Kar-Wai Wong Biography (1958-)

Name is sometimes transliterated as Wang Gu Wei or Wong Ga Wai; born 1958, inShanghai, China; raised in Hong Kong; father, a hotel manager; mother, a homemaker; married; children: a son. Addresses: Manager: Paul Schwartzman, Anonymous Content, 8522 National Blvd., Suite 101, Culver City, CA 90232.

Nationality: Chinese
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer, director, producer
Birth Details: 1958; Shanghai, China

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
(As Wang Jiawei) Wong gok ka moon (also known as As Tears Go By, Carmen of the Streets, Mongkok Carmen, Rexie naner, and Wang jiao ka men), 1989
(As Wang Jiawei) A Fei jing juen (also known as Ah Fei's Story, Days of Being Wild, The True Story of Ah Fei, and A-FeiTsing Chun), In-Gear Film, 1991
(As Wang Jiawei) Dung che sai duk (also known as Ashes of Time and Dong xie xi du), HKFM, 1994
(As Wang Jiawei; and executive producer) Chong qing sen lin (alsoknown as Chungking Express), Rolling Thunder, 1994
(As Wang Jiawei; and executive producer) Duo luo tian shi (also known as Fallen Angels and Duoluo tianshi), Kino International, 1995
(As Wang Jiawei; and executive producer) Cheun gwong tsa sit (alsoknown as Happy, Happy Together, and Chun guang zha xie), Golden Harvest, 1997
(And producer) Fa yeung nin wa (also known as In the Mood for Love and Hua yang nian hua), 2000, subtitled version, USA Films, 2001
The Hire: Follow (short film), BMW Films, 2001
Six Days, Universal International Pictures, 2002
Eros, 2003
2046, Buena Vista, 2004
Film Work
Other
Executive producer, Sediu yinghung tsun tsi dung sing sai tsau (also known as The Eagle Shooting Heroes, The Eagle Shooting Heroes: Dong Cheng Xi Jiu, and She diao ying xiong zhi dong cheng xi jiu),1994
Producer, Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai (also known as First Love: The Litter on the Breeze and Chu chan lian hou de er renshi jie), 1997

Producer, Hua yang de nian hua (short film), Block 2 Pictures, 2000
Producer, Tian xia wu shuang (also known as Chinese Odyssey 2002), Metacinema, 2003
Film Appearances
Wong, Meng gui xue tang (also known as The Haunted Cop Shop ofHorrors 2 and The Haunted Copshop II), 1988
Orientations--Christopher Doyle: Stirred not Shaken, 2000
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Long feng zhi duo xing (also known as Intellectual Trio), 1984
Shen yong shuang xiang pao xu ji (also known as Rosa), 1986
(With Patrick Tam and Tsang Yu) Zui hou sheng li (also known as Final Victory), 1987
Zui hou yi zhan (also known as The Final Test), 1987
Jiang hu long hu men (also known as Dragon and Tiger Fightand Flaming Brothers), 1987
Meng gui cha guan (also known as The Haunted Copshop and The Haunted Cop Shop of Horrors), 1987
Meng gui xue tang (also known as The Haunted Cop Shop of Horrors 2 and The Haunted Copshop II), 1988
Wong gok ka moon (also known as As Tears Go By, Carmen of the Streets, Mongkok Carmen, Rexie naner, and Wang jiao ka men), 1989
A Fei jing juen (also known as Ah Fei's Story, Days of Being Wild, The True Story of Ah Fei, and A-Fei Tsing Chun),In-Gear Film, 1991
Gauyat sandiu haplui (also known as Saviour of Souls, Saviour of the Soul, Terrible Angel, and Jiu yi shen diao xia lu), 1991
Dung che sai duk (also known as Ashes of Time and Dong xie xi du), HKFM, 1994
Chong qing sen lin (also known as Chungking Express), Rolling Thunder, 1994
Duo luo tian shi (also known as Fallen Angels and Duoluotianshi), Kino International, 1995
Cheun gwong tsa sit (also known as Happy, Happy Together, and Chun guang zha xie), Golden Harvest, 1997
Fa yeung nin wa (also known as In the Mood for Love and Hua yang nian hua), 2000, subtitled version, USA Films, 2001
2046, Buena Vista, 2004
Television Series
Don't Look Now, HKTV (Hong Kong), 1981

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Chicago Tribune, March 27, 1996, p. 7
Film Comment, January-February, 1996, p. 12
Interview, February, 1998, pp. 46-48; February, 2001, p. 96
Sight and Sound, September, 1995

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