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Kar-Wai Wong Biography

Birth Name:Kar-Wai Wong

Birth Place:Shanghai, China

Profession Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Art director

Awards

  • 1988Golden Horse Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1988Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1989Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1991APFF Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1991Golden Horse Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1991Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1991Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1991Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
  • 1991Prize of the City of Torino-Best Feature Film: nominated
  • 1994Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
  • 1994Golden Horse Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1994Golden Horse Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 1994Golden Leopard-: nominated
  • 1994FIPRESCI Prize-Competition: winner
  • 1994Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
  • 1995Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1995Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 1995Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1995Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1995HKFCS Award-Best Director: winner
  • 1995HKFCS Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 1996Golden Bauhinia-Best Director: nominated
  • 1996Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1996Golden Montgolfiere-: nominated
  • 1997Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 1997Best Director-: winner
  • 1997Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 1997Best Asian Film-: nominated
  • 1997Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1997Golden Horse Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 1998Audience Award-Most Popular Foreign Film: winner
  • 1998Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 1998Golden Bauhinia-Best Director: nominated
  • 1998Hong Kong Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
  • 1998Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2000Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2000Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2000Screen International Award-: winner
  • 2000Grand Prix-: nominated
  • 2000Golden Horse Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2000Golden Horse Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2000Feature Film Award-: winner
  • 2001Best Foreign Film Award-: nominated
  • 2001BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
  • 2001César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
  • 2001David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2001Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2001Best Foreign Film-: winner
  • 2001Golden Bauhinia-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2001Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2001HKFCS Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2001LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2001Golden Aries-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2001Best Film-: winner
  • 2002Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
  • 2002Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
  • 2002Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
  • 2002Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
  • 2002Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2002Audience Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2002Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2002Critics Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
  • 2003Gold Hugo-Best Short Film: nominated
  • 2004Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2004Screen International Award-: winner
  • 2004Grand Prize-: nominated
  • 2004FIPRESCI Prize-Best Film: winner
  • 2004Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2005NETPAC Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2005NETPAC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2005David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
  • 2005DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film: nominated
  • 2005Golden Bauhinia-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2005Golden Bauhinia-Best Director: nominated
  • 2005Golden Horse Award-Best Short Film: nominated
  • 2005Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2005Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2005HKFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2005IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
  • 2005IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): nominated
  • 2005IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
  • 2005LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
  • 2005Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
  • 2005NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2005Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
  • 2005VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2006Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
  • 2006Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2006Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
  • 2006INOCA-Best Director: nominated
  • 2006INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
  • 2006NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2007Palme d'Or-: nominated
  • 2007Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2013EDA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
  • 2013APFF Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013APFF Award-Best Film: nominated
  • 2013Jury Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Golden Horse Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Golden Rooster-Best Director: nominated
  • 2013Youth Film Manual Award-Top Ten Films: winner
  • 2013Youth Film Manual Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014Asian Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014Asian Film Award-Best Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2014NETPAC Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014Tiantan Award-Best Picture: nominated
  • 2014Tiantan Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014China Film Directors' Guild Award-Best Director From Hong Kong or Taiwan: nominated
  • 2014CCF Award-Outstanding Film: winner
  • 2014China Film Media Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014Hong Kong Directors' Guild Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014Hong Kong Film Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2014Hong Kong Film Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2014HKFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2014HKFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014HKSWG Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2014Huading Award-Best Writing for a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2014Huading Award-Best Directing for a Motion Picture: winner
  • 2014Hundred Flowers Award-Best Director: nominated
  • 2014Hundred Flowers Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
  • 2017Golden Horse Award-Best Adapted Screenplay: nominated
  • 2019Youth Film Manual Award-Top 10 Chinese Films of The Decade: winner
  • 2024Magnolia Award-Best Directing for a Television Series: nominated