With a staggering 21 wins and 35 award nominations under his belt, including an illustrious BAFTA, the Hong Kong-based film writer and director is well versed in the awards procedure. Employing a striking design aesthetic in his cinematic approach, it is Wong’s innovative and artistic vision that we hold dear and these qualities that make the film maestro such an arbiter of all things style-led.
After graduating in graphic design, Wong became a television production assistant and scriptwriter, soon landing himself a position at the In-gear Film Production Company and The Wing Scope Co. Both owned by renowned Hong Kong actor/producer Alan Tang Kwong-Wing, Wong’s newfound boss was to become his mentor and a champion of Wong’s particular cinematic style.
Wong’s design-led ambitions soon became evident in his directorial debut ‘As Tears Go By’, marking his unique visual style that draws upon the New Wave works of Ann Hui and Patrick Tam, with whom Wong later collaborated in ‘Final Victory’ and ‘Days of Being’. Both films have since been widely lauded for transcending artistic boundaries and creating stuttering dream-like sequences.
Although Wong considers ‘Final Victory’ to be his best work, it was in fact ‘Happy Together’ that secured major international recognition. Trademark improvisation and experimentation throughout the film scooped him the prize for Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, thus confirming his status as one of the most influential writers and directors to emerge from the past four decades of Asian cinema.
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André Balazs
Patricia Urquiola
Tadao Ando
Wong Kar-wai
Donatella Versace
Langlands & Bell
Click on the award to see a shortlist of the Judges’ Awards:
Best domestic appliance
Best furniture designer
Best new restaurant
Best new hotel
Best new private house
Best new public building
Best city
Best fashion
Best grooming product
Most life-enhancing item
