Peter Pau Tak-hei (Chinese: 鮑德熹, born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director.
Life and career
edit- Pau was born in Hong Kong in 1952[1]
- Described by CNN as "a master at the art of visual story telling"[2]
- He was born into an acting family: his father Bao Fong, his mother Liu Su and elder sister Nina Paw are actors[3][4]
- Was sent by his father to study in Guangzhou during the mid-1960s[5][6]
- After returning to Hong Kong in 1975, he worked as a banker for the Bank of China for two years; however, he grew increasingly bored with his job, and watched 200 movies to pass the time[6][4]
- At age 27, he enrolled in a four-year film program at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1983[4][7]
- He worked with director Ronny Yu on The Bride with White Hair (1993); later, Yu asked Pau to work with him on the American slasher film Bride of Chucky (1998)[8]
- Pau was not Lee's first choice for cinematographer, but got the job by stating that he wanted to use classical Chinese watercolour paintings as a reference for shot composition[9]
- Pau stated that Lee wanted the camerawork on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to show the choreography at eye level, which differed from other Hong Kong action movies[10]
- For his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Pau won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001[11][12]
- Pau next worked on The Touch (2002) as both the director and cinematographer[13]
- The Touch was submitted to the Academy Awards as Hong Kong's entry for the best foreign-language Oscar[14]
- Pau initially was brought on to be the producer, cinematographer, and head of visual effects for Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)[15][7]
- However, he was so heavily involved with helping Zhao Tianyu (赵天宇) direct that executive producer Ann An Xiao-fen (安晓芬) gave him a co-director's credit
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Stokes 2007, p. 357.
- ^ Yuan, Jo Mei (8 July 2001). "The Man With the Golden Touch". CNN. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Cheung, Elizabeth (6 April 2015). "Nina Paw, the humble ATV star who put family before fame and fortune". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Yiu, Enoch (13 February 2015). "Peter Pau's long journey from bored banker to Oscar winner". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Director of photography Peter Pau, HKSC lends a soaring, poetic grandeur to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a mythic and wildly romantic martial-arts epic". American Cinematographer. American Society of Cinematographers. January 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ a b Chan, Yannie (12 March 2015). "Peter Pau". HK Magazine. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ a b Yip, Wai Yee (11 March 2015). "Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Pau takes on demon slayer Zhong Kui in new film". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Hubble, Felix (20 May 2022). ""I became Chucky"". Metrograph. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Reese, Lori (29 March 2001). "Fast talking Oscar winner Peter Pau talks to EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ JointPublishing 2005, p. 248, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
- ^ Brooks, Xan (26 March 2001). "Minute-by-minute report". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Hayes, Dade (25 March 2001). "'Tiger' earns Oscar stripes". Variety. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Hansen, Jeremy (27 August 2001). "Yeoh gets in 'Touch' with next pic in Tibet". Variety. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "Hong Kong submits English-language film for best foreign-language Oscar". Screen Daily. 31 October 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ Teh, Yvonne (10 March 2015). "Oscar-winner Peter Pau's film about a demon slayer piles on the special effects". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
Cited literature
edit- Ho, Sam, ed. (2005). Wild Blooms of Imagination: Art Direction in Hong Kong, 1979–2001. Joint Publishing. ISBN 9620423585. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). "Pau, Peter Tak-hei (1952–)". Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5520-5. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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External links
edit- Peter Pau at IMDb
- Peter Pau at Rotten Tomatoes
- Peter Pau at AllMovie
- Peter Pau at the Hong Kong Movie Database