Christopher Doyle
Christopher Doyle
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 Camera
Popularity 1.967
Birthday 1952-05-02
Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As Ho Fung To, Kefeng Du, Chris Doyle, 杜可風, 크리스토퍼 도일, 杜可风,
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
1996

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Idle Dream
1981

Idle Dream

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
2011

Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema

Andromedia
1998

Andromedia

Carry on Yakuza
1989

Carry on Yakuza

1:99 Shorts
2003

1:99 Shorts

Showtime
2010

Showtime

Twelve Twenty
2006

Twelve Twenty

Behind the Blur
2009

Behind the Blur

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken
2001

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken

I Love Mary
1988

I Love Mary

The Sexy Lady Driver
1982

The Sexy Lady Driver

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me
1997

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

Omega Syndrome
1986

Omega Syndrome

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World
2014

Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World

M on the Bund

M on the Bund

Family Day
1990

Family Day

In the Mood for Doyle
2007

In the Mood for Doyle

Wind
2016

Wind

Reflections of Lady in the Water
2006

Reflections of Lady in the Water

McDull, the Alumni
2006

McDull, the Alumni

A Moment in Time
2010

A Moment in Time

Parts Unknown: Hong Kong
2018

Parts Unknown: Hong Kong

Paranoid Park
2007

Paranoid Park

Making Paranoid Park
2008

Making Paranoid Park

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001

Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong

Psycho Path
2000

Psycho Path

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The Land of the Brave
1981

The Land of the Brave

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
2021

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain