Peter Pau

Peter Pau Tak-Hei (), 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. His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching.

Partial filmography

• The Killer (1989)
• The Bride with White Hair (1993)
• Naked Killer (1994)
• The Phantom Lover (1995)
• Warriors of Virtue (1997)
• Bride of Chucky (1998)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• The Promise (2005)
• Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
• The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
• Confucius (2010)

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