Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded forAchievement in cinematography
CountryHong Kong
Presented byHong Kong Film Awards
First awarded1983
Currently held byCheng Siu-Keung (2022)

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a cinematographer or a group of cinematographers for the best achievement in cinematography.

History

The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was Arthur Wong for his contribution in the cinematography of He Lives by Night. The most recent recipient of the award was also Arthur Wong, he was honoured at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards (2009), for the film Painted Skin. Arthur Wong is holding the record for most awards in this category is Jackie Chan Stunt Team with 8 times.

Winners and nominees

Year Nominee Film Note
1983
(2nd) 		Arthur Wong He Lives by Night [1]
1983
(2nd) 		Lai Sui-Ming, David Chung Chi-Man Coolie Killer
1983
(2nd) 		Wong Chung-Biu Nomad
1983
(2nd) 		Tong Bo-Sang Lonely Fifteen
1983
(2nd) 		Arthur Wong Life After Life
1983
(2nd) 		Ma Yin-Tat, Poon Ching-Fuk, Wong Seung-Hoi, Yu Hoi Shaolin Temple
1984
(3rd) 		Wong Chung-Biu The Last Affair [2]
1984
(3rd) 		Siu Yuen-Chi, Chan Chun-Kit, Peter Ngor, Lam Ah-To, Arthur Wong Heath Warning
1984
(3rd) 		Koo Kwok-Wah All the Wrong Spies
1984
(3rd) 		Chan Ngok-Yi Ah Ying
1984
(3rd) 		Tong Bo-Sang, Yeung Lam Burning of the Imperial Palace
1985
(4th) 		Lai Sui-Ming Hong Kong 1941 [3]
1985
(4th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Homecoming
1985
(4th) 		Ho Tung-Nei Love in a Fallen City
1985
(4th) 		Koo Kwok-Wah Long Arm of the Law
1985
(4th) 		Chan Man-Fai A Certain Romance
1986
(5th) 		Poon Hang-Sang The Island [4]
1986
(5th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Women
1986
(5th) 		Peter Ngor Mr. Vampire
1986
(5th) 		Lam Ah-To Infatuation
1986
(5th) 		Cheung Yiu-Cho Police Story
1987
(6th) 		Christopher Doyle Soul [5]
1987
(6th) 		Wong Wing-Hang A Better Tomorrow
1987
(6th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Dream Lovers
1987
(6th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Peking Opera Blues
1987
(6th) 		Chan Lok-Yi, Chan Ping-Lam Just Like Weather
1988
(7th) 		James Hayman & David Chung Chi-Man An Autumn's Tale [6]
1988
(7th) 		Peter Pau Legend of Wu
1988
(7th) 		Sai Muk Siu Yi The Romance of Book and Sword
1988
(7th) 		Lam Kwok-Wah Final Victory
1988
(7th) 		Poon Hang-Sang, Lee Ka-Ko, Lau Moon-Tong, Wong Wing-Hang A Chinese Ghost Story
1989
(8th) 		David Chung Painted Faces [7]
1989
(8th) 		Andrew Lau As Tears Go By
1989
(8th) 		Peter Pau, Poon Hang-Sang The Story of Hay Bo
1989
(8th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Profile of Pleasure
1989
(8th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Rouge
1990
(9th) 		Peter Pau A Fishy Story [8]
1990
(9th) 		Christopher Doyle Her Beautiful Life Lies
1990
(9th) 		Wong Wing-Hang, Peter Pau The Killer
1990
(9th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Eight Taels of Gold
1990
(9th) 		Poon Hang-Sang The Iceman Cometh
1991
(10th) 		Christopher Doyle Days of Being Wild [9]
1991
(10th) 		Lam Kwok-Wah, Chan Pui-Ka, Wong Wing-Hang, Som Chai Kittikun Bullet in the Head
1991
(10th) 		Jingle Ma Kawashima Yoshiko
1991
(10th) 		Jingle Ma Farewell China
1991
(10th) 		Peter Pau, Lee San-Yip The Terracotta Warrior
1991
(10th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Red Dust
1992
(11th) 		Peter Pau Saviour of the Soul [10]
1992
