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Wong Kar-wai

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Wong Kar-Wai, BBS, JP, a Hong Kong director, is known for his literary and romantic films. He has won the Hong Kong Film Awards many times and competed for the Palme d'Or, the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival, four times. He is the first Chinese director to win the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He also served as the chairman of the jury of the 59th Cannes Film Festival and was the first Chinese jury chairman in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
British Hong Kong
Born
1958-07-17
Wikidata
Q55431
Occupations film directorscreenwriterfilm producer
Aliases Chia-wei WangGa Wai WongJia Wei WangKar Wai WongKar-Wai WongWKWWang Gu WeiWohng Ga WaihWong Kar WaiWong Kar-WaiWong Kar-waiWang JiaweiWong Kar-waiWong Kar-waiWong Kar-wai
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