Person

Wong Kar-Wai

Directing · 1958-07-17 · Shanghai, China

Wong Kar-wai (王家衛, born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally celebrated for his atmospheric, highly stylized cinema centered on themes of longing, romance, memory, and temporal transience. His major film and television credits include As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013), and the television series Blossoms Shanghai (2023).

Filmography (64)

Year	Film	As
2025	Sons of the Neon Night	Thanks
2022	Ennio	Executive Producer
2022	Ennio	Self
2021	One for the Road	producer
2020	The Hand	Director
2018	Jinpa	producer
2017	In the Mood for Melville	Self
2016	See You Tomorrow	producer
2016	See You Tomorrow	writer
2016	The First Monday in May	Self
2013	The Grandmaster	Producer
2013	The Grandmaster	Screenplay
2013	The Grandmaster	Director
2009	Let the Wind Carry Me	Self
2007	My Blueberry Nights	Screenplay
2007	My Blueberry Nights	Story
2007	My Blueberry Nights	Producer
2007	My Blueberry Nights	Director
2004	2046	Director
2004	2046	Producer
2004	Eros	Writer
2004	Eros	Producer
2004	2046	Screenplay
2004	Eros	Director
2003	The Hire	director
2003	Sound of Colors	producer
2002	Chinese Odyssey 2002	producer
2001	Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken	Self
2000	In the Mood for Love	Director
2000	In the Mood for Love	Screenplay
2000	In the Mood for Love	Producer
1999	Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of Happy Together	Self
1997	Happy Together	Writer
1997	Happy Together	Director
1997	Happy Together	Producer
1997	First Love: Litter on the Breeze	producer
1995	Fallen Angels	Screenplay
1995	Fallen Angels	Executive Producer
1995	Fallen Angels	Director
1994	Chungking Express	Screenplay
1994	Ashes of Time	Screenplay
1994	Ashes of Time	Director
1994	Ashes of Time	Producer
1994	Chungking Express	Director
1994	Oh! Yes Sir!!!	screenplay
1991	Saviour of the Soul	story
1990	Days of Being Wild	Director
1990	Days of Being Wild	Writer
1990	Return Engagement	writer
1988	As Tears Go By	Writer
1988	Walk on Fire	writer
1988	As Tears Go By	Director
1988	The Haunted Cop Shop II	writer
1987	The Haunted Cop Shop	writer
1987	Final Victory	writer
1987	Flaming Brothers	writer
1986	Rosa	writer
1986	Wo yao jin gui xu	written by
1985	Ji ren tian xiang	writer
1985	Xiao hu xian	writer
1984	Silent Romance	writer
1984	Long feng zhi duo xing	writer
1983	Kong xin da shao ye	writer
1982	Once Upon a Rainbow	writer