IEC
#1: From interview [Eyes On Cinema, 2015]
#2: [Right] with Rob Minkoff - "The Forbidden Kingdom" [2007]
PETER PAU HKSC
Born: 1952, Hong Kong. [His name in Cantonese: Baau Tak-hei ; in Mandarin: Bao Dexi ; other: Bao Hei-ming].
Education: High School and study English in Canton, China; San Francisco Art Institute, USA [Still Photography, 1979-83].
Career: 'I was born and raised in Hong Kong until I was about 13. My parents were filmmakers. My father was a director/actor [Fong Pao, 1922-2006]. Since I was 10 years old, I was able to go to the studio and watch them filming. My mother [Su Liu, ?-1999] was also a very good theatrical actress. My father sent me to Canton, China, to continue my education. He felt I needed the discipline. The Cultural Revolution began a year later, and it was impossible for me to leave. I was in China for 12 years. I graduated from high school and studied English at the foreign language institute. Then, I became a teacher. After I returned to Hong Kong, I worked as a clerk in a bank. I was bored after two years. In 1979, I went to the United States to study still photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. That was my first photography experience. That's when I got my first still camera. I also did some work as a sound mixer on student films.'
Left the USA in 1984 and returned to Hong Kong.
Ph commercials.
The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honor in early 2006.
Awards: Hong Kong Film Award [1992] for 'Gau yat: san diu hap lui', [1994] for 'Bai fa mo nu zhuan', etc.; Hong Kong Film Award nom [1989; shared] for 'He Bo', [1996] for 'Ye ban ge sheng', [2000] for 'Ban zhi yan', etc.; NYFCC Award [2000], LAFCA Award [2000], BSFC Award [2000], Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000], 'Oscar' AA [2001], ASC Award nom [2001], BAFTA Film Award nom [2001], CFCA Award [2001], Golden Satellite Award nom [2001], BSC Award nom [2001] & Hong Kong Film Award [2001] for 'Wo hu cang long/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'; Hong Kong Film Award nom [2002] for 'Bak Ging lok yue liu'; Hong Kong Film Award nom [2003] for 'The Touch'.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
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1984 |
Jue shi jia dao/The Temptation of Dance [Peter Pau] c; 2nd cinematographer: Joe Chan |
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1985 |
Wai si-lei chuen kei/Wei Si Li zhuan qi/The Legend [of Wisely] [of the Golden Pearl] [Teddy Robin Kwan] c |
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1986 |
Tian mi shi liu shui/Sweet Sixteen [Kenneth Siu] c |
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1988 |
Sha zhi lian/Saat ji luen/Fatal Love [Po-Chih Leong] c; cph: Poon Hang-sang & Wong Wing-hang |
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1988 |
Hong zi duo qing/The Greatest Lover [Clarence Ford (= Clarence Fok [Huo Yaoliang])] c |
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1988 |
He Bo/The Story of Hay Bo [Lee Yan Yee] c; cph: Poon Hang-sang |
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1989 |
Die xue shuang xiong/Dip huet seung hung/The Killer/Just Heroes [John Woo] c; cph: Wong Wing-hang |
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1989 |
Ji dong ji xia/The Iceman Cometh/Time Warriors [Clarence Ford (= Clarence Fok [Huo Yaoliang])] c; as co-cameraman (with Jingle Ma); ph: Poon Hang-sang |
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1989 |
Bu tuo wa de ren/A Fishy Story [Anthony Chan] c |
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1989 |
Qin yong/Gu jin da zhan qin yon qing/A Terracotta Warrior [Tony Ching (= Ching Siu-tung)] p/c; cph: Sun Yip Li (= Li Hsin-yeh) |
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1989 |
Xiao ao jiang hu/Siu ngou gongwu/Swordsman [King Hu; (action dir) Hark Tsui, Tony Ching (= Ching Siu-tung) & Raymond Lee] c; cph: Andy Lam (= Lam Kwok-wah) |
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1989 |
Du shen/God of Gamblers [Jing Wong] p/c |
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1990 |
Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia/Bury Me High [Chi Li Tang & (action dir) Tsui Siu-ming] c |
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1990 |
Hoyat gwan tsoi loi/He ri jun zai lai/Au revoir, mon amour/Till We Meet Again/When My Dear Come Again [Tony Au] c; as Bao Hei-ming; cph: Peter Ngor, Bill Wong (= Bill Wong Chung-piu) & David Chung (= Chung Chi-man) |
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1990 |
Bo hao/To Be Number One [Poon Man-kit] c; 151m |
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1991 |
Gau yat: san diu hap lui/Saviour of the Soul/Terrible Angel [David Lai & Corey Yuen] c |
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1991 |
Zheng gu zhuan jia/Jing gu jyun ga/Tricky Brains/The Ultimate Trickster [Jing Wong] p/c |
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1991 |
Haomen yeyan/The Banquet [Hark Tsui, Clifton Ko, Alfred Cheung & Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung] c |
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1991 |
Du xia II zhi Shang Hai tan du sheng/God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai [Jing Wong] c |
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1992 |
Shen si guan/Sam sei goon/Justice, My Foot! [Johnny To Kei Fung] c |
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1992 |
Leung goh nuijen, yat goh leng, yat goh m leng/Too Happy for Words [Stanley Kwan] c; short/17m |
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1992 |
