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Born July 17, 1958 (age 66) • Shanghai • China
Notable Works “2046” • “As Tears Go By” • “Ashes of Time” • “Chungking Express” • “Days of Being Wild” • “Fallen Angels” • “Happy Together” • “In the Mood for Love” • “My Blueberry Nights”

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Wong Kar-Wai
Chungking Express
Wong Kar-Wai: In the Mood for Love
2046
The Grandmaster
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John Woo
John Woo
Chinese director
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Chinese director
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Chinese director
Jackie Chan
Chinese actor and director
Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon
Bruce Lee
American-born actor
Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao
Chinese director
Zhang Junxiang
Chinese playwright and director
Hong Shen
Chinese dramatist
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
Karel Reisz
Polish-British director
Jesse Lasky
American producer
Dušan Makavejev
Yugoslavian film producer
Vittorio Taviani
Italian filmmaker
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Luc Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Paolo Taviani
Italian filmmaker
Robert Wiene
German film director
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Harold Ramis
American actor, writer, and director
Roy Ward Baker
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