Peter Pau

Peter Pau
Peter Pau in 2005
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鮑德熹
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBào Dé Xī
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingBaau1 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]

  1. ^ 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.