Wong Kar-Wai

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Wong Kar-Wai: Facts & Related Content

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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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Chungking Express

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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

Jesse Lasky

American producer

Karel Reisz

Polish-British director

Judith Malina

American theater director and actress

Dušan Makavejev

Yugoslavian film producer

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Belgian filmmaker

Luc Dardenne

Belgian filmmaker

Robert Wiene

German film director

Vittorio Taviani

Italian filmmaker

Paolo Taviani

Italian filmmaker

David Maysles

American documentary filmmaker

Roy Ward Baker

British director

Harold Ramis

American actor, writer, and director