Biography
Wong Kar-wai (born July 17, 1958) is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong director, screenwriter, and producer. He is internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films. Wong's films frequently feature protagonists who yearn for romance in the midst of a knowingly brief life and scenes that can often be described as sketchy, digressive, exhilarating, and containing vivid imagery.
Known For
Complete Filmography

In the Mood for Love 2001
2025
Director
Set in a convenience store, this short film was originally intended as the third segment of Wong Kar-wai’s unrealized anthology film Three Stories Abo...

Long Time No See
2024
Director, Writer
Characters from the TV series Blossoms Shanghai meet each other again in the year of 2000 when attending the screening of In the Mood for Love.

人間繁花
2024
Director

Ennio
2022
as Self
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...

Ennio
2022
Executive Producer
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-...

One for the Road
2022
Producer
Boss, an elusive bar owner living in New York, reunites with his estranged best friend, Aood, for a roadtrip in Thailand after Aood has been diagnosed...

In the Mood for Love – Day One
2021
Director
Edited from never-before-seen footage, this short film unveils rare scenes of Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in roles vastly different from their iconic...

The Hand
2021
Writer, Director
Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will...

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features neve...

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021
Writer, Executive Producer, Director
Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features neve...

Jinpa
2019
Producer
Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kil...

Europe Raiders
2018
Producer
Mr. Lin and Ms. Lin are the number one and number two in the field. They are neither friends nor enemies, but they ultimately join hands along with tr...

In the Mood for Melville
2017
as Self
Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.

See You Tomorrow
2016
Producer, Writer
Chen Mo, a bar owner, listens to his customers' heartbreaks and helps them navigate their lives during their hard times while dealing with his own tra...

Xuan Zang
2016
Art Direction
Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century.

The First Monday in May
2016
as Self
Chronicles the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibition in history, "China: Through The Looking Glass," an explor...

The Grandmaster
2013
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges hi...

The Road to "The Grandmaster"
2012
This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martia...

The Road to "The Grandmaster"
2012
Director
This is not a documentary describing the filming process of "The Grandmaster", but a record of Wong Kar-wai and Chen Xunqi's personal visits to martia...

Touch of the Light
2012
Executive Producer
The story revolves around a blind music student who excels at piano but faces hardships due to his disability, and an aspiring dancer who works at a b...

Déjà Vu
2012
Writer, Director
An alcohol advertisement cut to look like a movie trailer.

A Special Day
2012
as Self
At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

Let the Wind Carry Me
2009
as Self
Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply o...

Miao Miao
2008
Executive Producer
Struggling to adjust to her new life in Taipei, introverted high school girl Miao Miao opens up after meeting outgoing classmate Xiao Ai who becomes i...

My Blueberry Nights
2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Elizabeth has just been through a particularly nasty breakup, and now she's ready to leave her friends and memories behind as she chases her dreams ac...

To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director, Producer, Writer
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmak...

In the Mood for Doyle
2007
as Himself
Christopher Doyle is one of the best known and most acclaimed directors of photography in world cinema. Born in Australia, he sees himself as an Asian...

There's Only One Sun
2007
Director, Writer
Wong Kar-Wai reprises his futuristic mood from 2046 and waives a spy story of lush and betrayal to advertise Aurea, the new LCD technology by Philips...

I Travelled 9000 km to Give It to You
2007
Director
A young man eating fruit thinks of his lover.

The Hand
2005
Director
Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember he...

Eros
2004
Director, Writer, Producer
A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive...

2046
2004
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Sound of Colors
2003
Producer
Ming a marriage consultant who runs into the charming but blind Yeuk through a little help of a guardian angel. The wheel of fortune is set in motion ...
Hong Kong Stories
2003
as Self
A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience as screenwriters in the HK film industry, working ...

Chinese Odyssey 2002
2002
Producer
Two pairs of siblings are destined for each other, but fate throws countless obstacles in the path. When the young Emperor and his sister contrive to ...

The Follow
2001
Director
The Driver is hired by a nervous movie manager to spy on a paranoid actor's wife. During his tailing of the wife, the Driver describes the right way t...

Cinema Lesson
2001
as Self
Presented here is a 2001 "cinema lesson" from the Cannes Film Festival, featuring Wong and film theorist and producer Gilles Ciment.

Age of Bloom
2001
Director, Producer
A montage of scenes from vintage Chinese films—most of which were considered lost until some nitrate prints were discovered in a California warehouse ...

In the Mood for Love
2000
Director, Screenplay, Producer
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time togethe...

