Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau Wai-Keungis a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the United States. A highly prolific filmmaker,...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth4 April 1960
CountryChina
Shooting in Hong Kong, you can do whatever you want, even change the script every day. In Hollywood, you have to have a lot of meetings.
So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'
When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works.
When I on set as a director I crazy. My temper is not that good.
In primary school when I was 6-7 years old, I always go to theater with my uncle, and I don't know why I like the atmosphere, dark only. The screen has some lighting, that kind of things, you can see the movie star and so that's why I like movies.
When I go on the set, I'm so rushed. When I see the actors at rehearsal, when I love it, I want to keep the mood - my mood and the actors' mood also. So I have to push the crew faster. I don't want to lose the mood.
I don't care about the critics.
In Hong Kong, the directors are the idea men.
I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.
Audiences in mainland China know how to discuss movies.
I want to put elements from movies into TV to raise the quality of TV.
After Chen Zhen, I wanted to make an emotional, touching story.
I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'
After making a movie, maybe you weren't able to shoot many of your ideas, because a movie is only 1 1/2 or two hours long, but TV gives you space to film a lot of things.