Peter Pau

Peter Pau
Peter Pau in 2005
Chinese name	鮑德熹
Chinese name	鮑德熹 (Traditional)
Pinyin	Bāo Dé Xī (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Baau1 Dak1 Hei1 (Cantonese)
Born	1951 (age 60–61) Hong Kong
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Cinematography 1990 A Fishy Story 1992 Saviour of the Soul 1994 The Bride with White Hair 2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2006 Perhaps Love Golden Horse Awards Best Cinematography 2006 Perhaps Love

Peter Pau Tak-Hei (Chinese: 鮑德熹), born 1951 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong-based cinematographer, best known to western audiences as the cinematographer in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Best Cinematographer Oscar in 2000.

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.

Partial filmography

• The Killer (1989)
• The Bride with White Hair (1993)
• Naked Killer (1994)
• The Phantom Lover (1995)
• Warriors of Virtue (1997)
• Bride of Chucky (1998)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• The Promise (2005)
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
• Confucius (2010)

External links

• Peter Pau at the Internet Movie Database
• hkcinemagic entry
• lovehkfilm entry