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Arthur Wong

Cinematographer, also actor, director and producer · Born July 2, 1956 (70) · Hong Kong, China

Arthur Wong Ngok-tai (Chinese: 黃岳泰) is a nine time Hong Kong Film Awards-winning cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, film producer and film director.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 2, 1956 (70)
From
Hong Kong, China
Works as
Cinematographer, also actor, director and producer
Titles
61 on MovieCove · 108 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 7% in 30 days

What are Arthur Wong's films like?

Across their 59 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Action47 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Fantasy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Fantasy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Bonds
31%
Power
10%
Self
10%
Survival
9%
Society
5%
Ideas
1%
Justice14 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge7 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 59 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 30 · Serious 14 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 32 · Heightened 22

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 4 · Charged 27 · Intense 28

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 17 · Shifting 35 · Whiplash 7

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 23 · Funny 15

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 18

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 25 · Engaged 29 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 27 · Affecting 23 · Heavy 9

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 48 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
32
Thrilling
36
Joyful
12
Warm
14
Absurd
11
Other
48

How their films linger

Fun31 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy25
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Arthur Wong's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Arthur Wong's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

108 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Beating Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director

  • Legend of the Naga Pearls(2017)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • League of Gods(2016)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Ulterior Motive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director

  • Gangster Payday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Tai

  • One Step Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Cinematographer

  • Pay Back(2013)

    Cinematographer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Crime of Passion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Cinematographer

  • Painted Skin: The Resurrection(2012)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • A Chinese Ghost Story(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Reign of Assassins(2010)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Fortune King Is Coming to Town! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Bodyguards and Assassins(2009)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The King of Fighters(2009)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Painted Skin(2008)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Warlords(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Silk(2006)

    Cinematographer · as Sheriff

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Chingaso the Clown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Cinematographer

  • Ultraviolet(2006)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Master of Everything (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • Magic Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Cinematographer

  • The Floating Landscape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Infernal Affairs II(2003)

    as Kwok-wah

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Final Night of the Royal Hong Kong Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • The Medallion(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Cinematographer · Producer

  • Double Vision(2002)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Demi-Haunted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Cheung Hing, Gangster

  • Visible Secret(2001)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Born Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Lao Wu

  • The Gua Sha Treatment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Cinematographer

  • 2000 AD(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Purple Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • Gen-X Cops(1999)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Final Night of the Royal Hong Kong Police: One Body Two Flags (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Knock Off(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Sleepless Town(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Beast Cops(1998)

    as Custard Tai

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Hitman(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Soong Sisters(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • God of Gamblers 3: The Early Stage(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Viva Erotica(1996)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Beyond Hypothermia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • Big Bullet(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Somebody Up There Likes Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • Tri-Star(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Age of Miracles(1996)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Adventurers(1995)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Touch of Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Cinematographer

  • A Confucian Confusion(1994)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Erotique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer

  • Love and the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer

  • Wonton Soup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Cinematographer

  • The Black Panther Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Temptation of a Monk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Iron Monkey(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Days of Tomorrow(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Crime Story(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time in China IV(1993)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Moon Warriors(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dragon Inn(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Once Upon a Time in China II(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Twin Dragons(1992)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • A Kid from Tibet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Cinematographer

  • Once Upon a Time in China(1991)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Raid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

  • Operation Condor(1991)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • A Chinese Ghost Story II(1990)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Miracles: The Canton Godfather(1989)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • In the Line of Duty III(1988)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Golden Swallow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Eastern Condors(1987)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Vampire's Breakfast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Evil Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Armour of God(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Vampire II(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Millionaires' Express(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Where's Officer Tuba?(1986)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Heart of Dragon(1985)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars(1985)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • The Musical Singer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Cinematographer

  • My Lucky Stars(1985)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Owl vs. Bumbo(1984)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Wheels on Meals(1984)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer · Editor

  • Esprit D'amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • Flash Future Kung Fu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • The Lost Generation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • Mad Mission Part 2: Aces Go Places(1983)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Crimson Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • He Lives by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • Food For The Sharks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • Mad Mission(1982)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Life After Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Man on the Brink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fool Escape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Director · Writer

  • Carry on Wise Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • The Young Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • Fists and Guts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Writer

  • Mad Monkey Kung Fu(1979)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Dirty Ho(1979)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Shadow Boxing(1979)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Heroes of the East(1978)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mr. Funnybone Strikes Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Cinematographer

  • Tang lang(1978)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Criminals, Part 5: The Teenager's Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Cinematographer

  • The Criminals, Part 3: Arson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 106 titles from 1977 to 2022.

Biggest box office

League of Gods (2016)

$43M worldwide

Highest rated

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989)

Film career

  • 1996Screen debut· Viva Erotica

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 106: 8 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting4 of 106: 3 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting2 of 106: 1 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing4 of 106: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleCinematography93 of 106: 87 only cinematography, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score61stEditing1 of 106: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

106 titles, 7 with more than one role — cinematography and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1970s10 · crew1980s29 · crew1990s36 · 3 acting · 33 crew2000s19 · 5 acting · 15 crew2010s11 · 1 acting · 10 crew2020s1 · crew

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Arthur Wong's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 61; across their 59 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 59

Midcredits score across 61 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th22
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

38 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser38
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · producer, cinematographer

Pay Back (2013)

85th percentile spread · 47% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 66/100 in their films, across 49 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Arthur Wong's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles45–74 · median 52 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles10–54 · median 43 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 31 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Arthur Wong work with?

People who share at least 2 of Arthur Wong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hark Tsui shares the most, 11.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles