Wong Kar-wai

Wong Kar-wai ({{zh-tsp|t=王家衛|s=王家卫|p=Wáng Jiāwèi}}) (born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director known for his unique visual style of romantic art films. His trademark fashion style is wearing dark sunglasses.

Early career

Born in Shanghai, China, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of five. Coming from the Mainland and speaking only Shanghainese, he had a difficult period of adjustment to Cantonese speaking Hong Kong, spending hours in movie theatres with his mother. After graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic College in graphic design in 1980, he enrolled in the Production Training Course organized by Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and became a full-time television scriptwriter. He subsequently graduated to feature film work. He is credited with about ten scripts between 1982 and 1987, covering an array of genres from romantic comedy to action drama, but claims to have worked to some extent or another on about fifty more without official credit (Hoover and Stokes, 1999). He considers Final Victory (最後勝利, 1986), a dark comedy/crime story for director Patrick Tam, his best script.

Related Topics:
Shanghai - China - Hong Kong - Mainland - Shanghainese - Cantonese - Hong Kong Polytechnic College - Graphic design - 1980 - Television Broadcasts Limited - Scriptwriter - 1982 - 1987 - 1986 - Patrick Tam

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