Peter Pau

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]

Peter Pau
Peter Pau in 2005
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Hong Kong, China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鮑德熹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bào Dé Xī Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Baau1 Dak1 Hei1

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

Director

• Jue shi jia dao (1985)
• Misty (1992)
• The Touch (2002) (Also story writer)
• Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal (2015)

Actor

Year	Title	Role
1988	On the Run
1991	Crazy Safari	Expert
1995	The Chinese Feast	Chef from North West Restaurant
2015	Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal	God of Heaven

Cinematographer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1985	Jue shi jia dao	Himself
1986	Tian mi shi liu sui	Ken Siu
1987	The Legend of Wisely	Teddy Robin
1988	Gong zi duo qing	Clarence Fok
	Sha zhi lian	Po-Chih Leong	With Paul Chan, Hang Sang Poon and Wing-Hang Wong
	Hei Bo	Yan Yee Lee	With Hang-Sang Poon
1989	The Killer	John Woo
	A Fishy Story	Anthony Chan
	God of Gamblers	Wong Jing	With David Chung
	A Terra-Cotta Warrior	Ching Siu-tung	With Hsin-Yeh Li
1990	The Swordsman	King Hu	With Andy Lam
1991	Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia	Chi Li Tang Siu-Ming Tsui
	Tricky Brains	Wong Jing
	Ho yat gwan joi loi	Tony Au	With David Chung, Peter Ngor and Bill Wong
	To Be Number One	Poon Man-kit
	God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai	Wong Jing
	The Banquet	Alfred Cheung Joe Cheung Clifton Ko Tsui Hark	With David Chung, Ardy Lam, Andrew Lau, Kin-Keung Lee, Tak-Wai Lee, Chi-Wai Tam and Wing-Hang Wong
	Saviour of the Soul	Corey Yuen David Lai Jeffrey Lau	With Lee Tak-wai and Simon Li
1992	Justice, My Foot!	Johnnie To
	Naked Killer	Clarence Fok	With William Yim
	Leung goh nuijen, yat goh leng, yat goh m leng	Stanley Kwan	Short film
1993	The Eagle Shooting Heroes	Jeffrey Lau
	The Bride with White Hair	Ronny Yu	With Lee Tak-shing
1994	Treasure Hunt	Jeffrey Lau
1995	The Chinese Feast	Tsui Hark
	The Phantom Lover	Ronny Yu
	Xiu Xiu han ta de nan ren	Henry Fong
1997	Double Team	Tsui Hark
	Warriors of Virtue	Ronny Yu	Also co-producer
1998	Anna Magdalena	Yee Chung-man
	Bride of Chucky	Ronny Yu
1999	Metade Fumaca	Kam-Hung Yip
2000	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Ang Lee
	Siu chan chan	Yee Chung-man
	Dracula 2000	Patrick Lussier	[2]
2001	Beijing Rocks	Mabel Cheung
2002	The Touch	Himself
2005	Perhaps Love	Peter Chan
	The Promise	Chen Kaige	With Choi Shung-fai
2007	Shoot 'Em Up	Michael Davis
2008	The Forbidden Kingdom	Rob Minkoff
2010	Confucius	Hu Mei
2011	Li xian ji li xian ji	Frant Gwo Yang Li
2012	I Do	Sun Zhou
2013	Special ID	Clarence Fok	Also producer
2015	Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal	Himself Zhao Tianyu
2016	See You Tomorrow	Zhang Jiajia	With Yu Cao
2020	The Rescue	Dante Lam
2021	The Battle at Lake Changjin	Chen Kaige Tsui Hark Dante Lam	With Islam Abdelbadia, Wenlong Cai, Yu Ding, Hu Gao, Pan Luo, Kenny Tse and Wing-Hang Wong
2022	The Battle at Lake Changjin II		With Pan Luo

Awards and nominations

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