AKA: Wang Gu Wei, Wohng Ga Waih, Wang Jiawei, Wong Kar-Wai
Nationality: Chinese
Birthdate: 07/17/1958
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
biography
Wong Kar-wai was a rare commodity within the Hong Kong film industry – a maker of "art" films. Moreover, he made these films with studio backing and all-star casts, with some of these projects even making money. In an entertainment arena dominated by over-the-top actioners, florid melodramas, and broad comedies, this was no small achievement. For Wong, genre merely provided a template through which he worked out his ongoing thematic preoccupations, such as the transitory nature of experience, the importance of memory, the influence of pop culture, and the lasting sting of rejection. His bold
At age five, moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong with his mother; the Cultural Revolution broke out a month later, trapping his father, sister and brother on the mainland
Studied graphic design at a technical school but was more interested in photography
1980
Quit school during his second year and enrolled in a training program at Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited
Began working as a production assistant on several dramatic serials
