[Right] with dir Rob Minkoff - "The Forbidden Kingdom"

[2007]

               

Born: 1952, Hong Kong. [His name in Cantonese: Tak-Hai Pau; in Mandarin: De-Xi Bao.]

Education: High School and study English in Canton, China; San Francisco Art Institute, USA [Still Photography, 1979-83].

Career: 'I was born and raised in Hong Kong until I was about 13. My parents were filmmakers. My father was a director/actor [Fong Pao, 1922-2006]. Since I was 10 years old, I was able to go to the studio and watch them filming. My mother [Su Liu, ?-1999] was also a very good theatrical actress. My father sent me to Canton, China, to continue my education. He felt I needed the discipline. The Cultural Revolution began a year later, and it was impossible for me to leave. I was in China for 12 years. I graduated from high school and studied English at the foreign language institute. Then, I became a teacher. After I returned to Hong Kong, I worked as a clerk in a bank. I was bored after two years. In 1979, I went to the United States to study still photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. That was my first photography experience. That's when I got my first still camera. I also did some work as a sound mixer on student films.'

Left the USA in 1984 and returned to Hong Kong. Ph commercials. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honor in early 2006.

Awards: Hong Kong Film Award [1992] for 'Gauyat sandiu haplui', [1994] for 'Bai fa mo nu chuan', etc.; Hong Kong Film Award nom [1989; shared] for 'He Bo', [1996] for 'Ye ban ge sheng', [2000] for 'Ban zhi yan', etc.; NYFCC Award [2000], LAFCA Award [2000], BSFC Award [2000], Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000], 'Oscar' AA [2001], ASC Award nom [2001], BAFTA Film Award nom [2001], CFCA Award [2001], Golden Satellite Award nom [2001], BSC Award nom [2001] & Hong Kong Film Award [2001] for 'Wo hu cang long/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'; Hong Kong Film Award nom [2002] for 'Bak Ging lok yue liu'; Hong Kong Film Award nom [2003] for 'The Touch'.

FILMS

1984        The Temptation of Dance [Peter Pau] ?

1985        Wai si-lei chuen kei/Legend [of Wisely] [of the Golden Pearl] [Teddy Robin Kwan] c

1986        Tian mi shi liu sui/Sweet Sixteen [Kenneth Siu Wai Keung] c

1988        Sha zhi lian/Saat ji luen/Fatal Love [Po-Chih Leong] c; cph: Poon Hang-Sang & Wong Wing-hang

1988        Gong zi duo qing/The Greatest Lover [Clarence Ford = Clarence Fok Yiu-leung] c

1988        He Bo/The Story of Hay Bo [Lee Yan Yee] c; cph: Poon Hang-Sang

1989        Qin yong/Gu jin da zhan qin yon qing/A Terracotta Warrior [Tony Ching (Siu-Tung Ching)] p/c; cph: Sun Yip Li

1989        Die xue shuang xiong/Dip huet seung hung/The Killer/Just Heroes [John Woo] c; cph: Wong Wing-hang

1989        Ji dong ji xia/The Iceman Cometh/Time Warriors [Clarence Ford = Clarence Fok Yiu-leung] c; cph: Poon Hang-Sang

1989        Bu tuo wa de ren/A Fishy Story [Anthony Chan] c

1989        Xiao ao jiang hu/Siu ngou gongwu/Swordsman [King Hu, Hark Tsui, Ching Siu-Tung, Ann Hui & A. Kam Yuen Wah] c;

                    cph: Andy Lam

1989        Du shen/God of Gamblers [Jing Wong] p/c

1990        Wei Si Li zhi ba wang xie jia/Bury Me High [Chi Li Tang] c

1991        Bo hao/To Be Number One [Man Kit Poon] c

1991        Gau yat: san diu hap lui/Saviour of the Soul/Terrible Angel [David Lai & Corey Yuen] c

1991        Zheng gu zhuan jia/Jing gu jyun ga/Tricky Brains/The Ultimate Trickster [Jing Wong] p/c

1991        Hoyat gwan tsoi loi/Au revoir, mon amour/Till We Meet Again/When My Dear Come Again [Tony Au & Kenneth

                    Tsang] c

1991        Haomen yeyan/The Banquet [Hark Tsui, Clifton Ko, Alfred Cheung & Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung] c

