About
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...
Known for
In the Mood for LoveMovie • 2000
Chungking ExpressMovie • 1994
HeroMovie • 2002
Fallen AngelsMovie • 1995
Morte CucinaMovie • 2026
Happy TogetherMovie • 1997
Lady in the WaterMovie • 2006
Days of Being WildMovie • 1990
Paris Je T'aimeMovie • 2006
2046Movie • 2004
PsychoMovie • 1998
ErosMovie • 2004
Passion PlayMovie • 2011
Ashes of TimeMovie • 1994
Irma VepMovie • 1996
Three... ExtremesMovie • 2004
ThreeMovie • 2002
The Quiet AmericanMovie • 2002
The White CountessMovie • 2005
Perhaps LoveMovie • 2005
Comrades, Almost a Love StoryMovie • 1996
DumplingsMovie • 2004
OndineMovie • 2010
Rabbit HorrorMovie • 2011