David Chung

David Chung

Chung Chi-Man

Birth Date

11/14/1947 (78)

Birth Place

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

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Biography

David Chung Chi-Man was born in Hong Kong on November 14th, 1947. When he was seventeen, he learned cinematography and acted as a camera assistant under the Shaw Brothers camera department, becoming a cinematographer for TV in 1968, joining TVB in 1973. He shot his first feature film, For Whom to be Murdered, in 1978, and won his first award for Ann Hui's The Secret in 1979, winning Best Cinematography at the 17th Golden Horse Awards. He became a staple cinematographer for the Hong Kong New Wave directors, working with the likes of Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yim Ho, Alex Cheung, Tsui Hark, Dennis Yu etc. on acclaimed films such as Close Encounters of the First Kind, Nomad, My Love is that Eternal Rose, Once Upon a Time in China and so on. In 19...

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Camera

Gender

Male

Total Credits

11

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Camera

Directing

Frequent Collaborators

Wong Jing

Wong Jing

6 films together

Stephen Chow

Stephen Chow

5 films together

Tsui Hark

Tsui Hark

4 films together

Lee Lik-Chi

Lee Lik-Chi

3 films together

Chow Yun-Fat

Chow Yun-Fat

2 films together

William Wu Wai-Lap

William Wu Wai-Lap

4 films together

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