Peter Pau

Peter Pau Tak-Hei (traditional Chinese: 鮑德熹), born 1951 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong-based cinematographer, best known to western audiences as the cinematographer in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Best Cinematographer Oscar in 2000. Pau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006.

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  • 1951 (age 58 years)

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