Mark Lee Ping Bin

Mark Lee Ping-bing (李屏賓; born August 8, 1954) is a Taiwanese cinematographer, photographer and author with over 70 films and 21 international awards to his credit including 2 Glory Of The Country Awards from the Government Information Office of Taiwan and the president of Taiwan's Light Of The Cinema Award. Lee began his film career in 1977 and in 1985 he started his prolific collaboration with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. Known best for his use of natural lighting utilizing real film and graceful camera movement, Lee received the Grand Technical Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for In the Mood for Love. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Lee was honored with nominations by the American Society of Cinematographers for its 2014 First Annual Spotlight Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the 2012 film Renoir and by the French Academy of Cinema Arts for a Cesar Award for Best Cinematography in 2014 also for the film Renoir.

Contents

• Hou hsaio hsien and mark lee ping bin
• A conversation series with mark lee ping bing
• Filmography
• Awards
• Nominations
• References

In 2009, Taiwanese director Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun Leung made a documentary about Lee entitled Let The Wind Carry Me.

In 2010, a book of his photography entitled A Poet of Light and Shadow was published.

Filmography

2016: Crosscurrent

2015: The Assassin

2013: The Rooftop

2012: Renoir

2012: Love

2012: Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault

2011: Mural

2010: Once Upon A Time In Tibet

2010: Norwegian wood

2009: Murderer

2009: Air doll

2008: Afterwards

2008: Detours to Paradise

2008: Claustrophobia

2007: Secret

2007: The flight of red balloon

2007: The sun also rises

2007: The matrimony

2006: Spring Snow

2005: Three Times

2004: A Letter from an Unknown Woman

2003: Café Lumière

2003: Inquiétudes

2002: Spring in a small town

2001: Millennium Mambo

2000: In the mood for love

2000: Days of tomorrow

2000: Vertical ray of the sun

2000: Tempting Heart

1998: Flowers of Shanghai

1997: Eighteen Springs

1996: BuddhaBlessedAmerica

1996: Goodbye south goodbye

1995: Summer snow

1994: Heaven and earth

1993: The puppetmaster

1990: Whampoa Blues

1990: Tiger cage 2

1989: The dull-ice flower

1989: City kids

1988: Runaway Blues

1987: Strawman

1987: Dust in the wind

1985: The time to live and the time to die

1984: Run Away

Awards

2010: The Asian Film Award (China), Norwegian Wood — Best Cinematographer

2008: National Award For Arts (Taiwan), Lifetime Achievement

2008 Golden Deer Award Changchun Film Festival Award (China), The Sun Also Rises — Best Cinematography

2006 Japan Academy Prize, Spring Snow — Best Cinematography

2005 The 25th Golden Rooster Award, Letter From An Unknown Woman — Best Cinematography

2005 The 14th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival Award, Letter From An Unknown Woman — Best Cinematography

2001 The New York Film Critics Circle Award, In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography

2001 American Film Institute Award, In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography

2001 Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Award, In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography (shared 2nd place)

2001 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan), Millennium Mambo — Best Cinematography

2001 The Government Information Office of Taiwan, In The Mood For Love — Glory Of The Country Award

2000 Award From The President of Taiwan, In The Mood For Love — The Light Of The Cinema Award

2000 Cannes Film Festival, In The Mood For Love — Grand Technical Prize

2000 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan), In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography

2000 Asia Pacific Film Festival Award (China), In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography

1995 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan), Summer Snow — Best Cinematography

1993 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan), The Puppetmaster — Best Cinematography

1988 The Government Information Office of Taiwan, Dust In The Wind Glory Of The Country Award

1986 Three Continents Film Festival Award (France), Dust In The Wind — Best Cinematography

1985 Asia Pacific Film Festival Award (China), Run Away — Best Cinematography*

Nominations

2005 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan), Three Times — Best Cinematography

2002 Hong Kong Film Award, In The Mood For Love — Best Cinematography

1999 Golden Horse Film Award (Taiwan) — Tempting Heart - Best Cinematography

1998 Hong Kong Film Award, Eighteen Springs — Best Cinematography

1990 Asia Pacific Film Festival Award (China), The Dull Ice Flowers — Best Cinematography

1987 Golden Horse Award (Taiwan), Strawman — Best Cinematography

1987 Asia Pacific Film Festival Award (China), Strawman — Best Cinematography