(11th) 		David Chung Chi-Man, Wong Chung-Biu, Arthur Wong, Lam Kwok-Wah, Chan Tung-Chuen, Chan Pui-Ka Once Upon a Time in China
1992
(11th) 		Andrew Lau, Lee Chi-Hang Lee Rock
1992
(11th) 		Peter Pau Bury Me High
1992
(11th) 		Wong Chung-Biu, David Chung Chi-Man, Peter Pau, Peter Ngor Au Revoir Mon Amour
1993
(12th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Center Stage [11]
1993
(12th) 		David Chung Chi-Man King of Beggars
1993
(12th) 		Lee Tak-Sing Misty
1993
(12th) 		Arthur Wong Once Upon a Time in China II
1993
(12th) 		Arthur Wong, Lau Moon-Tong New Dragon Gate Inn
1994
(13th) 		Peter Pau The Bride with White Hair [12]
1994
(13th) 		David Chung, Peter Ngor Finale in Blood
1994
(13th) 		Wong Chung-Biu Roof with a View
1994
(13th) 		Arthur Wong Days of Tomorrow
1994
(13th) 		Arthur Wong, Andrew Leslie Temptation of a Monk
1995
(14th) 		Christopher Doyle Ashes of Time [13]
1995
(14th) 		Christopher Doyle, Andrew Lau Chungking Express
1995
(14th) 		Peter Pau Treasure Hunt
1995
(14th) 		Cheung Tong-Leung What Price Survival
1995
(14th) 		Arthur Wong The Returning
1996
(15th) 		Christopher Doyle Fallen Angels [14]
1996
(15th) 		Wong Wing-Hang Peace Hotel
1996
(15th) 		Peter Pau The Phantom Lover
1996
(15th) 		Arthur Wong A Touch of Evil
1996
(15th) 		Andrew Lau I'm Your Birthday Cake
1997
(16th) 		Jingle Ma Comrades: Almost a Love Story [15]
1997
(16th) 		Christopher Doyle Temptress Moon
1997
(16th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Shanghai Grand
1997
(16th) 		Arthur Wong Somebody Up There Likes Me
1997
(16th) 		Arthur Wong Big Bullet
1998
(17th) 		Arthur Wong The Soong Sisters [16]
1998
(17th) 		Cheung Man-Biu Downtown Torpedoes
1998
(17th) 		Christopher Doyle Happy Together
1998
(17th) 		Mark Lee Ping Bin Eighteen Springs
1998
(17th) 		Wong Wing Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
1999
(18th) 		Arthur Wong Sleepless Town [17]
1999
(18th) 		Kwan Bun-Leung Hold You Tight
1999
(18th) 		Andrew Lau The Storm Riders
1999
(18th) 		Jingle Ma City of Glass
1999
(18th) 		Peter Pau Anna Madaglena
2000
(19th) 		Arthur Wong Purple Storm [18]
2000
(19th) 		Ross Clarkson The Victim
2000
(19th) 		Jingle Ma, Chan Kwok-Hung Fly Me to Polaris
2000
(19th) 		Peter Pau Metade Fumaca
2000
(19th) 		Arthur Wong Gen-X Cops
2001
(20th) 		Peter Pau Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon [19]
2001
(20th) 		Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bin In the Mood for Love
2001
(20th) 		Keung Kwok-Man A Fighter's Blues
2001
(20th) 		Kwan Boon-Leung Lavender
2001
(20th) 		Jingle Ma, Chan Kwok-Hung Summer Holiday
2002
(21st) 		Arthur Wong Visible Secret [20]
2002
(21st) 		Kwan Pak-Suen, Kwong Ting-Wo Shaolin Soccer
2002
(21st) 		Chung Yau-Ting Peony Pavilion
2002
(21st) 		Peter Pau Beijing Rocks
2002
(21st) 		Yeung To, Cheung Kin Lan Yu
2003
(22nd) 		Christopher Doyle Hero [21]
2003
(22nd) 		Christopher Doyle Three: Going Home
2003
(22nd) 		Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai Infernal Affairs
2003
(22nd) 		Peter Pau The Touch
2003
(22nd) 		Arthur Wong Double Vision
2004
(23rd) 		Arthur Wong The Floating Landscape [22]
2004
(23rd) 		Cheng Siu-Keung PTU
2004
(23rd) 		Andrew Lau, Ng Man-Ching Infernal Affairs II
2004
(23rd) 		Andrew Lau, Ng Man-Ching Infernal Affairs III
2004
(23rd) 		Poon Liu-Ming Heroic Duo
2005
(24th) 		Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-Fai, Kwan Pun-Leung 2046 [23]
2005
(24th) 		Christopher Doyle Dumplings
2005
(24th) 		Poon Hang-Sang Kung Fu Hustle
2005
(24th) 		Poon Yiu-Ming Leaving Me Loving You
