About

Known credits:
143
Birthday:
1952-05-02
Place of birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Christopher Doyle

Overview

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

Acting
2021 Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain Actor Self - Guest / Cinematographer (archive footage) 60
Fair
2019 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks Actor Self 59
Average
2016 Wind Actor Himself N/A
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2014 Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World Actor 59
Average
2011 Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema Actor Self 59
Average
2010 Showtime Actor N/A
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2010 A Moment in Time Actor N/A
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2009 Behind the Blur Actor 59
Average
2008 Making Paranoid Park Actor N/A
N/A
2007 In the Mood for Doyle Actor Himself 59
Average
2007 Paranoid Park Actor Uncle Tommy 62
Fair
2006 Reflections of Lady in the Water Actor 59
Average
2006 McDull, the Alumni Actor BBQ Cook 58
Average
2006 Twelve Twenty Actor Taxi Driver / Captain 58
Average
2003 1:99 Shorts Actor 10) 58
Average
2001 Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong Actor Self N/A
N/A
2001 Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken Actor Himself 59
Average
2000 Psycho Path Actor Self - Cinematographer 59
Average
1998 Andromedia Actor Sakkaa / Soccer 58
Average
1997 Yesterday You, Yesterday Me Actor Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator) N/A
N/A
1996 Comrades, Almost a Love Story Actor Jeremy 62
Fair
1990 Family Day Actor Tourist 59
Average
1989 Carry on Yakuza Actor Fake Arms Dealer N/A
N/A
1988 I Love Mary Actor N/A
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1986 Omega Syndrome Actor Leonard Waxman 58
Average
1982 The Sexy Lady Driver Actor Steven George N/A
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1981 Idle Dream Actor N/A
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1981 The Land of the Brave Actor Australian Man (Cameo) N/A
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Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild Actor Himself N/A
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M on the Bund Actor Self N/A
N/A

Directing
2018 Love Only Directing Director N/A
N/A
2017 The White Girl Directing Director 58
Average
2015 Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous Directing Director 58
Average
2014 Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World Directing Director 59
Average
2014 Beautiful 2014 Directing Director N/A
N/A
2008 Warsaw Dark Directing Director 58
Average
2006 Paris Je T'aime Directing Director 64
Fair
1999 Away with Words Directing Director 59
Average
1980 Christine (Film of Her) Directing Director N/A
N/A

Writing
2017 The White Girl Writing Writer 58
Average
2015 Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous Writing Writer 58
Average
2006 Paris Je T'aime Writing Writer 64
Fair
1999 Away with Words Writing Writer 59
Average

Production
1993 Beijing Bastards Production Producer 59
Average
M on the Bund Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A

Camera
2024 人間繁花 Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2021 Love After Love Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2019 They Say Nothing Stays the Same Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2017 The White Girl Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2017 Human Flow Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2017 You Mean The World To Me Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2016 Wind Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2016 Stockholm, My Love Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2016 I Am Belfast Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2016 Endless Poetry Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2015 Port of Call Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2015 Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2015 Fundamentally Happy Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2015 Beijing, New York Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2014 Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2013 Bends Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2013 Magic Magic Camera Director of Photography 56
Average
2013 American Dreams in China Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2013 A Good Story Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2011 Tormented Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2011 Love for Life Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2011 Underwater Love Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2011 Passion Play Camera Director of Photography 56
Average
2010 Showtime Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
2010 Ocean Heaven Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2010 Ondine Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2009 The Limits of Control Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2009 Ashes of Time Redux Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2008 Downloading Nancy Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2007 Paranoid Park Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2006 Lady in the Water Camera Director of Photography 56
Average
2006 Invisible Waves Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2006 McDull, the Alumni Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2006 Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2005 Perhaps Love Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2005 The White Countess Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2004 The Hand Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2004 Eros Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2004 2046 Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2004 Three... Extremes Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2004 Dumplings Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2003 Green Tea Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2003 Last Life in the Universe Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2002 The Quiet American Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2002 Hero Camera Director of Photography 72
Good
2002 Three Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2002 Going Home Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2001 Made Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2000 In the Mood for Love Camera Director of Photography 77
Good
1999 Liberty Heights Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1999 Away with Words Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1999 Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together' Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1998 Psycho Camera Director of Photography 53
Average
1998 Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1997 First Love: The Litter on the Breeze Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1997 Chinese Box Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 58
Average
1997 Motel Cactus Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1997 Happy Together Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
1996 wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1996 4 Faces of Eve Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1996 Temptress Moon Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1996 Tri-Star Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1995 The Peony Pavilion Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1995 Fallen Angels Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
1994 Red Rose White Rose Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1994 Ashes of Time Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
1994 Red Lotus Society Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1994 Chungking Express Camera Director of Photography 75
Good
1992 Mary from Beijing Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1992 Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1990 Days of Being Wild Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1990 Return Engagement Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1989 I Am Sorry Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1989 My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1988 Burning Snow Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1986 Soul Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1986 Noir et blanc Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1984 Ah Fu Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1983 That Day, on the Beach Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
The Star Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
Hunters in the Dark Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
Late in Summer Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A

Crew
2022 Just 1 Day Crew Cinematography 58
Average
2020 Tezuka's Barbara Crew Cinematography 58
Average
2020 Ouverture of Something that Never Ended Crew Cinematography 60
Fair
2019 Cuba Crew Cinematography 59
Average
2018 To Heaven, to Gather Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
2018 Love Only Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
2016 Enishi: The Bride of Izumo Crew Cinematography 58
Average
2013 Blue Sky Bones Crew Cinematography 58
Average
2006 Twelve Twenty Crew Cinematography 58
Average
2002 Six Days Crew Cinematography N/A
N/A
1998 Motorola Crew Cinematography 59
Average
1996 Irma Vep Crew Thanks 61
Fair
1995 Out of the Blue Crew Cinematography N/A
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1979 The Boat-Burning Festival Crew Cinematography N/A
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Morte Cucina Crew Cinematography N/A
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