Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography
Awarded for	Achievement in cinematography
Country	Hong Kong
Presented by	Hong Kong Film Awards
First awarded	1983
Currently held by	Cheng Siu-Keung (2022)

The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography is an annual Hong Kong industry award presented to a cinematographer or a group of cinematographers for the best achievement in cinematography.

History

The award was established at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (1983) and the first winner in this category was Arthur Wong for his contribution in the cinematography of He Lives by Night. The most recent recipient of the award was also Arthur Wong, he was honoured at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards (2009), for the film Painted Skin. Arthur Wong is holding the record for most awards in this category is Jackie Chan Stunt Team with 8 times.

Winners and nominees

Year	Nominee	Film	Note
1983 (2nd)	Arthur Wong	He Lives by Night
1983 (2nd)	Lai Sui-Ming, David Chung Chi-Man	Coolie Killer
1983 (2nd)	Wong Chung-Biu	Nomad
1983 (2nd)	Tong Bo-Sang	Lonely Fifteen
1983 (2nd)	Arthur Wong	Life After Life
1983 (2nd)	Ma Yin-Tat, Poon Ching-Fuk, Wong Seung-Hoi, Yu Hoi	Shaolin Temple
1984 (3rd)	Wong Chung-Biu	The Last Affair
1984 (3rd)	Siu Yuen-Chi, Chan Chun-Kit, Peter Ngor, Lam Ah-To, Arthur Wong	Heath Warning
1984 (3rd)	Koo Kwok-Wah	All the Wrong Spies
1984 (3rd)	Chan Ngok-Yi	Ah Ying
1984 (3rd)	Tong Bo-Sang, Yeung Lam	Burning of the Imperial Palace
1985 (4th)	Lai Sui-Ming	Hong Kong 1941
1985 (4th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Homecoming
1985 (4th)	Ho Tung-Nei	Love in a Fallen City
1985 (4th)	Koo Kwok-Wah	Long Arm of the Law
1985 (4th)	Chan Man-Fai	A Certain Romance
1986 (5th)	Poon Hang-Sang	The Island
1986 (5th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Women
1986 (5th)	Peter Ngor	Mr. Vampire
1986 (5th)	Lam Ah-To	Infatuation
1986 (5th)	Cheung Yiu-Cho	Police Story
1987 (6th)	Christopher Doyle	Soul
1987 (6th)	Wong Wing-Hang	A Better Tomorrow
1987 (6th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Dream Lovers
1987 (6th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Peking Opera Blues
1987 (6th)	Chan Lok-Yi, Chan Ping-Lam	Just Like Weather
1988 (7th)	James Hayman & David Chung Chi-Man	An Autumn's Tale
1988 (7th)	Peter Pau	Legend of Wu
1988 (7th)	Sai Muk Siu Yi	The Romance of Book and Sword
1988 (7th)	Lam Kwok-Wah	Final Victory
1988 (7th)	Poon Hang-Sang, Lee Ka-Ko, Lau Moon-Tong, Wong Wing-Hang	A Chinese Ghost Story
1989 (8th)	David Chung	Painted Faces
1989 (8th)	Andrew Lau	As Tears Go By
1989 (8th)	Peter Pau, Poon Hang-Sang	The Story of Hay Bo
1989 (8th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Profile of Pleasure
1989 (8th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Rouge
1990 (9th)	Peter Pau	A Fishy Story
1990 (9th)	Christopher Doyle	Her Beautiful Life Lies
1990 (9th)	Wong Wing-Hang, Peter Pau	The Killer
1990 (9th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Eight Taels of Gold
1990 (9th)	Poon Hang-Sang	The Iceman Cometh
1991 (10th)	Christopher Doyle	Days of Being Wild
1991 (10th)	Lam Kwok-Wah, Chan Pui-Ka, Wong Wing-Hang, Som Chai Kittikun	Bullet in the Head
1991 (10th)	Jingle Ma	Kawashima Yoshiko
1991 (10th)	Jingle Ma	Farewell China
1991 (10th)	Peter Pau, Lee San-Yip	The Terracotta Warrior
1991 (10th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Red Dust
1992 (11th)	Peter Pau	Saviour of the Soul
1992 (11th)	David Chung Chi-Man, Wong Chung-Biu, Arthur Wong, Lam Kwok-Wah, Chan Tung-Chuen, Chan Pui-Ka	Once Upon a Time in China
1992 (11th)	Andrew Lau, Lee Chi-Hang	Lee Rock
1992 (11th)	Peter Pau	Bury Me High
1992 (11th)	Wong Chung-Biu, David Chung Chi-Man, Peter Pau, Peter Ngor	Au Revoir Mon Amour
1993 (12th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Center Stage
1993 (12th)	David Chung Chi-Man	King of Beggars
1993 (12th)	Lee Tak-Sing	Misty
1993 (12th)	Arthur Wong	Once Upon a Time in China II
1993 (12th)	Arthur Wong, Lau Moon-Tong	New Dragon Gate Inn
1994 (13th)	Peter Pau	The Bride with White Hair
1994 (13th)	David Chung, Peter Ngor	Finale in Blood
1994 (13th)	Wong Chung-Biu	Roof with a View
