Peter Pau
Peter Pau Tak-Hei (born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.[1] The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006.
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Peter Pau

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- Name
- Peter Pau
- Born
- 1952
- Birthplace
- Hong Kong
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- cinematographer · film director · actor · film producer
- Fields
- filming · film direction · acting · film production
- Education
- Heung To Middle School
- Honours
- Bronze Bauhinia Star · Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- Languages
- Chinese
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Peter Pau Tak-Hei (born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.[1] The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006.
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• Name — Peter Pau • Born — 1952 • Birthplace — Hong Kong • Years Active — 1985–present • Organization — Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers
Personal life
Personal life
His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching.
Filmography
Filmography
Director • Jue shi jia dao (1985) • Misty (1992 film) (1992) • The Touch (2002) (Also story writer) • Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015) Actor • Year — Title — Role • 1988 — On the Run • 1991 — Crazy Safari — Expert • 1995 — The Chinese Feast — Chef from North West Restaurant • 2015 — Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal — God of Heaven Cinematographer • Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1985 — Jue shi jia dao — Himself • 1986 — Tian mi shi liu sui — Ken Siu • 1987 — The Legend of Wisely — Teddy Robin • 1988 — The Greatest Lover — Clarence Fok • Fatal Love (1988 film) — Po-Chih Leong — With Paul Chan, Hang Sang Poon and Wing-Hang Wong • Hei Bo — Yan Yee Lee — With Hang-Sang Poon • 1989 — The Killer — John Woo • A Fishy Story — Anthony Chan • God of Gamblers — Wong Jing — With David Chung • A Terra-Cotta Warrior — Ching Siu-tung — With Hsin-Yeh Li • 1990 — The Swordsman — King Hu — With Andy Lam • 1991 — Bury Me High — Chi Li Tang Siu-Ming Tsui • Tricky Brains — Wong Jing • Ho yat gwan joi loi — Tony Au — With David Chung, Peter Ngor and Bill Wong • To Be Number One — Poon Man-kit • God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai — Wong Jing • The Banquet — Alfred Cheung Joe Cheung Clifton Ko Tsui Hark — With David Chung, Ardy Lam, Andrew Lau, Kin-Keung Lee, Tak-Wai Lee, Chi-Wai Tam and Wing-Hang Wong • Saviour of the Soul — Corey Yuen David Lai Jeffrey Lau — With Lee Tak-wai and Simon Li • 1992 — Justice, My Foot! — Johnnie To • Naked Killer — Clarence Fok — With William Yim • Leung goh nuijen, yat goh leng, yat goh m leng — Stanley Kwan — Short film • 1993 — The Eagle Shooting Heroes — Jeffrey Lau • The Bride with White Hair — Ronny Yu — With Lee Tak-shing • 1994 — Treasure Hunt — Jeffrey Lau • 1995 — The Chinese Feast — Tsui Hark • The Phantom Lover — Ronny Yu • Xiu Xiu han ta de nan ren — Henry Fong • 1997 — Double Team — Tsui Hark • Warriors of Virtue — Ronny Yu — Also co-producer • 1998 — Anna Magdalena — Yee Chung-man • Bride of Chucky — Ronny Yu • 1999 — Metade Fumaca — Kam-Hung Yip • 2000 — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon — Ang Lee • And I Hate You Sozh — Yee Chung-man • Dracula 2000 — Patrick Lussier[2] • 2001 — Beijing Rocks — Mabel Cheung • 2002 — The Touch — Himself • 2005 — Perhaps Love — Peter Chan • The Promise — Chen Kaige — With Choi Shung-fai • 2007 — Shoot 'Em Up — Michael Davis • 2008 — The Forbidden Kingdom — Rob Minkoff • 2010 — Confucius — Hu Mei • 2011 — Li xian ji li xian ji — Frant Gwo Yang Li • 2012 — I Do — Sun Zhou • 2013 — Special ID — Clarence Fok — Also producer • 2015 — Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal — Himself Zhao Tianyu • 2016 — See You Tomorrow — Zhang Jiajia — With Yu Cao • 2020 — The Rescue — Dante Lam • 2021 — The Battle at Lake Changjin — Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam — With Islam Abdelbadia, Wenlong Cai, Yu Ding, Hu Gao, Pan Luo, Kenny Tse and Wing-Hang Wong • 2022 — The Battle at Lake Changjin II — With Pan Luo • 2025 — Operation Hadal — Dante Lam — With Zhen Ye
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Peter Pau is recorded as having received Bronze Bauhinia Star and Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Title — Result • 2000 — Academy Awards — Best Cinematography — Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon • Chicago Film Critics Association — Best Cinematography • Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association — Best Cinematography • Los Angeles Film Critics Association — Best Cinematography • New York Film Critics Circle — Best Cinematographer • American Society of Cinematographers — Outstanding Cinematography • BAFTA Awards — Best Cinematography • National Society of Film Critics — Best Cinematography • San Diego Film Critics Society — Best Cinematography • Satellite Awards — Best Cinematography
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