Directing

Wong Kar-Wai

born 1958 · Directing

66.8avg grm
12titles
#301best rank
12honors
Ibest title · #301 on siteIn the Mood for Love2000 · as Director79.0

Honors

12
2022Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong
2018honorary doctor of Harvard University
2017Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema
2014Asian Film Award — Best Director
2013Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Honors
  • 2022Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong
  • 2018honorary doctor of Harvard University
  • 2017Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema
  • 2014Asian Film Award — Best Director
  • 2013Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • 2004European Film Award — Best Non-European Film
  • 2001César Award — Best Foreign Film
  • 1997Cannes Best Director Award
  • 1991Golden Horse Award — Best Director
  • —Bronze Bauhinia Star
  • —Hong Kong Film Award — Best Director
  • —Knight of the Legion of Honour

Bio

Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013), and the television series Blossoms Shanghai (2023).

Biography

Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013), and the television series Blossoms Shanghai (2023).

Filmography

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2020s2 titlesBBlossoms Shanghai2023 · as Director · series63.9HThe Hand2020 · as Director57.2
2010s1 titleFThe First Monday in May2016 · as Self55.7
2000s4 titlesLLet the Wind Carry Me2009 · as Self58.7220462004 · as Director72.4HThe Hire2003 · as Director58.0IIn the Mood for Love2000 · as Director79.0
1990s5 titlesBBuenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together1999 · as Self58.0HHappy Together1997 · as Director73.1FFallen Angels1995 · as Director73.9CChungking Express1994 · as Director77.0DDays of Being Wild1990 · as Director74.3

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Wong Kar-Wai

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born1958
known forDirecting
titles on site12
best title rank#301 · In the Mood for Love (2000)
avg GRM66.8
honors12 · Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong, 2022
Honors
  • 2022Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong
  • 2018honorary doctor of Harvard University
  • 2017Lumière Award, Lyon Festival of cinema
  • 2014Asian Film Award — Best Director
  • 2013Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • 2004European Film Award — Best Non-European Film
  • 2001César Award — Best Foreign Film
  • 1997Cannes Best Director Award
  • 1991Golden Horse Award — Best Director
  • —Bronze Bauhinia Star
  • —Hong Kong Film Award — Best Director
  • —Knight of the Legion of Honour
Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013), and the television series Blossoms Shanghai (2023).

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