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Wong Kar-Wai

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July 17, 1958, Shanghai, China (age 66)
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Wong Kar-Wai (born July 17, 1958, Shanghai, China) is a Chinese film director noted for his atmospheric films about memory, longing, and the passage of time. Wong’s family emigrated from Shanghai to Hong Kong in 1963. For many Shanghainese, assimilation of Hong Kong’s different dialect and culture was difficult. Wong’s early experiences left a lasting impression, and three of his feature films are set in the 1960s. Wong studied graphic design at Hong Kong Polytechnic (later Hong Kong Polytechnic University). He entered a course for prospective production designers and directors at the television network TVB, but he first worked as ...(100 of 986 words)

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