doctor of Chinese medicine in Thailand.

In 1978, he worked as a photographer for the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Zuni Icosahedron. In 1981, he worked as a cinematographer on That Day, On the Beach directed by Edward Yang. For that film, Doyle won the Best Cinematography Award in the 1983 Asia-Pacific Film Festival.

Notable music video credits include "Six Days" for DJ Shadow (directed by Wong Kar-wai), The Strokes' "Juicebox" (directed by Michael Palmieri) and "Getaway" by the Scottish group Texas (directed by Tim Royes).

Doyle won the Best Cinematography award for the film, Three:Going Home at the 2002 Golden Horse Film Festival.

• Dumplings (2006) - directed by Fruit Chan
• Invisible Waves (2006) - directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
• Lady in the Water (2006) - directed by M. Night Shyamalan
• The White Countess (2005) - directed by James Ivory
• Eros (2004) - segment "The Hand", directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Three... Extremes (2004) - segment "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan
• 2046 (2004) - directed by Wong Kar-wai, awarded Best Cinematography Awards by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics
• Green Tea (2003) - directed by Zhang Yuan
• Last Life in the Universe (2003) - directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
• Hero (2002) - directed by Zhang Yimou, awarded Best Cinematography Awards by the New York and Chicago Film Critics Circles and the National Society of Film Critics and at the Hong Kong Film Awards
• Six Days (2002) - short movie, directed by Wong Kar-wai
• The Quiet American (2002) - directed by Phillip Noyce
• Three (2002) - segment "Going Home", directed by Peter Chan
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) - directed by Phillip Noyce
• Made (2001) - directed by Jon Favreau
• In the Mood for Love (2000) - directed by Wong Kar-wai, awarded the Grand Technical Prize a the Cannes Film Festival, as well as Best Cinematography Awards by the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics
• Liberty Heights (1999) - directed by Barry Levinson
• Away with Words (1999) - directed by Christopher Doyle
• Psycho (1998 - (remake) - directed by Gus Van Sant
• First Love: The Litter on the Breeze (1997) - directed by Eric Kot
• Motel Cactus (1997) - directed by Ki-Yong Park
• Happy Together (1997) - directed by Wong Kar-wai
• 4 Faces of Eve (1996)
• wkw/tk/1996@7′55″hk.net (1996) - short movie, directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) - directed by Stanley Kwan
• Temptress Moon (1996) - directed by Chen Kaige
• The Peony Pavilion (1995) - directed by Chen Kuo-fu
• Fallen Angels (1995) - directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Red Rose White Rose (1994) - directed by Stanley Kwan
• Ashes of Time (1994) - directed by Wong Kar-wai, awarded the Osella d'Oro for Best Cinematography at the Venice International Film Festival
• The Red Lotus Society (1994) - directed by Stan Lai
• Chungking Express (1995) - directed by Wong Kar-wai
• The Peach Blossom Land (1992) - directed by Stan Lai
• Awakening (1992) - directed by Sylvia Chang
• Days of Being Wild (1991) - directed by Wong Kar-wai
• Her Beautiful Life Lies (1989) - directed by Tony Au
• My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1987) - directed by Patrick Tam
• Soul (1986) - directed by Kei Shu
• Noir et blanc (1986) - directed by Claire Devers
• That Day, on the Beach (1983) - directed by Edward Yang

• Cinema of Hong Kong

• Christopher Doyle at the Internet Movie Database
• "The Legend of Drunken Master" Dennis Lim of The Village Voice interviews Christopher Doyle. August 6, 2004 accessed July 11, 2006
• 'If you call me, you know what you're in for.'The Guardian's Steve Rose interviews Christopher Doyle. January 7, 2005 accessed July 11, 2006.
• 'His eyes have seen the glory...'The Guardian's Gaby Wood interviews Christopher Doyle. July 17, 2005 accessed July 11, 2006.
• Video: Christopher Doyle talks about Hong Kong for CNN and Nokia's feature series "The Scene".
• Text of CNN interview with Christopher Doyle.