David Chung was born in Hong Kong on November 14th, 1947. When he was seventeen, he learned cinematography and acted as a camera assistant under the Shaw Brothers camera department, becoming a cinematographer for TV in 1968, joining TVB in 1973. He shot his first feature film, For Whom to be Murdered, in 1978, and won his first award for Ann Hui's The Secret in 1979, winning Best Cinematography at the 17th Golden Horse Awards. He became a staple cinematographer for the Hong Kong New Wave directors, working with the likes of Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yim Ho, Alex Cheung, Tsui Hark, Dennis Yu etc. on acclaimed films such as Close Encounters of the First Kind, Nomad, My Love is that Eternal Rose, Once Upon a Time in China and so on.
In 1989 he became the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. In 1995 he emigrated to America,
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1995 | 烈火戰車 - Director of Photography |
1995 | 追女仔95之綺夢 - Director of Photography |
1994 | 梁祝 - Director of Photography |
1994 | 九品芝麻官 - Director of Photography |
1994 | 破壞之王 - Director of Photography |
1993 | 大鬧廣昌隆 - Director of Photography |
1993 | 唐伯虎點秋香 - Director of Photography |
1992 | Dilenciler Kralı - Director of Photography |
1992 | 鹿鼎記 II : 神龍敎 - Director of Photography |
1991 | 豪門夜宴 - Director of Photography |
1991 | Yes! 一族 - Director of Photography |
1991 | Bir Zamanlar Çin'de - Director of Photography |
1991 | 極道追踪 - Director of Photography |
1991 | 何日君再來 - Director of Photography |
1990 | 摩登如來神掌 - Director of Photography |
1990 | 客途秋恨 - Director of Photography |
1990 | 至尊計狀元才 - Director of Photography |
1989 | 八兩金 - Second Unit Director of Photography |
1989 | 賭神 - Director of Photography |
1989 | 驚魂記 - Director |
1989 | 驚魂記 - Director of Photography |
1989 | Chasing Dreams - Second Assistant Camera |
1989 | 殺手蝴蝶夢 - Director of Photography |
1988 | 七小福 - Director of Photography |
1988 | 鐵甲無敵瑪利亞 - Director |
1987 | 秋天的童話 - Director of Photography |
1987 | 中華戰士 - Director |
1986 | 皇家戰士 - Director |
1985 | 聖誕奇遇結良緣 - Director |
1985 | 聖誕奇遇結良緣 - Director of Photography |
1985 | 智勇三寶 - Director of Photography |
1984 | 上海之夜 - Second Unit Director of Photography |
1983 | 陰陽錯 - Director of Photography |
1982 | 烈火青春 - Director of Photography |
1982 | 殺出西營盤 - Director of Photography |
1981 | 凶榜 - Director of Photography |
1981 | 兩小無知 - Director of Photography |
1980 | 第一類型危險 - Director of Photography |
1980 | 碧水寒山奪命金 - Director of Photography |
1979 | 瘋劫 - Director of Photography |
1978 | ICAC:兩個故事之「水」 - Director of Photography |
1978 | ICAC:歸去來兮 - Director of Photography |
1978 | ICAC:男子漢 - Director of Photography |
1978 | ICAC:第九條 - Director of Photography |
1977 | 走得快好世界 - Director |
1976 | CID: 失蹤少女 - Director of Photography |
1976 | CID: 晨午暮夜 - Director of Photography |
1976 | CID:兩飛女 - Director of Photography |
1975 | 群星譜:王釧如 - Director of Photography |
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