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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
Wong Kar-Wai: In the Mood for Love
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Paolo Taviani
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John Woo
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Chinese director
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou
Chinese director
Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige
Chinese director
Jackie Chan
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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
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
Karel Reisz
Polish-British director
Jesse Lasky
American producer
Dušan Makavejev
Yugoslavian film producer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Robert Wiene
German film director
Vittorio Taviani
Italian filmmaker
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Luc Dardenne
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Harold Ramis
American actor, writer, and director
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