Wong Kar-wai filmography

Wong at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival

Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a screenwriter in 1982, then made his directoral debut in 1988. As of 2019, he has directed 10 feature films. He has also worked as producer on several films he did not direct. Wong has also directed short films, commercials, and two music videos.

Filmography[]

Feature films[]

Regarding Wong's early work as a screenwriter, film scholar Peter Brunette noted that "different transcription systems from Chinese make compiling a filmography for a Chinese director an exercise in creativity and hope."^[1] Wong also claims to have contributed to c. 50 film scripts without official credit so a full filmography is difficult to provide.^[2]

Year	Film	Credited as			Chinese title	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Chinese title	Notes
1982	Once Upon a Rainbow			Yes	彩雲曲 Choi wan kuk
1983	Just For Fun			Yes	空心大少爺 Kong xin da shao ye
1984	Intellectual Trio			Yes	龍鳳智多星 Long feng zhi duo xing
1984	Silent Romance			Yes	伊人再見 Yi ren zai jian
1985	Chase a Fortune			Yes	吉人天相 Xiao hu xian
1985	Unforgettable Fantasy			Yes	小狐仙 Ji ren tian xiang
1986	Rosa			Yes	神勇雙響炮續集 Shen yong shuang xiang pao xu ji
1986	Goodbye, My Hero			Yes	惡男 E Nan
1986	Sweet Surrender			Yes	我要金龜婿 Wo yao jin gui xu
1987	Final Victory			Yes	最後勝利 Zui hou sheng li
1987	Flaming Brothers		Executive	Yes	江湖龍虎鬥 Gong woo lung foo moon
1987	The Haunted Cop Shop			Yes	猛鬼差館 Meng gui chai guan
1988	As Tears Go By	Yes		Yes	旺角卡門 Wong gok ka moon	Directing debut
1988	Walk on Fire			Yes	獵鷹計劃Lie ying ji hua
1988	The Haunted Cop Shop of Horrors II			Yes	猛鬼學堂 Meng gui xue tang
1990	Return Engagement			Yes	再戰江湖 Choi saan gong woo
1990	Days of Being Wild	Yes		Yes	阿飛正傳 Ah fei zing zyun
1991	Saviour of the Soul			Yes	九神鵰俠侶Gau yat san diu hap lu
1993	The Eagle Shooting Heroes		Executive		射鵰英雄傳之東成西就 Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau
1994	Chungking Express	Yes	Yes	Yes	重慶森林 Chung Hing sam lam
1994	Ashes of Time	Yes	Yes	Yes	東邪西毒 Dung che sai duk
1995	Fallen Angels	Yes	Executive	Yes	墮落天使 Do lok tin si
1997	Happy Together	Yes	Executive	Yes	春光乍洩 Chun gwong cha sit
1998			Yes		初纏戀后的二人世界 Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai
2000	In the Mood for Love	Yes	Yes	Yes	花樣年華 Fa yeung nin wa
2002	Chinese Odyssey 2002		Yes		天下無雙 Tian xia wu shuang
2004	2046	Yes	Yes	Yes	2046
2007	My Blueberry Nights	Yes	Yes	Yes	藍莓之夜	English language
2008			Yes		渺渺 Miǎomiǎo
2013	The Grandmaster	Yes	Yes	Yes	一代宗師 Yi dai zong shi
2016	Xuanzang		Yes		大唐玄奘 Da Tang Xuanzang
2016	See You Tomorrow		Yes	Yes	擺渡人 Baidu Ren
2018	Europe Raiders		Yes		欧洲攻略 Ouzhou gonglue
2018	Jinpa		Yes		撞死了只羊 Zhuàng sǐle yī zhǐ yáng

Short films[]

Year	Film	Credited as			Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
2000	Hua yang de nian hua	Yes
2001	In the Mood for Love 2001	Yes	Yes	Yes
2001	The Follow	Yes			Part of The Hire series for BMW
2004	The Hand	Yes	Yes	Yes	From the anthology film Eros
2007	I Travelled 9000 km to Give It to You	Yes	Yes	Yes	From the anthology film To Each His Own Cinema

