Wang Yu () is a Chinese film director and
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. Yu started his movie career in the 1990s and over the past decades, he has achieved great success as an esteemed cinematographer. Yu has collaborated with many prominent Chinese Filmmakers and Directors, including
Tian Zhuangzhuang
Tian Zhuangzhuang (; born April 1952 in Beijing) is a Chinese film director, producer and actor.
Tian was born to an influential actor and actress in China. Following a short stint in the military, Tian began his artistic career first as an ama ...
,
Lou Ye, and
Li Yu. He began his career in 1998 with
Lou Ye's film ''
Suzhou River
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''.
Yu Wang is a recipient of numerous international accolades. For his work on the film ''
The Go Master
() is a 2006 biopic film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang of the renowned twentieth century Go master Wu Qingyuan, better known as Go Seigen, the Japanese pronunciation of his name. The film, which premiered at the 44th New York Film Festival, foc ...
'', He was awarded the Golden Goblet for Best Cinematography at the
10th Shanghai International Film Festival Sebastian Bieniek (middle), press conference 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival
The 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival was the 10th such festival devoted to international cinema to be held in the city of Shanghai in the People's Repub ...
in 2007,
and nominated for Achievement in Cinematography at the 2007
Asia Pacific Screen Awards. In 2015, He is the recipient of Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography with ''
The Golden Era''.
Filmography
As cinematographer
As Director
References
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Chinese cinematographers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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