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Peter Pau Tak-Hai

Also known as Pau Tak-Hai, Peter Pau, 鮑起鳴, Peter Pao

73 yearsJune 2, 1952Hong Kong, ChinaPopularity 1.5

Peter Pau is a famous film director, producer, and world-renowned Chinese cinematographer. As a young man, he went to the United States to study film.

Biography

Peter Pau is a famous film director, producer, and world-renowned Chinese cinematographer. As a young man, he went to the United States to study film. In 1985, he returned to Hong Kong to join the film industry in there. In 2001, he won the Oscar for Best Cinematography with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" being the first non-American Chinese cinematographer to win this award

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