1994 (13th)	Arthur Wong	Days of Tomorrow
1994 (13th)	Arthur Wong, Andrew Leslie	Temptation of a Monk
1995 (14th)	Christopher Doyle	Ashes of Time
1995 (14th)	Christopher Doyle, Andrew Lau	Chungking Express
1995 (14th)	Peter Pau	Treasure Hunt
1995 (14th)	Cheung Tong-Leung	What Price Survival
1995 (14th)	Arthur Wong	The Returning
1996 (15th)	Christopher Doyle	Fallen Angels
1996 (15th)	Wong Wing-Hang	Peace Hotel
1996 (15th)	Peter Pau	The Phantom Lover
1996 (15th)	Arthur Wong	A Touch of Evil
1996 (15th)	Andrew Lau	I'm Your Birthday Cake
1997 (16th)	Jingle Ma	Comrades: Almost a Love Story
1997 (16th)	Christopher Doyle	Temptress Moon
1997 (16th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Shanghai Grand
1997 (16th)	Arthur Wong	Somebody Up There Likes Me
1997 (16th)	Arthur Wong	Big Bullet
1998 (17th)	Arthur Wong	The Soong Sisters
1998 (17th)	Cheung Man-Biu	Downtown Torpedoes
1998 (17th)	Christopher Doyle	Happy Together
1998 (17th)	Mark Lee Ping Bin	Eighteen Springs
1998 (17th)	Wong Wing	Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
1999 (18th)	Arthur Wong	Sleepless Town
1999 (18th)	Kwan Bun-Leung	Hold You Tight
1999 (18th)	Andrew Lau	The Storm Riders
1999 (18th)	Jingle Ma	City of Glass
1999 (18th)	Peter Pau	Anna Madaglena
2000 (19th)	Arthur Wong	Purple Storm
2000 (19th)	Ross W. Clarkson	The Victim
2000 (19th)	Jingle Ma, Chan Kwok-Hung	Fly Me to Polaris
2000 (19th)	Peter Pau	Metade Fumaca
2000 (19th)	Arthur Wong	Gen-X Cops
2001 (20th)	Peter Pau	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2001 (20th)	Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bin	In the Mood for Love
2001 (20th)	Keung Kwok-Man	A Fighter's Blues
2001 (20th)	Kwan Boon-Leung	Lavender
2001 (20th)	Jingle Ma, Chan Kwok-Hung	Summer Holiday
2002 (21st)	Arthur Wong	Visible Secret
2002 (21st)	Kwan Pak-Suen, Kwong Ting-Wo	Shaolin Soccer
2002 (21st)	Chung Yau-Ting	Peony Pavilion
2002 (21st)	Peter Pau	Beijing Rocks
2002 (21st)	Yeung To, Cheung Kin	Lan Yu
2003 (22nd)	Christopher Doyle	Hero
2003 (22nd)	Christopher Doyle	Three: Going Home
2003 (22nd)	Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai	Infernal Affairs
2003 (22nd)	Peter Pau	The Touch
2003 (22nd)	Arthur Wong	Double Vision
2004 (23rd)	Arthur Wong	The Floating Landscape
2004 (23rd)	Cheng Siu-Keung	PTU
2004 (23rd)	Andrew Lau, Ng Man-Ching	Infernal Affairs II
2004 (23rd)	Andrew Lau, Ng Man-Ching	Infernal Affairs III
2004 (23rd)	Poon Liu-Ming	Heroic Duo
2005 (24th)	Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-Fai, Kwan Pun-Leung	2046
2005 (24th)	Christopher Doyle	Dumplings
2005 (24th)	Poon Hang-Sang	Kung Fu Hustle
2005 (24th)	Poon Yiu-Ming	Leaving Me Loving You
2005 (24th)	Geung Kwok-Man	One Nite in Mongkok
2006 (25th)	Peter Pau	Perhaps Love
2006 (25th)	Cheng Siu-Keung	Election
2006 (25th)	Andrew Lau, Lai Yiu-Fai, Ng Man-Ching	House of Fury
2006 (25th)	Peter Pau	The Promise
2006 (25th)	Venus Keung Kwok-Man	Seven Swords
2007 (26th)	Andrew Lau & Lai Yiu-Fai	Confession of Pain
2007 (26th)	Mark Lee Ping Bin	After This Our Exile
2007 (26th)	Charlie Lam	Isabella
2007 (26th)	Cheng Siu-Keung	Exiled
2007 (26th)	Zhao Xiaoding	Curse of the Golden Flower
2008 (27th)	Arthur Wong	The Warlords
2008 (27th)	Cheng Siu-Keung	Mad Detective
2008 (27th)	Charlie Lam Chi-Kin	Exodus
2008 (27th)	Kwan Pun-Leung, Yu Lik-Wai	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
2008 (27th)	Venus Keung Kwok-Man	Protégé
2009 (28th)	Arthur Wong	Painted Skin
2009 (28th)	O Sing-Pui	Ip Man
2009 (28th)	Lu Yue, Zhang Li	Red Cliff
2009 (28th)	Cheung Tung-Leung	Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon
2009 (28th)	Cheng Siu-Keung	Sparrow
2010 (29th)	Arthur Wong	Bodyguards and Assassins
	Anthony Pun Yiu Ming	Empire Of Silver
	Lu Yue & Zhang Li	Red Cliff II
	Chin Ting Chang	Prince of Tears
	Nobuyasu Kita	Shinjuku Incident
2022 (40th)	Cheng Siu-Keung	Limbo
	Rick Lau	Hand Rolled Cigarette
	Fung Yuen Man	Raging Fire
	Anthony Pun	Anita
	Christopher Doyle, Kubbie Tsoi	Love After Love

See also

• Hong Kong Film Award
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film
• Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer

External links

• Hong Kong Film Awards Official Site