Bill Wong Chung-Piu

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Bill Wong Chung-Piu

Born in 1945, Wong Chung-Piu started his photography work in dark rooms and commercials. He worked at Radio Television Hong Kong, TVB, and Jiashi; he joined the TVB film team in 1975. In the 1980s and 1990s, he won many Academy Awards, Golden Horse Award for Best Photography. When the New Wave of Film was born in the 1970s, most of the focus was on a group of young directors, but one of the most …

Known For

Erotic Ghost Story IIIErotic Ghost Story III · 1992
Erotic Ghost Story III
5.61992
MovieFantasyHorror
A wanderer meets a monk with magical powers and becomes entranced by a mural of exquisite dancing women. He enters the painting, unaware of the conspiracy behind it, and must rescue the women who are trapped within.
Once Upon a Time in ChinaOnce Upon a Time in China · 1991
Once Upon a Time in China
7.11991
MovieActionDrama
In late 19th-century Canton, legendary hero Wong Fei-Hung battles foreign forces' (English, French and American) plundering of China. When Aunt Yee returns from America totally westernised, Wong assumes the role of protector. This proves difficult when his martial arts school and local militia become involved in fierce battles with foreign and local governments. As violence escalates, even Aunt Yee has to question her new western ideals, but is it possible to fight guns with Kung Fu?
Kung Fu Cult MasterKung Fu Cult Master · 1993
Kung Fu Cult Master
6.71993
MovieActionComedy
A wild and rollicking martial arts fantasy extravaganza that features prized swords and swordsmen, a crazy monk attached to a rolling boulder, serious clan and cult rivalries, and lots of magic and flying.
RougeRouge · 1987
Rouge
7.41987
MovieDramaFantasy
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy family fall in love and embrace death by suicide pact. Fifty years later, her ghost returns to find him, drawing a young contemporary couple into her quest to rekindle a passion that may be as illusory as time itself.
BlackjackBlackjack · 1998
Blackjack
5.31998
MovieTV MovieAction
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.
Zu: Warriors from the Magic MountainZu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain · 1983
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
6.81983
MovieFantasyAction
5th century western China: As constant civil wars scars the nation, to evade death, Ti, a young scout, jumps through a crevice in the Zu mountains where he becomes entangled in a great battle against the Blood Demon, a supernatural entity seeking to wreak havoc upon the world.
Yes, Madam!Yes, Madam! · 1985
Yes, Madam!
7.21985
MovieActionComedy
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidden microfilm, wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking women cops—one Chinese, one British—are on the case.
Lost and FoundLost and Found · 1996
Lost and Found
7.01996
MovieDramaRomance
A woman diagnosed with leukemia meets a Chinese-Scottish sailor who she loses contact with. In order to find him she enlists Worm, a man who runs a “lost and found” business, and the two set out to find what she’s looking for.

Filmography

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Profiles of PleasureProfiles of Pleasure · 1988
Profiles of Pleasure
7.01988
MovieDrama
Before the Big Ban on prostitution, West Hong Kong is famous for its houses of pleasure. The most infamous of them all is Floral Ode House. Among its girls are Yen Hung, who becomes a widow regularly; aristocratic Chien Chien; Cherry Fun, who manages to lose the nickname; and a bevy of beauties. The madam who is on good terms with the police chief claims the best business this side of virtue. Then there comes from England Cheng Li-Peng, commissioned to ban prostitution. He is engaged to Lily, the police chief's daughter. But his parents had arranged a wife for him when he was an infant. They have lost trace of each other. Cheng Li-Peng starts his investigation, which lead him to Yen Hung's and Chien Chien's bedrooms. He is surprised to find himself in love with all three girls. And one of them turns out to be his missing fiancee!

Director of Photography

Women on the RunWomen on the Run · 1993
Women on the Run
5.21993
MovieActionThriller
A young woman named Yin dreams of leaving her modest village life for a chance to try to make it big as a martial arts movie star. Leaving for the big city with her boyfriend, life takes a turn for poor Yin when she soon finds herself addicted to drugs and being pimped out by her boyfriend. After a violent altercation forces Yin to flee to Hong Kong, it's not long before she ends up on the radar of the police. Without any other options, Yin makes a deal with the police to go undercover with one of their straight-laced female detectives, Hung, in order to try and bring down a notorious drug dealer nicknamed "King Kong." Victimized by the men in their lives, the two unlikely friends must team up to protect each other from the criminals out to get them and work together to get revenge on those who have betrayed them.

Director of Photography

The Christ of NanjingThe Christ of Nanjing · 1995
The Christ of Nanjing
6.31995
MovieDramaRomance
Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa's guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help.

Director of Photography

Once a ThiefOnce a Thief · 1996
Once a Thief
4.91996
MovieActionCrime
Set in Hong Kong and Vancouver, the story follows Mac Ramsey and Li Ann Tsei, lovers and professional thieves who are separated while fleeing the powerful Hong Kong underworld crime lord who raised and trained them. After being imprisoned in Hong Kong, Mac is forcefully recruited into a clandestine international crime-fighting unit by a hard-nosed, menacing Director. He is teamed in Vancouver with Li Ann, who thought Mac was dead, and her new fiancé Victor Mansfield, an ex-cop who is attracted to the unorthodox methods of the agency. Conflict flares between Mac and Victor as the trio take on their assignment. They soon learn that their principal target is their foster brother Michael Tang, who had been given Li Ann as his future wife and who has vowed to hunt down the pair for their disloyalty to the "family".

Director of Photography