Actor

Peter Pau Tak-Hai

Camera

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Acting credits

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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

TMDB popularity

0.5

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Movies: 46Series: 1Crew credits: 45

TMDB ID: 1633

IMDb ID: nm0666702

Known for: Camera

Born: June 2, 1952

Age: 74

Place of birth: Hong Kong, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2023

Years active: 39

Average TMDB rating: 6.33

Wikidata: Q180029

Also known as

Pau Tak-Hai • Peter Pau • 鮑起鳴 • Peter Pao

Other jobs

Director of Photography (38)Director (4)Art Designer (1)Producer (1)Visual Effects Supervisor (1)

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Biography

Peter Pau is a famous film director, producer, and world-renowned Chinese cinematographer. As a young man, he went to the United States to study film. In 1985, he returned to Hong Kong to join the film industry in there. In 2001, he won the Oscar for Best Cinematography with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" being the first non-American Chinese cinematographer to win this award

Movies

Movie credits linked with Peter Pau Tak-Hai.