DIRECTOR · FROM SHANGHAI, CHINA
Wong Kar-wai
Born 1958 · 68 years old60 credits since 19813 coming up
LoveRomanticMelancholicBittersweetPeriod piece
ABOUT WONG
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 from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born17 July 1958
BirthplaceShanghai, China
Known forDirecting
On Cineora38 of 57 titles
Known for
The titles people know Wong from.
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What Wong is working on next.
Moving Pictures: Chungking ExpressDate to be announced- 刻氏兄弟綁架大劫案ProducerDate to be announced
BlossomsDirector · Writer · ProducerDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title they made on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 38
- Average IMDb
- 6.9
- Highest rated
- In the Mood for LoveIMDb 8.0
- Working since
- 1981
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Filmography
The 2020s
7 titles · IMDb 7.5 on average
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The 2010s
6 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average
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The 2000s
13 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
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The 1990s
13 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
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The 1980s
17 titles · IMDb 6.3 on average
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Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Wong’s titles.
Tony Leung Chiu-waiIn the Mood for Love, Chungking Express and 13 more
Christopher DoyleCinematographer · In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express and 12 more
Maggie Cheung Man-yukIn the Mood for Love, 2046 and 7 more
Chang Chen2046, The Grandmaster and 7 more
Jacky Cheung Hok-YauDays of Being Wild, Ashes of Time and 5 more
Jeffrey LauDirector · Days of Being Wild, As Tears Go By and 5 more
Leslie CheungHappy Together, Days of Being Wild and 4 more