2005
(24th) 		Geung Kwok-Man One Nite in Mongkok
2006
(25th) 		Peter Pau Perhaps Love [24]
2006
(25th) 		Cheng Siu-Keung Election
2006
(25th) 		Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai, Ng Man-Ching House of Fury
2006
(25th) 		Peter Pau The Promise
2006
(25th) 		Venus Keung Kwok-Man Seven Swords
2007
(26th) 		Andrew Lau & Lai Yiu-Fai Confession of Pain [25]
2007
(26th) 		Mark Lee Ping Bin After This Our Exile
2007
(26th) 		Charlie Lam Isabella
2007
(26th) 		Cheng Siu-Keung Exiled
2007
(26th) 		Zhao Xiaoding Curse of the Golden Flower
2008
(27th) 		Arthur Wong The Warlords [26]
2008
(27th) 		Cheng Siu-Keung Mad Detective
2008
(27th) 		Charlie Lam Chi-Kin Exodus
2008
(27th) 		Kwan Pun-Leung, Yu Lik-Wai The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2008
(27th) 		Venus Keung Kwok-Man Protégé
2009
(28th) 		Arthur Wong Painted Skin [27]
2009
(28th) 		O Sing-Pui Ip Man
2009
(28th) 		Lu Yue, Zhang Li Red Cliff
2009
(28th) 		Cheung Tung-Leung Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
2009
(28th) 		Cheng Siu-Keung Sparrow
2010
(29th) 		Arthur Wong Bodyguards and Assassins [28]
Anthony Pun Yiu Ming Empire Of Silver
Lu Yue & Zhang Li Red Cliff II
Chin Ting Chang Prince of Tears
Nobuyasu Kita Shinjuku Incident
2022
(40th) 		Cheng Siu-Keung Limbo [29]
Rick Lau Hand Rolled Cigarette
Fung Yuen Man Raging Fire
Anthony Pun Anita
Christopher Doyle, Kubbie Tsoi Love After Love

See also

References

  1. ^ "2nd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  2. ^ "3rd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  3. ^ "4th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  4. ^ "5th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  5. ^ "6th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  6. ^ "7th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  7. ^ "8th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  8. ^ "9th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  9. ^ "10th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  10. ^ "11th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  11. ^ "12th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  12. ^ "13th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  13. ^ "14th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  14. ^ "15th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  15. ^ "16th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  16. ^ "17th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  17. ^ "18th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  18. ^ "19th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  19. ^ "20th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  20. ^ "21st Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  21. ^ "22nd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  22. ^ "23rd Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  23. ^ "24th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  24. ^ "25th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  25. ^ "26th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  26. ^ "27th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  27. ^ "28th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  28. ^ "29th Hong Kong Film Awards" (in Chinese). Official website of Hong Kong Film Awards.
  29. ^ "Hong Kong Film Awards: List of The 40th Hong Kong Film Awards winners". Hong Kong Film Awards. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

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