Cinematography showcase for SBS
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SBS will screen a series of feature films shot by acclaimed Aussie cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Doyle, who lives and works in Asia, is one of the most sought-after cinematographers working today.
He has captured stunning imagery for such films as Hero, In the Mood for Love and 2046 -all of which will screen SBS. Doyle’s style is known for his extreme angles and vanguard color grading.
Doyle has also worked with directors Wong Kar-wai, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, M. Night Shyamalan and Gus Van Sant.
Hero 10pm Wed Jan 2
Days of Being Wild 11:25pm Tue Jan 8
In the Mood for Love 10pm Wed Jan 9
Last Life in the Universe 11:25pm Tue Jan 15
2046 10pm Wed Jan 16
Dumplings 10pm Wed Jan 23
Press Release:
This summer SBS Television presents a series of films shot by the highly acclaimed, multi-award winning Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle.
Screening on Wednesday, January 2 at 10.00pm is Hero.
Christopher Doyle may be the greatest cinematographer working in film today- perhaps one of the best cinematographers of all time. Doyle is certainly one of the most respected, having worked with Wong Kar-wai (for which he contributed at least partially to the cinematography of all his movies), Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, Fruit Chan and Zhang Yuan as well as Gus Van Sant, M. Night Shyamalan, Phillip Noyce, Jon Favreau and Barry Levinson outside Asia.
An Australian by birth, Doyle lives and works predominantly in Asia. While his Australian accent is still discernible when he speaks English, he does so with unusual intonations and stops, the result of speaking Cantonese and Mandarin, in which he is fluent, for most of his adult life. He also speaks fluent French. His Chinese name is Du Ke Fung which means `like the wind’.
Doyle’s distinctive and versatile camerawork is the result of a self-taught understanding of his medium and sensitivity to nuances of light, colour and texture. “I have no formal education, so I have to go with what I see as opposed to what I’ve been taught,” says Doyle, whose work stands out most when in collaboration with directors of a similar ilk –Wong Kar-wai, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and Gus Van Sant, whose latest Cannes award winner, Paranoid Park, Doyle co-shot.
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i am very much pleased with cinematographer Christopher Doyle work. He is one of the rare Australian whose work work is acclaimed outside Australia. I too love his extreme angle and color grading.