Arthur Wong Explained

Arthur Wong
Birth Date:	2 July 1956
Birth Place:	Hong Kong
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Module:	Child: yes T: 黃岳泰 S: 黃岳泰

Arthur Wong Ngok-Tai (born July 2, 1956) is a nine time Hong Kong Film Awards-winning cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.

Career

As a cinematographer, Wong was inspired by his father, who was, himself, a renowned cinematographer of the 1950s and the 1960s in Hong Kong. Arthur is in the board of directors for the Hong Kong Film Awards Association,^[1] Vice-chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers,^[2] founder and Honorary Chairman of HKSC (Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers) and Honorary Advisor (Film And Television) to the Vocational Training Council of Hong Kong.

Arthur Wong is known for uses of simultaneous multi-camera filming, the first to film in High Definition in Asia, and holds a record of the only person winning 3 consecutive years in the Hong Kong Film Awards, twice.

Wong started his career in 1976 and participated in more than 130 movies as a cinematographer, some of which were directed by the likes of John Woo, Ringo Lam, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Woo-Ping, Ann Hui, Clara Law, Peter Chan, and Tsui Hark.^[3]

Filmography

Cinematography

• Shaolin Mantis (1978)
• Heroes of the East (1978)
• Dirty Ho (1979)
• Fists and Guts (1980)
• Man on the Brink (1981)
• Life After Life (1982)
• Crimson Street
• Aces Go Places 2 (1983)
• Comedy (1984)
• Heart of Dragon (1985)
• The Strange Bedfellow (1986)
• The Millionaire's Express (1986)
• Mr. Vampire Part 2 (1986)
• Evil Cat (1986)
• Armour of God (1987)
• Vampire's Breakfast (1987)
• Eastern Condors (1987)
• Miracles (1989)
• A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (1990)
• (1991)
• Once Upon a Time in China (1991)
• Spiritually a Cop (1991)
• A Kid From Tibet (1992)
• Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
• Dragon Gate Inn (1992)
• The Moon Warriors (1992)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• Days of Tomorrow (1993)
• Iron Monkey (1993)
• Once Upon a Time in China IV (1993)
• The Black Panther Warriors (1993)
• Temptation of a Monk (1993)
• Love and the City (1994)
• The Returning (1994)
• A Confucian Confusion (1994)
• A Touch of Evil (1995)
• The Adventurers (1995)
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)
• Tristar (1996)
• Big Bullet (1996)
• Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
• (1996)
• The Soong Sisters (1997)
• Hitman (1998)
• Sleepless Town (1998)
• Knock Off (1998)
• Purple Storm (1999)
• Gen-X Cops (1999)
• 2000 AD (2000)
• Visible Secret (2001)
• Double Vision (2002)
• (2003)
• The Medallion (2003)
• The Floating Landscape (2003)
• Magic Kitchen (2004)
• Bamboo Shoot (2004)
• Ultraviolet (2006)
• Silk (2006)
• The Warlords (2007)
• Painted Skin (2008)
• The King of Fighters (2009)
• Bodyguards and Assassins (2010)
• East Wind Rain (2010)
• Here Comes Fortune/Fortune King is Coming to Town (2010)
• A Chinese Fairy Tale (2011)

Writer

• Fists and Guts (1980)

Producer

• The Floating Landscape (2003)

Director

• The Fool Escape (1980)
• In the Line of Duty 3 (1988)
• Ulterior Motive (2015)

Actor/Cameo Appearance

• Viva Erotica (1996)
• Beast Cops (1998)
• Born Wild (2001)
• Demi-Haunted (2002)
• (2003)
• Infernal Affairs II (2003)
• Silk (2006)
• Here Comes Fortune/Fortune King is Coming to Town (2010)
• Gangster Payday (2014)

Awards and nominations

Wong is the only person winning a "double triple", awarded best cinematography for 3 consecutive years twice in the Hong Kong Film Awards.^[4]

Year	Film	Awards and Nominations	Occasion
2010	Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)	Won: Best Cinematography	29th Hong Kong Film Awards
2010	Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
2009	Painted Skin (2009)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
2009	Painted Skin (2009)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2008	The Warlords (2007)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	2nd Asian Film Awards
2008	The Warlords (2007)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2004	The Floating Landscape (2003)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Bauhinia Awards
2004	The Floating Landscape (2003)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2003	Double Vision (2002)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2002	Visible Secret (2001)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2000	Purple Storm (1999)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
2000	Gen-X Cops (1999)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1999	Sleepless Town (1998)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1999	Sleepless Town (1998)	Won: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
1998	The Soong Sisters (1997)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1998	The Soong Sisters (1997)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
1997	Big Bullet (1996)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1997	Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1996	A Touch of Evil (1995)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1995	The Returning (1994)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1994	Days of Tomorrow (1993)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1994	Temptation of a Monk (1993)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1994	Temptation of a Monk (1993)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
1993	Dragon Gate Inn (1992)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
1993	Dragon Gate Inn (1992)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1993	Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1992	Once Upon a Time in China (1991)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1990	Miracles (1989)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1983	He Lives by Night (1982)	Won: Best Cinematography	Hong Kong Film Awards
1982	Life After Life (1981)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	Golden Horse Awards
1982	Life After Life (1981)	Nominated: Best Cinematography	2nd Hong Kong Film Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: award. Hong Kong Film Awards Association. 30 April 2011. 29 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329122327/http://www.hkfaa.com/award/home.html. dead.
2. Web site: filmmakers. Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers. 30 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707190937/http://www.hkfilmmakers.com/. 7 July 2011. dead.
3. http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=393 Hong Kong Cinemagic – Arthur Wong Ngok Tai
4. Web site: history . HKFA awards history . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921033246/http://www.hkfaa.com/history/home.html . 21 September 2010 . dmy .