Television[]

Year	Television Series	Credited as			Notes
Year	Television Series	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
TBA	Paradise Guesthouse^[3]	Yes			Pre-production
TBA	Blossoms^[4]		Yes		Pre-production

Commercials[]

Year	Film	Credited as			Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1996	wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net	Yes			For Takeo Kikuchi
1998	Motorola	Yes			For Motorola StarTAC
2001	Dans la ville	Yes			For Orange France
2002	La Rencontre	Yes			For Lacoste
2005	Capture Totale	Yes			For Dior
2007	Hypnôse Homme	Yes			For Lancôme Paris
2007	There's Only One Sun	Yes		Yes	For Philips
2007	Midnight Poison	Yes			For Dior
2011	Mask	Yes			For Shu Uemura
2012	Déjà vu	Yes		Yes	For Chivas Regal
2017	Typhoon Planet	Yes		Yes	For Paul & Shark
2021	2021 Mercedes-Benz CNY Campaign	Yes	Yes	Yes	For Mercedes-Benz

Music videos[]

Year	Film	Credited as			Notes
Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Notes
1992	"To Make You Happy"	Yes			For Tracy Huang
2002	"Six Days"	Yes			For DJ Shadow

Casting[]

Wong frequently re-casts actors who he has worked with on previous movies, except My Blueberry Nights

Actor	As Tears Go By (1989)	Days of Being Wild (1990)	Ashes of Time (1994)	Chungking Express (1994)	Fallen Angels (1995)	Happy Together (1997)	In the Mood for Love (2000)	2046 (2004)	Eros: "The Hand" (2004)	The Grandmaster (2013)
Chang Chen						N		N	N	N
Jacky Cheung	N	N	N
Leslie Cheung		N	N			N
Maggie Cheung	N	N	N				N	N
Takeshi Kaneshiro				N	N
Andy Lau	N	N
Carina Lau		N	N					N
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai		N	N	N		N	N	N		N
Gong Li								N	N
Brigitte Lin			N	N
Rebecca Pan		N					N
Faye Wong				N				N
Charlie Yeung			N		N
Zhang Ziyi								N		N

References[]

^ Brunette 2005, p. 135.
^ Stokes & Hoover 1999, p. 26.
^ Shackleton, Liz (March 19, 2019). "Huanxi releases details on Wong Kar Wai web series 'Paradise Guesthouse'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
^ Davis, Rebecca (October 30, 2019). "Tencent Nabs Rights to 'Blossoms' Series Produced by Wong Kar-wai". Variety. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

Sources[]

Brunette, Peter (2005). Wong Kar-wai. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252095472.
Stokes, Lisa Odham; Hoover, Michael (1999). City on Fire: Hong Kong Cinema. London: Verso. ISBN 1-85984-203-8.

External links[]

Wong Kar-wai filmography at the Internet Movie Database

[FOOTNOTEBrunette_2005135-1] Brunette 2005, p. 135.

[FOOTNOTEStokes_&_Hoover_199926-2] Stokes & Hoover 1999, p. 26.

[3] Shackleton, Liz (March 19, 2019). "Huanxi releases details on Wong Kar Wai web series 'Paradise Guesthouse'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

[4] Davis, Rebecca (October 30, 2019). "Tencent Nabs Rights to 'Blossoms' Series Produced by Wong Kar-wai". Variety. Retrieved November 17, 2019.

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Filmography Awards and nominations
Feature films	As Tears Go By (1988) Days of Being Wild (1990) Chungking Express (1994) Ashes of Time (1994) Fallen Angels (1995) Happy Together (1997) In the Mood for Love (2000) 2046 (2004) My Blueberry Nights (2007) The Grandmaster (2013)
Short films and segments	Wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net (1996) Hua Yang De Nian Hua (2001) The Follow (2001) "Six Days" (2002) "The Hand" in Eros (2004) "I Travelled 9000 km To Give It To You" in To Each His Own Cinema (2007) There's Only One Sun (2007)