Early life
Doyle was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1952. He left his native country on a Norwegian merchant ship at the age of eighteen. Doyle arrived in Taiwan for the first time in the 1970s, while his ship was docked in Port of Keelung, Keelung Harbor. Doyle met Stan Lai and Ding Nai-chu at Idea House, a restaurant in Taipei.Career
While living in other countries, he took on several odd jobs, such as being an oil driller in India, a cow herder in Israel, and a doctor of Chinese medicine in Thailand. In the late seventies, Doyle took an interest in Chinese culture and received the Chinese name Dù Kěfēng, which translates to "like the wind". After language studies in Taiwan, he started working as a photographer. A couple of years later, he became a cinematographer, working with Taiwanese director Edward Yang on the 1983 film ''That Day, on the Beach.'' Doyle has worked on over 50 Chinese-language films. He is best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai in ''Chungking Express'', ''Fallen Angels (1995 film), Fallen Angels'', ''Happy Together (1997 film), Happy Together'', ''In the Mood for Love'' and ''2046 (film), 2046''. He has collaborated with other Chinese filmmakers on projects including ''Temptress Moon'', ''Hero (2002 film), Hero'' and ''Dumplings (film), Dumplings''. He has also made more than 20 films in various other languages, working as director of photography on Gus Van Sant's remake of ''Psycho (1998 film), Psycho'', ''Liberty Heights'', ''Last Life in the Universe'', ''Rabbit-Proof Fence (film), Rabbit-Proof Fence'', ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park'', and ''The Limits of Control'', among others. He also wrote, shot, and directed ''Warsaw Dark'', ''Away with Words'' starring Asano Tadanobu, and ''Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous'', an experimental portrait of three generations of Hong Kong people. He co-directed ''The White Girl'' with Jenny Suen.Filmography
Cinematographer
Film
Short film
Television
Documentary works
Film Short film TelevisionDirector
Awards and nominations
On 26 May 2017, Doyle was honoured during the 70th Cannes Festival with the “Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography” award, in tribute to his successful and influential career.Ali NaderzadBibliography
* ''Angel Talk'' (1996) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Fallen Angels (1995 film), Fallen Angels – * ''Backlit by the Moon'' (1996) – Japanese photography monograph – * ''Photographs of Tamaki Ogawa'' (1996) – Japanese photography monograph – * ''Doyle on Doyle'' (1997) – Japanese photography monograph – * ''Buenos Aires'' (1997) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Happy Together (1997 film), Happy Together – * ''Don't Cry for Me, Argentina'' (1997) – Photographic journal account of filming Happy Together (1997 film), Happy Together – * ''A Cloud in Trousers'' (1998) – Gallery exhibition monograph – * ''There Is a Crack in Everything'' (2003) – Photography monograph * ''R34g38b25'' (2004) – Behind the scenes photo book covering Hero (2002 film), Hero – *''Talking White -'' Behind-the-scenes photobook covering The White Girl (co-written with Jenny Suen)See also
* Cinema of Hong KongReferences
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