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Christopher Doyle
Director, Writer, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn May 2, 1952 (73 years)
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.
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.
Christopher Doyle Filmography
| 2021 | Like the Wind · as Narrator |
| 2019 | China on Film · as Narrator |
| 2007 | Paranoid Park · as Uncle Tommy |
| 2006 | McDull, the Alumni · as Bbq Cook |
| 2002 | Marshall Law (TV Series) · as Darryl |
| 1998 | Andromedia · as Sakkaa / Soccer |
| 1996 | Comrades: Almost a Love Story · as Jeremy |
| 1986 | Omega Syndrome · as Leonard Waxman |
| 2022 | BJ: The Life and Times of Bosco and Jojo · as Self |
| 2021 | Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain · as Self - Guest / Cinematographer (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks · as Self |
| 2019 | China On Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Miradas múltiples (La máquina loca) · as Self |
| 2007 | In the Mood for Doyle · as Himself |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die · as Self |
| 2004 | The Culture Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Through the Night With... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence: Cast and Crew Interviews · as Self - Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken · as Himself |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Scene (TV Series) · as Self - Cinematographer |
| 1999 | 360° - Géo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Psycho Path · as Self - Cinematographer |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 |
| 2021 | Just 1 Day · as Cinematographer |
| 2020 | Love After Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | The Hand · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | Gucci Ouverture of Something that never ended (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | Tezuka's Barbara · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | Cuba · as Cinematographer |
| 2019 | The Rest · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Love Only · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | The White Girl · as Director Of Photography |
| 2017 | Human Flow · as Director Of Photography |
| 2017 | You Mean the World to Me · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Stockholm, My Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Endless Poetry · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | I Am Belfast · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Enishi: The Bride of Izumo · as Cinematographer |
| 2015 | Port of Call · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Fundamentally Happy · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | Beijing, New York · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | The Sand Storm · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | I Am Here · as Cinematographer |
| 2013 | Bends · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Blue Sky Bones · as Cinematographer |
| 2013 | Magic Magic · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | American Dreams in China · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | A Good Story · as Cinematographer |
| 2013 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Underwater Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Til Death Do Us Part · as Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Passion Play · as Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | Ocean Heaven · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | Ondine · as Director Of Photography |
| 2009 | The Limits of Control · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Downloading Nancy · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | Paranoid Park · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Invisible Waves · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | The Madness of the Dance · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | Perhaps Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | The White Countess · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Eros · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | 2046 · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Three... Extremes · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Dumplings · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | Green Tea · as Director Of Photography |
| 2003 | Last Life in the Universe · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence · as Cinematographer |
| 2002 | Hero · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | The Quiet American · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Six Days · as Cinematographer |
| 2002 | Three · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | WVAG in New York City · as Cinematographer |
| 2000 | In the Mood for Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Liberty Heights · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Away with Words · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together · as Director Of Photography |
| 1998 | Psycho · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | First Love: Litter on the Breeze · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Chinese Box · as Second Unit Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Motel Cactus · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Happy Together · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | 4 Faces of Eve · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Temptress Moon · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Tri-Star · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | The Peony Pavilion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Fallen Angels · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | The Century of Cinema (TV Series) · as Cinematographer |
| 1994 | Red Rose White Rose · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | Ashes of Time · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | Chungking Express · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Mary from Beijing · as Director Of Photography |
| 1992 | Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Days of Being Wild · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Return Engagement · as Director Of Photography |
| 1989 | My Heart Is That Eternal Rose · as Director Of Photography |
| 1988 | Burning Snow · as Director Of Photography |
| 1986 | Noir et blanc · as Director Of Photography |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach · as Director Of Photography |