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Arthur Wong

Arthur Wong

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

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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

Writer

  • Fists and Guts (1980)

Producer

Director

Actor/Cameo Appearance

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "award". Hong Kong Film Awards Association. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "filmmakers". Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    Hong Kong Cinemagic – Arthur Wong Ngok Tai
  4. [4]
    "history". HKFA awards history. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010.
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