1952-05-02 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.
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Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain | Self - Guest / Cinematographer (archive footage) | 2021-07-16 |
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Self | 2019-08-14 |
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Wind | Himself | 2016-11-21 |
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杜可風：霓虹光影 | 2014-05-14 | |
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Pinku Eiga - L'intérieur du dôme du plaisir du cinéma japonais | Self | 2011-01-01 |
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A Moment in Time | 2010-05-08 | |
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用心跳 | 2010-09-02 | |
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Behind the Blur | 2009-01-01 | |
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Making Paranoid Park | 2008-04-24 | |
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Paranoid Park | Uncle Tommy | 2007-07-12 |
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In the Mood for Doyle | Himself | 2007-08-30 |
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Reflections of Lady in the Water | 2006-12-19 | |
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Twelve Twenty | Taxi Driver / Captain | 2006-01-01 |
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春田花花同學會 | BBQ Cook | 2006-01-22 |
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1:99 電影行動 | 10) | 2003-08-04 |
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Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong | Self | 2001-10-01 |
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Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken | Himself | 2001-04-08 |
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Psycho Path | Self - Cinematographer | 2000-02-10 |
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アンドロメデイア | Sakkaa / Soccer | 1998-07-11 |
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記得…香蕉成熟時3為妳鍾情 | Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator) | 1997-07-16 |
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甜蜜蜜 | Jeremy | 1996-11-02 |
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警察扒手兩家親 | Tourist | 1990-09-20 |
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黑道福星 | Fake Arms Dealer | 1989-05-11 |
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我愛瑪麗 | 1988-09-02 | |
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Omega Syndrome | Leonard Waxman | 1986-10-26 |
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冷艷嬌娃 | Steven George | 1982-01-01 |
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閒夢 | 1981-11-07 | |
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龍的傳人 | Australian Man (Cameo) | 1981-07-11 |
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M on the Bund | Self | |
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Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild | Himself |
