Kar-wai Wong

Wong Kar Wai was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was five. He entered the film industry as a scriptwriter and began directing his own scripts in 1988. His debut feature AS TEARS GO BY (1988) was invited to the Critics’ Week in the Cannes Film Festival. His second feature DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990) won five Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Film. He founded his own company Jet Tone in 1992 and spent the next… (plus)