1991        Du xia II zhi Shang Hai tan du sheng/God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai [Jing Wong] c

1992        Shen si guan/Sam sei goon/Justice, My Foot! [Johnny To Kei Fung] c

1992        Leung goh nuijen, yat goh leng, yat goh m leng/Too Happy for Words [Stanley Kwan] c; short/17m

1992        Chik lo go yeung/Chi luo gao yang/Naked Killer [Clarence Ford = Clarence Fok Yiu-leung] c; cph: William Yim

1993        Se diu ying hung ji dung sing sai jau/She diao ying xiong chuan zhi dong cheng xi jiu/The Eagle

                    Shooting Heroes [Jeffrey Lau & (action dir) Sammo Hung] c

1993        Bai fa mo nu zhuan/The Bride with White Hair/Jiang-Hu, Between Love and Glory [Ronny Yu] p/c

1994        Huang Fei-hung zhi wu: long cheng jian ba/Wong Fei-Hung V/Once Upon a Time in China V [Hark Tsui] scope/c

1994        Hua qi Shao Lin/American Shaolin/Treasure Hunt/National Treasure [Jeffrey Lau] c

1995        Ye ban ge sheng/The Phantom Lover [Ronny Yu] c

1995        Jin yu man tang/The Chinese Feast [Hark Tsui] scope/c; + small part

1995        Xiu Xiu han ta de nan ren [Henry Fong Ping] c

1995        Hua yue jia qi/Love in the Time of Twilight [Hark Tsui] c

1996        Warriors of Virtue/Magic Warriors [Ronny Yu] p/c; vfx ph: Tom Turnbull; + co-prod

1996        Double Team/The Colony [Hark Tsui] s35/c; 2uc: Tom Priestley Jr.; vfx ph: Rodger McDonald & Peter Soelbergh

1997        An na ma de lian na/Ngon na ma dak lin na/Anna Magdalena [Chung-Man Yee] c

1998        Bride of Chucky [Ronny Yu] c; addph: Bill Mitchell; 2uc: Raymond Brounstein

1999        Ban zhi yan/Bun chi yin/Metade Fumaca [Kam-Hung Ip (Riley Yip)] c; addph: Cheung Tong-Leung

1999        Siu chan chan/Xiao qin qin/And I Hate You So [Chung-Man Yee] c

1999        Wo hu cang long/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [Ang Lee] s35/c; 2uc: Tsoi Sung-Fai

2000        Dracula 2000/Dracula 2001 [Patrick Lussier] s35/c; addph: David M. Dunlap; 2uc: Paul Mitchnick

2001        Bak Ging lok yue liu/Bei Jing le yu lu/Beijing Rocks [Mabel Cheung] c

2001        The Touch/Tian mai chuan qi [Peter Pau] s35/c

[Left] with action dir Dion Lam [yellow coat] - "Wu ji"

2004        Wu ji/Mo gik/The Promise/Master of the Crimson Armor [Chen Kaige] s35/c; 102m & 121m; 2uc: Choi Sung Fai

2005        Yu guo. Oi/Ru guo a/Perhaps Love [Peter Chan; collab dir: Samson Chiu] c; cph: Christopher Doyle (Beijing ph)

2006        Shoot 'Em Up [Michael Davis] s35/c; addph: Steven Bernstein; ph Los Angeles + 2uc: David Herrington

2006        Zhu lin qi xian/Seven Wise Men of the Bamboo Forest [Ang Lee] announced

[Right] with dir Rob Minkoff - "The Forbidden Kingdom"

2007        The Forbidden Kingdom [Rob Minkoff] HD+s35-to-35mm scope/c; addph: Horace Wing Hang Wong (= Wing-Hung

                    Wong]

2009        Kong zi/Confucius [Mei Hu] s35/c

FILMS AS DIRECTOR

1984        The Temptation of Dance [+ ph] see Films

1992        Wu du qing chou/Misty [ph: Tak-Sing Lei]

2001        The Touch/Tian mai chuan qi [+ ph] see Films

2003        Hua Mulan [action dir: Corey Yuen] in development; status unknown