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Wong Kar-Wai

Born 1958-07-17

Wong Kar-Wai (born July 17, 1958) is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films. Wong's films frequently feature protagonists who yearn for romance in the midst of a knowingly brief life and scenes that can often be described as sketchy, digressive, exhilarating, and containing vivid imagery.

Known for

In the Mood for Love 2000 · 8.0 Chungking Express 1994 · 7.9 2046 2004 · 7.4 My Blueberry Nights 2007 · 6.6 Fallen Angels 1995 · 7.5 The Grandmaster 2013 · 6.6 Happy Together 1997 · 7.7 Days of Being Wild 1990 · 7.4 Ashes of Time 1994 · 7.0 As Tears Go By 1988 · 7.0 Eros 2004 · 5.9 Ennio 2022 · 8.2 To Each His Own Cinema 2007 · 6.7 The Follow 2001 · 7.3 The Eagle Shooting Heroes 1993 · 7.0 The First Monday in May 2016 · 7.1 See You Tomorrow 2016 · 5.0 Miao Miao 2008 · 6.3 The Hand 2004 · 7.4 Flaming Brothers 1987 · 6.2 Europe Raiders 2018 · 4.6 The Haunted Cop Shop 1987 · 6.1 First Love: Litter on the Breeze 1997 · 6.9 Once Upon a Rainbow 1982 · 5.8 The Road to "The Grandmaster" 2012