Wong Kar-Wai

Known for Directing

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.

Born

July 17, 1958 (age 68)

Birthplace

Shanghai, China

Filmography

104 films, 8 shows

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TMDB3.7

In the Mood for Love 2001

2025 · 9m

country: Hong Kong

Set in a convenience store, this short film was originally intended as the third segment of Wong Kar-wai’s unrealized anthology film Three Stories About Food. It is now considered the prototype for My Blueberry Nights (2007).

TMDB3.5

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

2021 · 27m

country: Hong Kong

Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features never-before-seen materials, including deleted scenes, behind-the-scene footage, and selected narration by Wong Kar Wai.

TMDB3.3

The Grandmaster

2013 · 2h 10m

country: Hong Kong

Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.

TMDB4.0

The Road to "The Grandmaster"

2012 · 31m

country: China

This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martial artists all over the mainland to collect valuable martial arts information. It is divided into two episodes.

TMDB4.0

Ashes of Time Redux

2008

country: Unknown

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.

TMDB3.2

My Blueberry Nights

2007 · 1h 35m

country: France

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

TMDB3.3

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · 1h 40m

country: France

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

TMDB2.9

Eros

2004 · 1h 49m

country: France

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

TMDB3.6

The Hand

2004 · 56m

country: Hong Kong

Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember her when designing her garments. After this intimate first encounter, a rapport develops between the two. Entry is for the theatrically released extended version, not the segment from the Eros anthology.

FF4.5

2046

2004 · 2h 8m

country: Germany

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

TMDB3.5

@ in the mood for love

2001 · 51m

country: Hong Kong

A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

TMDB3.4

The Follow

2001 · 11m

country: United States

The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way to tail someone. As he follows her he begins to fear what he might learn of her apparently tragic life.

TMDB3.1

Age of Bloom

2001 · 3m

country: China

A montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films—most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a California warehouse in the 1990s—set to the song "Hua yang de nian hua" ("Age of Bloom") by Zhou Xuan.

FF4.0

In the Mood for Love

2000 · 1h 39m

country: Hong Kong

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

TMDB2.3

One Morning All Over the World

2000 · 2m

country: France

An ad for an advertising company, consisting of 7-second sequence shots by 13 directors.

TMDB2.4

Motorola

1998 · 3m

country: Hong Kong

Given a completely free hand by Motorola mobile phones, Wong created an advertisement that is a romantic-but-fraught vignette from the sex-wars.

TMDB3.8

Happy Together

1997 · 1h 36m

country: Hong Kong

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

TMDB3.3

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1996 · 10m

country: Japan

A Japanese-Chinese couple hangs out and shoots each other.

FF4.5

Fallen Angels

1995 · 1h 38m

country: Hong Kong

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

TMDB3.5

Ashes of Time

1994 · 1h 40m

country: Hong Kong

FF4.0

Chungking Express

1994 · 1h 43m

country: Hong Kong

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

TMDB1.5

The King of Ads, Part 2

1993 · 56m

country: France

Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

TMDB3.6

Days of Being Wild

1990 · 1h 34m

country: Hong Kong

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

TMDB3.5

As Tears Go By

1988 · 1h 38m

country: Hong Kong

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.