@ in the mood for love
2000
as Self
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

@ in the mood for love
2000
Writer, Producer, Director
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

One Morning All Over the World
2000
Director
An ad for an advertising company, consisting of 7-second sequence shots by 13 directors.

Buenos Aires Zero Degree: The Making of 'Happy Together'
1999
as Self
A making of documentary for Happy Together. Includes interviews, on-set footage, cut scenes and footage of crew members revisiting the locations where...

Motorola
1998
Director, Screenplay
Given a completely free hand by Motorola mobile phones, Wong created an advertisement that is a romantic-but-fraught vignette from the sex-wars.

First Love: The Litter on the Breeze
1997
Producer
Faced with the task of creating a film about first love for his producer Wong Kar-wai, Kot ruminates on his creative process, his rejected ideas, and ...

Happy Together
1997
Director, Producer, Writer
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
1996
Director
A Japanese-Chinese couple hangs out and shoots each other.

Fallen Angels
1995
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
An assassin goes through obstacles as he attempts to escape his violent lifestyle despite the opposition of his partner, who is secretly attracted to ...

Ashes of Time
1994
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to ...

Chungking Express
1994
Director, Screenplay
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-ni...

Oh! Yes Sir!!!
1994
Screenplay
A cop turns fugitive when he is framed for the murder of a keywitness in a weapons smuggling investigation. On the run the cop befriends a psychic who...

The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Executive Producer
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
Director
Part II of a compilation movie featuring European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compi...

Saviour of the Soul
1991
Writer
A woman blinds a martial arts master and his pupil vows revenge on her. She is forced to abandon her loved ones without explanation in order to protec...

Days of Being Wild
1990
Director, Writer
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his m...

Return Engagement
1990
Screenplay
A well-known gangster is released from prison, and decides look for his daughter with the help of a troubled young woman.

Walk on Fire
1988
Screenplay
Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick se...

As Tears Go By
1988
Director, Writer
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Chaos By Design
1988
Controversial director Angela Chan explores the "La Cage Aux Folles" demi-monde that thrives in today's Hong Kong, but which has never before been por...

The Haunted Cop Shop II
1988
as Sir Wong
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

The Haunted Cop Shop II
1988
Executive Producer, Writer
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

The Haunted Cop Shop
1987
Writer, Associate Producer
The police station used to be the army club during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Many Japanese officers committed hara kiri there on V-J Day. ...

Flaming Brothers
1987
Writer, Executive Producer
Two blood brothers, who have grown up on the streets of Macau, are bound together by a special code of honour. However, this bond ultimately leads the...

Final Victory
1987
Screenplay
Shy and timid Hung is asked by his jailbird brother to look after his mistress and his unsuspecting wife. Chaos and many hilarious situations arise wh...

The Final Test
1987
Writer
Austin Wai plays Sum, a secret agent posing as the security chief of a remote mining colony where several employees have disappeared without a trace. ...

Goodbye My Hero
1986
Writer
Lindy Ng (Joan Chen) and her younger brother and sister eke out an impoverished life together, living in a rundown apartment. When Lindy is diagnosed ...

Rosa
1986
Writer
Hsia and Lei Kung are two bumbling cops assigned to protect the gorgeous Rosa, girlfriend to a missing informer named Lee. But Rosa's wanted by more t...

Sweet Surrender
1986
Writer
The owner of a hairdressing salon is pursued by a group of girls, and is harassed by his father.

Unforgettable Fantasy
1985
Writer
Thanks to the help of his uncle's (Stanley Fung) girlfriend (Wong Wan Si), Robert (Frankie Chan) gets to work as a creative assistant in an advertisin...

Chase a Fortune
1985
Writer
Tiger, a fierce champion pro-boxer, is a gentle giant outside the ring. So when he accidentally injures a reporter during an interview, Tiger forswear...

Silent Romance
1984
as Policeman
Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

Silent Romance
1984
Writer
Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

The Intellectual Trio
1984
Writer
Joyce Ni (Esprit D'Amour) and Sandy Lam play two sisters who pick pockets for a living, and manage to run afoul of a pair of cops (Leslie Cheung and B...

Just For Fun
1983
Writer
Rich playboy Big Lamp (Frankie Chan) comes back from France to inherit his just-deceased father's fortune, only to discover much to his dismay that hi...

Once Upon a Rainbow
1982
Writer
Fong and Angie were close friends when they were in school but departed after graduation. Fong continued her further education in a training center. A...
The Star
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Director
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Producer