Directing

Wong Kar-Wai

Born July 17, 1958 · Shanghai, China (age 68)

Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy To…

Known For

In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love · 2000

In the Mood for Love

MovieDramaRomance

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

Chungking Express

Chungking Express · 1994

Chungking Express

MovieDramaComedy

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1995

MovieActionRomance

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

Happy Together

Happy Together · 1997

MovieDramaRomance

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild · 1990

Days of Being Wild

MovieCrimeDrama

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster · 2013

The Grandmaster

MovieActionDrama

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

Ennio

MovieDocumentaryMusic

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights · 2007

My Blueberry Nights

MovieDramaRomance

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

Filmography

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In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love · 2000

In the Mood for Love

MovieDramaRomance

In 1960s Hong Kong, two neighbors form an intimate bond after making a discovery about their spouses in this visually stunning tale of unrequited love.

Producer

Chungking Express

Chungking Express · 1994

Chungking Express

MovieDramaComedy

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Screenplay

Fallen Angels

Fallen Angels · 1995

MovieActionRomance

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

Director

Happy Together

Happy Together · 1997

MovieDramaRomance

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

Director

Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild · 1990

Days of Being Wild

MovieCrimeDrama

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Writer

The Grandmaster

The Grandmaster · 2013

The Grandmaster

MovieActionDrama

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

Director

Ennio

MovieDocumentaryMusic

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

Executive Producer

My Blueberry Nights

My Blueberry Nights · 2007

My Blueberry Nights

MovieDramaRomance

Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams across the country. In order to support herself on her journey, Elizabeth picks up a series of waitress jobs along the way. As Elizabeth crosses paths with a series of lost souls whose yearnings are even greater than her own, their emotional turmoil ultimately helps her gain a greater understanding of her own problems...

Producer

2046

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Screenplay

Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time · 1994

MovieDramaAction

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to pay for it. Throughout five seasons in exile, Ouyang spins tales of his clients' unrequited loves and unusual acts of bravery.

Screenplay

As Tears Go By

As Tears Go By · 1988

MovieDramaCrime

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Director

Eros

MovieDramaRomance

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

Writer

Sons of the Neon Night

Sons of the Neon Night · 2025

Sons of the Neon Night

MovieActionCrime

A massive explosion and shootout in snowy Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, reveals a pharmaceutical heir's plot. His father's death in hospital triggers a drug war, destabilizing both legitimate and criminal worlds.

Thanks

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

The Eagle Shooting Heroes · 1993

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

MovieActionComedy

A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

Executive Producer

See You Tomorrow

See You Tomorrow · 2016

See You Tomorrow

MovieComedyDrama

Chen Mo, a bar owner, listens to his customers' heartbreaks and helps them navigate their lives during their hard times while dealing with his own tragedy.

Producer

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema · 2007

To Each His Own Cinema

MovieComedyDrama

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.

Director

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze · 1997

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze

MovieRomanceComedy

Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and finally his two chosen tales, about a sleepwalker guided through the night by a lonely admirer, and a married convenience store owner faced with the vengeful first love that he once rejected.

Producer

In the Mood for Love 2001

In the Mood for Love 2001 · 2025

In the Mood for Love 2001

MovieDramaRomance

Set in a convenience store, this short film was originally intended as the third segment of Wong Kar-wai’s unrealized anthology film Three Stories About Food. It is now considered the prototype for My Blueberry Nights (2007).

Director

Flaming Brothers

Flaming Brothers · 1987

Flaming Brothers

MovieActionCrime

Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads them into brutal conflict when they struggle to leave the violent world they live in.

Writer

@ in the mood for love

@ in the mood for love · 2001

@ in the mood for love

MovieDocumentary

A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

Director

Saviour of the Soul

Saviour of the Soul · 1991

Saviour of the Soul

MovieActionFantasy

A woman blinds a martial arts master and his pupil vows revenge on her. She is forced to abandon her loved ones without explanation in order to protect them from her ill-intentioned pursuer.

Writer

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart · 2021

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

MovieDocumentary

Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features never-before-seen materials, including deleted scenes, behind-the-scene footage, and selected narration by Wong Kar Wai.

Writer

Europe Raiders

Europe Raiders · 2018

MovieActionAdventure

Mr. Lin and Ms. Lin are the number one and number two in the field. They are neither friends nor enemies, but they ultimately join hands along with trusty assistant Le Qi as they track down an infamous thief who has stolen the 'Heavenly Emperor's Hand'. Unbeknownst to them, they become the common target in a manhunt by the European triads, the CIA and many other agencies.

Producer

Rosa

MovieActionComedy

Hsia and Lei Kung are two bumbling cops assigned to protect the gorgeous Rosa, girlfriend to a missing informer named Lee. But Rosa's wanted by more than just the law - the bad guys want her for leverage, and Lei Kung just wants her to be his girlfriend! Meanwhile, Hsia attempts to romance Lei Kung's sister, and the bad guys prepare for a final blow-out fight sequence!

Writer

Blossoms Shanghai

Blossoms Shanghai · 2023

Blossoms Shanghai

Set against the backdrop of massive economic growth in the 1990s, the story follows A Bao, a self-made millionaire and his journey from being a young opportunist with a troubled past to accumulating dazzling wealth in the city of Shanghai. It also follows his entanglement with four women who represent the pursuits of his life: adventure, honour, love and innocence.

Producer

The Hire

The Hire · 2001

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

BMW Films presents "The Hire", a series of nine short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002, with a ninth short film following in 2016. A form of branded content, all nine short films feature popular filmmakers from across the globe, star Clive Owen as the "Driver", and highlight the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles.

Director

無雙譜

無雙譜 · 1981

Writer