Zhao Fei

Zhao Fei ( Chinese  赵 非 , Pinyin Zhào Fēi ; born May 1961 in Xi'an , Shaanxi ) is a Chinese cameraman .

Life

Zhao Fei is the son of an architect and grew up during the Cultural Revolution . From 1978 he studied camerawork at the Beijing Film Academy and graduated in 1982. Together with filmmakers like Chen Kaige , Zhang Yimou and Tian Zhuangzhuang, he belongs to the fifth generation of Chinese film. From the mid-1980s he worked for the first time as the chief cameraman for feature films. Internationally, he was best known for his collaboration with the American filmmaker Woody Allen , for whom he shot Sweet and Lowdown , Narrow-gauge crooks and Under the Spell of Jade Scorpio . For his work on Red Lantern , Zhao received a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematographer in 1993.

Filmography (selection)

• 1988: A dead visits the living ( 一个 死者 对 生 者 的 访问 )
• 1991: Red Lantern ( 大紅 燈籠 高 高掛 )
• 1998: The emperor and his assassin ( 荊柯刺秦王 )
• 1999: Sweet and Lowdown
• 2000: Small Time Crooks ( Small Time Crooks )
• 2001: The Curse of the Jade Scorpion ( The Curse of the Jade Scorpion )
• 2003: Guardian of Heaven and Earth ( 天地 英雄 )
• 2010: Let the Bullets Fly ( 让 子弹 飞 )

Web links

• Zhao Fei in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhao is the family name here, Fei is the first name.