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Oscar-Winning Pioneering Chinese-American Cinematographer James Wong Howe Gets Biopic, With Herman Yau to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)

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Oscar-Winning Pioneering Chinese-American Cinematographer James Wong Howe Gets Biopic, With Herman Yau to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)
Mar 25, 2026 7:38am PT Oscar-Winning Pioneering Chinese-American Cinematographer James Wong Howe Gets Biopic, With Herman Yau to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)

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Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau has been attached to direct “The Cinematographer,” a biographical feature on the life of pioneering Chinese-American cinematographer James Wong Howe.

The attachment was made during the recently concluded Hong Kong FilMart.

Award-winning art director and costume designer Man Lim Chung, best known for “In the Mood for Love,” has also joined the production, taking on both design roles. His reputation for meticulous period work will be central to recreating the world Wong Howe inhabited across more than five decades in Hollywood, from the silent era through the Golden Age of cinema.

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