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Peter Pau

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Peter Pau

Peter Pau in 2005

Born

1952 (age 71–72)

Hong Kong, China

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

鮑德熹

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Bào Dé Xī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Baau1 Dak1 Hei1

Peter Pau Tak-Hei (Chinese: 鮑德熹, born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2000. One of Hong Kong's premier cinematographers, he has collaborated with directors John Woo, Ronny Yu, Ang Lee, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai.^[1]

Pau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006. His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching.^[1]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Ref.
1987	The Legend of Wisely	Teddy Robin
1989	The Killer	John Woo	With Wong Wing-Hang
1991	To Be Number One	Poon Man-kit
1991	God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai	Wong Jing
1992	Saviour of the Soul	Corey Yuen David Lai Jeffrey Lau	With Lee Tak-wai and Simon Li
	Justice, My Foot!	Johnnie To
	Misty	Himself	Directorial debut
1993	The Bride with White Hair	Ronny Yu	With Lee Tak-shing
1993	The Eagle Shooting Heroes	Jeffrey Lau
1994	Naked Killer	Clarence Fok
1994	Treasure Hunt	Jeffrey Lau
1995	The Phantom Lover	Ronny Yu
1995	The Chinese Feast	Tsui Hark
1997	Warriors of Virtue	Ronny Yu
1997	Double Team	Tsui Hark
1998	Bride of Chucky	Ronny Yu
1998	Anna Magdalena	Yee Chung-man
2000	Dracula 2000	Patrick Lussier		^[2]
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee
2002	The Touch	Himself
2005	The Promise	Chen Kaige	With Choi Shung-fai
2005	Perhaps Love	Peter Chan	With Christopher Doyle
2007	Shoot 'Em Up	Michael Davis
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom	Rob Minkoff
2010	Confucius	Hu Mei
2012	I Do	Sun Zhou
2013	Special ID	Clarence Fok
2015	Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal	Himself Zhao Tianyu
2016	See You Tomorrow	Zhang Jiajia
2022	Blossoms Shanghai	Wong Kar-wai

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2000	Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Cinematographer		Won
	American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Cinematography		Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Yiu, Enoch (2015-02-13). "Peter Pau's long journey from bored banker to Oscar winner". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

^ Reese, Lori (2001-03-29). "Fast talking Oscar winner Peter Pau talks to EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2024-05-05.

External links[edit]

Awards for Peter Pau

v t e Academy Award for Best Cinematography
1928–1950	Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (1928) Clyde De Vinna (1929) Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer (1930) Floyd Crosby (1931) Lee Garmes (1932) Charles Lang (1933) Victor Milner (1934) Hal Mohr (1935) Tony Gaudio (1936) Karl Freund (1937) Joseph Ruttenberg (1938) Gregg Toland / Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan (1939) George Barnes / George Perinal (1940) Arthur C. Miller / Ernest Palmer (1941) Joseph Ruttenberg / Leon Shamroy (1942) Arthur C. Miller / Hal Mohr (1943) Joseph LaShelle / Leon Shamroy (1944) Harry Stradling / Leon Shamroy (1945) Arthur C. Miller / Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, and Arthur Arling (1946) Guy Green / Jack Cardiff (1947) William Daniels / Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton C. Hoch (1948) Paul C. Vogel / Winton C. Hoch (1949) Robert Krasker / Robert Surtees (1950)
1951–1975	William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951) Robert Surtees / Winton C. Hoch and Archie Stout (1952) Burnett Guffey / Loyal Griggs (1953) Boris Kaufman / Milton R. Krasner (1954) James Wong Howe / Robert Burks (1955) Joseph Ruttenberg / Lionel Lindon (1956) Jack Hildyard (1957) Sam Leavitt / Joseph Ruttenberg (1958) William C. Mellor / Robert Surtees (1959) Freddie Francis / Russell Metty (1960) Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961) Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962) James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963) Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964) Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965) Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966) Burnett Guffey (1967) Pasqualino De Santis (1968) Conrad L. Hall (1969) Freddie Young (1970) Oswald Morris (1971) Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) Sven Nykvist (1973) Fred J. Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974) John Alcott (1975)
1976–2000	Haskell Wexler (1976) Vilmos Zsigmond (1977) Néstor Almendros (1978) Vittorio Storaro (1979) Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980) Vittorio Storaro (1981) Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982) Sven Nykvist (1983) Chris Menges (1984) David Watkin (1985) Chris Menges (1986) Vittorio Storaro (1987) Peter Biziou (1988) Freddie Francis (1989) Dean Semler (1990) Robert Richardson (1991) Philippe Rousselot (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) John Toll (1994) John Toll (1995) John Seale (1996) Russell Carpenter (1997) Janusz Kamiński (1998) Conrad Hall (1999) Peter Pau (2000)
2001–present	Andrew Lesnie (2001) Conrad Hall (2002) Russell Boyd (2003) Robert Richardson (2004) Dion Beebe (2005) Guillermo Navarro (2006) Robert Elswit (2007) Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) Mauro Fiore (2009) Wally Pfister (2010) Robert Richardson (2011) Claudio Miranda (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) Emmanuel Lubezki (2015) Linus Sandgren (2016) Roger Deakins (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019) Erik Messerschmidt (2020) Greig Fraser (2021) James Friend (2022) Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)

Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography

1980–2000

Michael Chapman (1980)
Gordon Willis (1981)
Allen Daviau (1982)
Hiro Narita (1983)
Chris Menges (1984)
Takao Saitō and Masaharu Ueda (1985)
Frederick Elmes (1986)
Vittorio Storaro (1987)
Sven Nykvist (1988)
Michael Ballhaus (1989)
No Award (1990)
Tak Fujimoto (1991)
Jack N. Green (1992)
Janusz Kamiński (1993)
Stefan Czapsky (1994)
Alex Nepomniaschy (1995)
John Seale (1996)
Roger Deakins (1997)
Janusz Kamiński (1998)
Emmanuel Lubezki (1999)
Peter Pau (2000)

2001–present

Roger Deakins (2001)
Edward Lachman (2002)
Olli Barbé, Bernard Lutic, and 13 others (2003)
Zhao Xiaoding (2004)
Robert Elswit (2005)
Guillermo Navarro (2006)
Janusz Kamiński (2007)
Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li (2008)
Barry Ackroyd (2009)
Roger Deakins (2010)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2011)
Mihai Mălaimare Jr. (2012)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2013)
Emmanuel Lubezki (2014)
Edward Lachman (2015)
Chung Chung-hoon (2016)
Hoyte van Hoytema (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Claire Mathon (2019)
Joshua James Richards (2020)
Ari Wegner (2021)
Eliot Rockett (2022)
Jonathan Ricquebourg (2023)

v t e Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
1990s	Dean Semler (1990) Roger Deakins (1991) Michael Ballhaus (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) Stefan Czapsky (1994) Darius Khondji (1995) John Seale (1996) Russell Carpenter (1997) John Toll (1998) Robert Richardson (1999)
2000s	Peter Pau (2000) Andrew Lesnie (2001) Edward Lachman (2002) Lance Acord (2003) Christopher Doyle / Robert Richardson (2004) Rodrigo Prieto (2005) Emmanuel Lubezki (2006) Roger Deakins (2007) Wally Pfister (2008) Barry Ackroyd (2009)
2010s	Wally Pfister (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Mihai Mălaimare Jr. (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki / Robert Yeoman (2014) John Seale (2015) Linus Sandgren (2016) Roger Deakins (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019)
2020s	Joshua James Richards (2020) Ari Wegner (2021) Kim Ji-yong (2022) Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)

v t e Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography
1990s	Dean Semler (1990) Robert Richardson (1991) Jack N. Green (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) Roger Deakins / John Toll (1994) John Toll (1995) John Seale (1996) Russell Carpenter (1997) Janusz Kamiński (1998) Robert Richardson (1999)
2000s	Peter Pau (2000) Andrew Lesnie (2001) Edward Lachman (2002) Andrew Lesnie (2003) No Award (2004) Rodrigo Prieto (2005) Dean Semler (2006) Roger Deakins (2007) Wally Pfister (2008) Andrew Lesnie (2009)
2010s	Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Claudio Miranda (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) Emmanuel Lubezki (2015) Linus Sandgren (2016) Dan Laustsen (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019)
2020s	Joshua James Richards (2020) Greig Fraser (2021) Russell Carpenter (2022) Hoyte van Hoytema (2023)