Christopher Doyle
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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
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movieMorte Cucina
2026
Director of Photography
movieIn the Mood for Love 2001
2025
Director of Photography
movieLove After Love
2021
Director of Photography
movieTezuka's Barbara
2020
Director of Photography
movieThey Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
Director of Photography
movieThe White Girl
2017
Director of Photography
movieHuman Flow
2017
Director of Photography
movieYou Mean The World To Me
2017
Director of Photography
movieWind
2016
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movieStockholm, My Love
2016
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movieI Am Belfast
2016
Director of Photography
movieEndless Poetry
2016
Director of Photography
moviePort of Call
2015
Director of Photography
movieHong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
2015
Director of Photography
movieFundamentally Happy
2015
Director of Photography
movieBeijing, New York
2015
Director of Photography
movieRuined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Director of Photography
movieBends
2013
Director of Photography
movieMagic Magic
2013
Director of Photography
movieAmerican Dreams in China
2013
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movieA Good Story
2013
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movieRabbit Horror
2011
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movieLove for Life
2011
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movieUnderwater Love
2011
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moviePassion Play
2011
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movieShowtime
2010
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movieOcean Heaven
2010
Director of Photography
movieOndine
2010
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movieThe Limits of Control
2009
Director of Photography
movieDownloading Nancy
2008
Director of Photography
movieParanoid Park
2007
Director of Photography
movieLady in the Water
2006
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movieInvisible Waves
2006
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movieDigital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
2006
Director of Photography
moviePerhaps Love
2005
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movieThe White Countess
2005
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movieEros
2004
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movieThe Hand
2004
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movie2046
2004
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movieThree... Extremes
2004
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movieDumplings
2004
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movieGreen Tea
2003
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movieLast Life in the Universe
2003
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movieHero
2002
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movieThe Quiet American
2002
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movieThree
2002
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movieThree: Going Home
2002
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movieRabbit-Proof Fence
2002
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movieMade
2001
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movieIn the Mood for Love
2000
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movieLiberty Heights
1999
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movieAway with Words
1999
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movieBuenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999
Director of Photography
moviePsycho
1998
Director of Photography
movieYang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Director of Photography
movieFirst Love: The Litter on the Breeze
1997
Director of Photography
movieChinese Box
1997
Second Unit Director of Photography
movieMotel Cactus
1997
Director of Photography
movieHappy Together
1997
Director of Photography
moviewkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
1996
Director of Photography
movie4 Faces of Eve
1996
Director of Photography
movieTemptress Moon
1996
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movieTri-Star
1996
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movieThe Peony Pavilion
1995
Director of Photography
movieFallen Angels
1995
Director of Photography
movieRed Rose White Rose
1994
Director of Photography
movieAshes of Time
1994
Director of Photography
movieRed Lotus Society
1994
Director of Photography
movieChungking Express
1994
Director of Photography
movieMary from Beijing
1992
Director of Photography
movieSecret Love in Peach Blossom Land
1992
Director of Photography
movieDays of Being Wild
1990
Director of Photography
movieReturn Engagement
1990
Director of Photography
movieI Am Sorry
1989
Director of Photography
movieMy Heart Is That Eternal Rose
1989
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movieBurning Snow
1988
Director of Photography
movieSoul
1986
Director of Photography
movieNoir et blanc
1986
Director of Photography
movieAh Fu
1984
Director of Photography
movieThat Day, on the Beach
1983
Director of Photography
The Star
Director of Photography
Hunters in the Dark
Director of Photography
Late in Summer
Director of Photography
Acting35
movieWind
2016
Himself
movieParanoid Park
2007
Uncle Tommy
movieMcDull, the Alumni
2006
BBQ Cook
movieTwelve Twenty
2006
Taxi Driver / Captain
movie1:99 Shorts
2003
(segment "Spring, 2003")
moviePsycho Path
1999
Self - Cinematographer
movieAndromedia
1998
Sakkaa / Soccer
movieYesterday You, Yesterday Me
1997
Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator)
movieFamily Day
1990
Tourist
movieCarry On Yakuza
1989
Fake Arms Dealer
movieOmega Syndrome
1986
Leonard Waxman
movie逆旅與幻象
1984
self
movieThe Sexy Lady Driver
1982
Steven George
movie家庭／電影
1981
self
movieThe Land of the Brave
1981
Australian Man (Cameo)
Crew17
movieJust 1 Day
2022
Cinematography
movieThe Boat Burning Festival+
2019
Cinematography
movieCuba
2019
Cinematography
To Heaven, to Gather
2018
Cinematography
movieLove Only
2018
Cinematography
movieEnishi: The Bride of Izumo
2016
Cinematography
movieBlue Sky Bones
2013
Cinematography
movieTwelve Twenty
2006
Cinematography
movieMotorola
1998
Cinematography
movieIrma Vep
1996
Thanks
movieOut of the Blue
1995
Cinematography
movieMy Nostalgia, My Songs
1991
Cinematography
movie逆旅與幻象
1984
Cinematography
movie家庭／電影
1981
Cinematography
movieJourney through Images
1981
Cinematography
movieThe Boat-Burning Festival
1979
Cinematography
movieArchive / Preserving Taiwan’s Historic Sites
1979
Cinematography
Directing14
movieLove Only
2018
Director
movieThe White Girl
2017
Director
Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World
2014
Director
movieBeautiful 2014
2014
Director
movieWarsaw Dark
2008
Director
movieParis Je T'aime
2006
Director
movieBlue
2004
Director
movieAway with Words
1999
Director
movieTyphoon Shelter
1998
Director
movieMy Nostalgia, My Songs
1991
Director
movie家庭／電影
1981
Director
movieJourney through Images
1981
Director
movieChristine (Film of Her)
1980
Director
Writing5
Editing2
Production2
movieM on the Bund
2024
Executive Producer
movieBeijing Bastards
1993
Producer