Peter Pau Tak-Hai

Known for Camera

Born

June 2, 1952 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Also Known As

Pau Tak-HaiPeter Pau鮑起鳴Peter Pao

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