Peter Pau Tak-Hei (, born 1952) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and film director, best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006.
Personal life
His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching.
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| 2001
| Beijing Rocks
| Mabel Cheung
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| 2002
| The Touch
| Himself
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|rowspan=2|2005
| Perhaps Love
| Peter Chan
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| The Promise
| Chen Kaige
| With Choi Shung-fai
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| 2007
| Shoot 'Em Up
| Michael Davis
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| 2008
| The Forbidden Kingdom
| Rob Minkoff
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| 2010
| Confucius
| Hu Mei
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| 2011
| Li xian ji li xian ji
| Frant Gwo<br>Yang Li
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| 2012
| I Do
| Sun Zhou
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| 2013
| Special ID
| Clarence Fok
|rowspan=2|Also producer
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| 2015
| Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
| Himself<br>Zhao Tianyu
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| 2016
| See You Tomorrow
| Zhang Jiajia
| With Yu Cao
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| 2020
| The Rescue
| Dante Lam
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| 2021
| The Battle at Lake Changjin
|rowspan=2|Chen Kaige<br>Tsui Hark<br>Dante Lam
| With Islam Abdelbadia, Wenlong Cai, Yu Ding, Hu Gao,<br>Pan Luo, Kenny Tse and Wing-Hang Wong
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| 2022
| The Battle at Lake Changjin II
| With Pan Luo
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Awards and nominations
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|rowspan=10|2000
| Academy Awards
| Best Cinematography
|rowspan=10|Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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| Chicago Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
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| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
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| Los Angeles Film Critics Association
| Best Cinematography
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| New York Film Critics Circle
| Best Cinematographer
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| American Society of Cinematographers
| Outstanding Cinematography
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| BAFTA Awards
| Best Cinematography
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| National Society of Film Critics
| Best Cinematography
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| San Diego Film Critics Society
| Best Cinematography
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| Satellite Awards
| Best Cinematography
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