Christopher Doyle

Characters played by Christopher Doyle

BBQ Cook — McDull, the Alumni (2006)

Chef preparing grilled food at a stall.

Career Overview

Christopher Doyle has 155 screen credits in a career dating back to 1979. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Wong Kar-wai Su Li-zhen Trilogy with 3 titles. Signature works include Hero, In the Mood for Love, Morte Cucina. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Camera
Gender: male
Known Credits: 155
Birth Date: 1952-05-02
Birth Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

Wong Kar-wai Su Li-zhen Trilogy (3 titles)
Three Extremes (3 titles)
McDull Collection (1 titles)
Psycho Series (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Tony Leung Chiu-wai (3 collaborations)
Maggie Cheung (2 collaborations)
Chan Man-Lei (2 collaborations)
Takeshi Kaneshiro (2 collaborations)
Kwan Lee-Na (2 collaborations)
Jet Li (1 collaborations)
Donnie Yen (1 collaborations)
Zhang Ziyi (1 collaborations)
Chen Daoming (1 collaborations)
Liu Zhongyuan (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (33 credits)
- Moving Pictures: Chungking Express
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Christopher Doyle: Chungking Express
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Christopher Doyle in Conversation: Days of Being Wild
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- M on the Bund
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- WIND
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Wu Xia Pian - Le Festin du Tigre Chinois
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Pinku Eiga: Inside the Pleasure Dome of Japanese Erotic Cinema
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Showtime
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- A Moment in Time
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Behind the Blur
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Making Paranoid Park
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- In the Mood for Doyle
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Paranoid Park
  Uncle Tommy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Reflections of Lady in the Water
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- McDull, the Alumni
  BBQ Cook
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Twelve Twenty
  Taxi Driver / Captain
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- 1:99 Shorts
  (segment "Spring, 2003")
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Psycho Path
  Self - Cinematographer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Yesterday You, Yesterday Me
  Yeung Seng Bo at 33 (Narrator)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Comrades, Almost a Love Story
  Jeremy
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Family Day
  Tourist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Carry On Yakuza
  Fake Arms Dealer
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- I Love Mary
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Omega Syndrome
  Leonard Waxman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- 逆旅與幻象
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- The Sexy Lady Driver
  Steven George
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1982
- 家庭／電影
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Idle Dream
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- The Land of the Brave
  Australian Man (Cameo)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
camera (82 credits)
- Morte Cucina
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2026
- Hunters in the Dark
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2026
- The Star
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2026
- Late in Summer
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2026
- In the Mood for Love 2001
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2025
- Love After Love
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2021
- The Hand
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2021
- Tezuka's Barbara
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2020
- They Say Nothing Stays the Same
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- The White Girl
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2017
- Human Flow
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2017
- You Mean The World To Me
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2017
- WIND
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- Stockholm, My Love
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- I Am Belfast
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- Endless Poetry
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2016
- Port of Call
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2015
- Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2015
- Fundamentally Happy
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2015
- Beijing, New York
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2015
- Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2014
- Bends
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2013
- Magic Magic
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2013
- American Dreams in China
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2013
- A Good Story
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2013
- Rabbit Horror
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2011
- Love for Life
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2011
- Passion Play
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2011
- Showtime
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2010
- Ocean Heaven
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2010
- Ondine
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2010
- The Limits of Control
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2009
- Downloading Nancy
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2008
- Paranoid Park
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2007
- Lady in the Water
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Invisible Waves
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
- Perhaps Love
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2005
- The White Countess
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2005
- Eros
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- 2046
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Three... Extremes
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Dumplings
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2004
- Green Tea
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- Last Life in the Universe
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2003
- Hero
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2002
- The Quiet American
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2002
- Three
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2002
- Three: Going Home
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2002
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2002
- Made
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2001
- In the Mood for Love
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2000
- Liberty Heights
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Away with Words
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1999
- Psycho
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1998
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1998
- First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1997
- Chinese Box
  second unit director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1997
- Motel Cactus
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1997
- Happy Together
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1997
- wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1996
- 4 Faces of Eve
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1996
- Temptress Moon
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1996
- Tri-Star
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1996
- The Peony Pavilion
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1995
- Fallen Angels
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1995
- Red Rose White Rose
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Ashes of Time
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Red Lotus Society
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Chungking Express
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1994
- Mary from Beijing
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1992
- Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1992
- Days of Being Wild
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1990
- Return Engagement
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1990
- I Am Sorry
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1989
- My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1989
- Burning Snow
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1988
- Soul
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1986
- Noir et blanc
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1986
- Ah Fu
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1984
- That Day, on the Beach
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1983
production (2 credits)
- M on the Bund
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2024
- Beijing Bastards
  producer
  
  production
  
  1993
crew (17 credits)
- Just 1 Day
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2022
- The Boat Burning Festival+
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2019
- Cuba
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2019
- To Heaven, to Gather
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2018
- Love Only
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2018
- Enishi: The Bride of Izumo
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2016
- Blue Sky Bones
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2013
- Twelve Twenty
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2006
- Motorola
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1998
- Irma Vep
  thanks
  
  crew
  
  1996
- Out of the Blue
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1995
- My Nostalgia, My Songs
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1991
- 逆旅與幻象
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1984
- 家庭／電影
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1981
- Journey through Images
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1981
- The Boat-Burning Festival
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1979
- Archive / Preserving Taiwan’s Historic Architecture
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1979
directing (14 credits)
- Love Only
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The White Girl
  director
  
  directing
  
  2017
- Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Beautiful 2014
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Warsaw Dark
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- Paris Je T'aime
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Blue
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Away with Words
  director
  
  directing
  
  1999
- Typhoon Shelter
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- My Nostalgia, My Songs
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- 家庭／電影
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Journey through Images
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Christine (Film of Her)
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
writing (5 credits)
- The White Girl
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- Paris Je T'aime
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Blue
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2004
- Away with Words
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
editing (2 credits)
- My Nostalgia, My Songs
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1991
- Journey through Images
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1981

Content sources

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