Bao Dexi

Bao Dexi

Bao Dexi (formerly known as Bao Qiming), born in Hong Kong in 1952, is a male photographer and director in Hong Kong, China.

In 1984, Bao Dexi directed the song and dance movie "Jazz arrived", which is his first work as a director. In 1990, he won the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards for best cinematography for his love movie the man without socks. In 1992, he won the best Photography Award of the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards for his action film "the eagle of September 1". In 1993, she won the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards for best photography for her martial arts film the legend of the white haired witch. In 2001, with the martial arts action film Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon, he won the 73rd Academy Award for best photography and was the first non American Chinese photographer to win the award. In 2002, he directed his third film, the legend of heaven. In March 2005, I worked as the director of the song and dance drama "if you love". The film won the best Photography Award of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards, the best Photography Award of the 11th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award and the best Photography Award of the 43rd Golden Horse Award. In 2006, asteroid 34420 was named after Bao Dexi's English name "Peter Pau". In May 2007, he was the director of the action magic movie king of Kung Fu. In 2010, Bao Dexi was the artistic director of the plot film Li Xianji's adventures. In 2014, Bao Dexi was the producer, director and special effects director of the magic action film Zhong Kui subdues the devil: Snow Demon. In March 2015, he served as the director of the war movie big bombing. In 2017, he won the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards for best photography for his romantic comedy "ferry man".

Early experience

Because his father was an actor, Bao Dexi grew up in the film studio when he was young. As a boy, he received education in Guangzhou to study traditional Chinese medicine. Later, he entered Guangzhou Institute of foreign languages and began to teach after graduating at the age of 19. In his youth, he went to the United States to study film systematically in Hollywood. In 1983, he began to take part in the film shooting. In 1984, Bao Dexi returned to Hong Kong and worked in a bank for the first two years after graduation.

Acting experience

In 1984, Bao Dexi directed the song and dance film "Jazz arrived", which is his first work as a director. In 1986, he worked as a photographer in Xibao, a plot film supervised by Fang Ping, and was nominated as the best photographer for the 8th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1990, he won the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards for best cinematography for his love movie the man without socks. In 1992, he won the best Photography Award of the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards and nominated the best Photography Award of the 29th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. In 1993, Zhang Guorong and Lin Qingxia co starred in the martial arts film the legend of the white haired witch. Therefore, he was nominated for the best photography and art design of the 30th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and won the 13th Hong Kong Film Golden Image Award. In 2000, he was the director of Ang Lee's martial arts action film Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon. In the film shooting, he presented the image of Chinese ink painting and the unique perspective of follow-up action. With this film, he won the 73rd Academy Award for best photography and was the first non American Chinese photographer to win this award. In 2002, Bao Dexi directed his third film, the legend of the heavenly vein, which went deep into Tibet, Dunhuang, Tianshan and other places. It was shot on the spot and sold its distribution right in North America before shooting. It was the first film to be released simultaneously in Asia and other regions. In 2004, he cooperated with Chen Kaige in the Oriental Fantasy Film Wuji, as the photography director and art designer of the film, which was the commercial film with the highest content of special effects at that time. In March 2005, he took over from Du Kefeng as the photography director of the musical "if you love". The film won the best Photography Award of the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards, the best Photography Award of the 11th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award, and the best Photography Award of the 43rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. In 2006, he named asteroid 34420 after Bao Dexi's English name "Peter Pau" in recognition of his film achievements. In May 2007, he was the director of the action magic film king of Kung Fu, and customized the white haired witch for Li Bingbing's role in the film. On October 12, he participated in the China Kung Fu global grand ceremony held in Shenzhen and served as the prize awarding guest. In March 2009, he served as the photography director of the biographical Film Confucius. In 2010, Bao Dexi served as the artistic director of the romantic film Li Xianji's adventures. This is his first collaboration with mainland post-80s creators. in 2011, he served as the photography director of the fashionable urban film I will. On April 17, he won the best Photography Award at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2013, Bao Dexi worked as the photography director of the fashion action film special identity. When the film was released, it was released using the old technology MEPG system, which led to the poor effect after the film was released. In April, he attended the Sino US Masters Summit Forum held at Beijing Film Academy. In 2014, Bao Dexi was the producer, director and special effects director of the magic action film Zhong Kui subdues the devil: Snow Demon. In March 2015, the 3D historical war movie "the big bombing", made by Bao Dexi and directed by Xiao Feng, was set in Xiangshan film and television city; in July, Bao Dexi served as the judge of first youth film exhibition. in October 2017, he was nominated for the best Photography Award of the 54th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award and the best Photography Award of the second "golden screen Award" for his film "ferry man".

Personal life

Bao Dexi's father is actor Bao Fang, who died on October 16, 2006; his mother is drama actor Liu Su; his sister Bao Qijing is also an actor.

Main works

Photographic works

Director's work

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Influenced by the traditional film factory system in Hong Kong and the complete training of college education under the wave of new Hollywood in the United States, Bao Dexi integrated the film art and technology of the East and the West. Bao Dexi formally entered the film industry after he was 30 years old. With his artistic talent and strong creative power, he became a leader in the photography industry and made many classic Hong Kong films. Bao Dexi combined the visual imagination of Oriental magic with the movie special effects that were almost unknown to Chinese people at that time, creating a new pattern of Chinese movie vision. Because of this, the Oriental magic type is gradually familiar to the Chinese audience. In the movie crouching tiger, hidden dragon, Bao Dexi brings Oriental aesthetic, simple and freehand photography aesthetics to the extreme (Sina entertainment review).

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