Wong Kar-wai BBS (王家卫; born July17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterised by nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, and vivid cinematography involving bold, saturated colours. A pivotal figure of Hong Kong cinema, he is considered a contemporary auteur, and ranks third on Sight & Sound’s 2002 poll of the greatest filmmakers of the previous 25 years. His films frequently appear on best-of lists domestically and internationally. He began his career writing or co-writing on films like Joe Cheung’s Rosa (1986), with Yuen Biao, Lowell Lo, Luk Siu-fan, Kara Hui and Paul Chun; Patrick Tam’s Final Victory (1987), with Eric Tsang, Loletta Lee, Margaret Lee, and Tsui Hark; and Flaming Brothers (1987), with Chow Yun-fat, Alan Tang, Pat Ha, and Jenny Tseng. He made his directorial debut with As Tears Go By (1988), with Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung.
Films in the 1990s include Days of Being Wild (1990), Leslie Cheung, Lau, Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wa; Chungking Express (1994), with Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong; Ashes of Time (1994), with ; Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Carina Lau, Charlie Yeung, Jacky Cheung, and Maggie Cheung; Fallen Angels (1995), with Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, and Karen Mok; and Happy Together (1997), with Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Chen Chang.
Films in the 2000s include In the Mood for Love (2000), with Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai; 2046 (2004), with Tony Leung Chiu-wai,
Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Zhang Ziyi, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Thongchai McIntyre, Dong Jie, and Maggie Cheung; My Blueberry Nights (2007), with Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, and Natalie Portman; and The Grandmaster (2013), with Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Zhang, Chang Chen, Zhao Benshan, Song Hye-kyo, and Wang Qingxiang.
He’s also collaborated on the anthology films Eros (2004), with Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni; and To Each His Own Cinema (2007), with Raymond Depardon, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Nanni Moretti, Joel & Ethan Coen, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Zhang Yimou, Atom Egoyan, Aki Kaurismäki, Yousef Chahine, Tsai Ming-liang, Lars von Trier, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Gus Van Sant, Roman Polanski, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg,, Abbas Kiarostami, Billie August, Elia Suleiman, Manoel de Oliveira, Walter Salles, Wim Wenders, Chen Kaige, Ken Loach, & David Lynch.
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- Once Upon a Rainbow (1982) – directed by Agnes Ng – co-writer
- Just for Fun (1983) – directed by Frankie Chan – co-writer
- Intellectual Trio (1984) – directed by Guy Lai – co-writer
- Silent Romance (1984) – directed by Frankie Chan – co-writer
- Unforgettable Fantasy (1985) – directed by Wai-Hung Liu – writer
- Chase a Fortune (1985) – directed Frankie Chan – writer
- Rosa (1986) – directed by Joe Cheung – co-writer
- Goodbye, My Hero (1986) – directed by Frankie Chan – co-writer
- Sweet Surrender (1986) – directed by Frankie Chan & Norman Law Man – co-writer
- Final Victory (1987) – directed by Patrick Tam – writer
- Flaming Brothers (1987) – directed by Joe Cheung – writer, executive producer
- The Haunted Car Shop (1987) – directed Jeffrey Lau – co-writer
- The Haunted Car Shop II (1988) – directed by Jeffrey Lau – co-writer
- As Tears Go By (1988) – director, co-writer
- Walk on Fire (1988) – directed by Norman Law Man – co-writer
- Return Engagement (1990) – directed by Joe Cheung – co-writer
- Days of Being Wild (1990) – director, writer
- Saviour of the Soul (1991) – directed by Corey Yuen
- Chungking Express (1994) – director, writer, producer
- Ashes of Time (1994) – director, writer, producer
- Oh! Yes Sir!! (1994) – directed by Frankie Chan – co-writer
- Fallen Angels (1995) – director, writer, executive producer
- Happy Together (1997) – director, writer, producer
- In the Mood for Love (2000) – director, writer, producer
- In the Mood for Love 2001 (2001) – director, writer, producer – short
- 2046 (2004) – director, writer, producer
- Eros (2004) – director, writer, producer – part of an anthology in collaboration with Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni
- Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002) – directed by Jeffrey Lau – producer
- My Blueberry Nights (2007) – director, co-writer, story, producer
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) – directed with Raymond Depardon, Takeshi Kitano, Andrei Konchalovsky, Theo Angelopoulos, Andrei Konchalovsky, Nanni Moretti, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Joel & Ethan Coen, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Zhang Yimou, Amos Gitai, Jane Campion, Atom Egoyan, Aki Kaurismäki, Olivier Assayas, Youssef Chahine, Tsai Ming-liang, Lars von Trier, Raoul Ruiz, Claude Lelouch, Gus Van Sant, Roman Polanski, Michael Cimino, David Cronenberg, Abbas Kiarostami, Billie August, Elia Suleiman, Manoel de Oliveira, Walter Salles, Wim Wenders, Chen Kaige, Ken Loach, & David Lynch – anthology
- The Grandmaster (2013) – director, co-writer, story, producer
- Xuanzang (2016) – directed by Huo Jianqi – producer
- See You Tomorrow (2016) – directed by Chinese writer Zhang Jiajia – co-writer, producer
- One for the Road (2021) – directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya – producer
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