Chik lo go yeung/Chi luo gao yang/Naked Killer [Clarence Ford (= Clarence Fok [Huo Yaoliang])] c; ph trailer; ph: William Yim |
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1992 |
Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau/She diao ying xiong chuan zhi dong cheng xi jiu/The Eagle Shooting Heroes [Jeffrey Lau & (action dir) Sammo Hung] c; 2uc: Lau Wai-keung |
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1993 |
Bai fa mo nu zhuan/The Bride with White Hair/Jiang-Hu, Between Love and Glory [Ronny Yu] p/c |
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1994 |
Huang Fei-hung zhi wu: long cheng jian ba/Wong Fei-Hung V/Once Upon a Time in China V [Hark Tsui] scope/c |
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1994 |
Hua qi Shao Lin/American Shaolin/Treasure Hunt/National Treasure [Jeffrey Lau] c; as Peter Pao |
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1995 |
Ye ban ge sheng/The Phantom Lover [Ronny Yu] c |
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1995 |
Jin yu man tang/The Chinese Feast [Hark Tsui] scope/c; + small part |
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1995 |
Xiu Xiu he ta de nan ren [Henry Fong Ping] c |
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1995 |
Hua yue jia qi/Love in the Time of Twilight [Hark Tsui] c |
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1996 |
Warriors of Virtue/Magic Warriors [Ronny Yu] p/c; vfx ph: Tom Turnbull; + co-prod |
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1996 |
Double Team/The Colony [Hark Tsui] s35/c; 2uc: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: Rodger McDonald & Peter Soelbergh |
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1997 |
An na ma de lian na/Ngon na ma dak lin na/Anna Magdalena [Yee Chung-man] c |
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1998 |
Bride of Chucky [Ronny Yu] c; addph: Bill Mitchell; 2uc: Raymond Brounstein |
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1999 |
Ban zhi yan/Bun chi yin/Metade Fumaca [Riley Yip (= Yip Kam-hung)] c; addph: Tony Cheung (= Cheung Tung-leung) |
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1999 |
Siu chan chan/Xiao qing qing/And I Hate You So [Yee Chung-man] c |
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1999 |
Wo hu cang long/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Ang Lee] s35/c; 2uc: Tsoi Sung-fai |
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2000 |
Dracula 2000/Dracula 2001 [Patrick Lussier] s35/c; addph: David M. Dunlap; 2uc: Paul Mitchnick |
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2001 |
Bak Ging lok yue liu/Bei Jing le yu lu/Beijing Rocks [Mabel Cheung] c |
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2001 |
The Touch/Tian mai chuan qi [Peter Pau] s35/c |
[Left] with action dir Dion Lam [yellow coat] - "Wu ji"
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2004 |
Wu ji/Mo gik/The Promise/Master of the Crimson Armor [Chen Kaige] s35/c; 102m & 121m; 2uc: Choi Sung Fai |
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2005 |
Yu guo. Oi/Ru guo a/Perhaps Love [Peter Chan & (collab dir) Samson Chiu] c; Beijing ph: Christopher Doyle |
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2006 |
Shoot 'Em Up [Michael Davis] s35/c; addph: Steven Bernstein; ph Los Angeles (+ 2uc): David Herrington |
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2006 |
Zhu lin qi xian/Seven Wise Men of the Bamboo Forest [Ang Lee] announced; status unknown |
[Right] with dir Rob Minkoff - "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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2007 |
The Forbidden Kingdom [Rob Minkoff] HD (Genesis)+s35 (high-speed shots)-to-35mm scope/c; addph: Horace Wing Hang Wong (= Wong Wing-hang) |
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2008 |
Lord of Shanghai [Sherwood Hu] announced as ph, but film was ph in 2014 by Andrzej Sekula |
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2009 |
Kong zi/Confucius [Mei Hu] s35/c |
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2010 |
Lee's Adventure [Frant Gwo & Yang Li] scope/c |
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2011 |
Wo yuan yi/I Do/Yes, I Do [Sun Zhou] HD/c |
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2012 |
Te shu shen fen/Special Identity/Special ID [Clarence Fok (Huo Yaoliang)] RED One MX/scope & Epic/scope-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2014 |
Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling/Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal [Peter Pau & Tianyu Zhao] RED scope/3-D/c; + co-vfx superv |
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2015 |
Baiduren/See You Tomorrow/The Ferryman [Jiajia Zhang] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus/Master Scope)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; cph: Yu Cao; 2uc: Man Keung Cho |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
|---|---|
|
1984 |
Jue shi jia dao/The Temptation of Dance [+ ph] see Films |
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1992 |
Wu du qing chou/Misty [ph: Tak-Sing Lei] |
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2001 |
The Touch/Tian mai chuan qi [+ ph] see Films |
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2003 |
Hua Mulan/Mulan [+ ph] in development; status unknown; dir in February 2009 by Jingle Ma and ph by Tony Cheung |
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2014 |
Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling/Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal [co-dir: Tianyu Zhao; + co-vfx superv]\ see Films |
