Wai-Keung Lau

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong director and cinematographer. Born in Hong Kong in 1960, he started at Shaw Brothers after secondary school, first taking a junior cinematography role on Legendary Weapons of China, a film by Chia-Liang Liu. His standing grew through films such as City on Fire, As Tears Go By, and Lee Rock, and his cinematography brought several Hong Kong Film Awards nominations. He made his directorial debut in 1990 with Against All. He later co-founded B.O.B. & Partners with Manfred Wong and Jing Wong; their first release, Young and Dangerous (1996), became a box office hit. He became known for mixing martial arts with computer-animated effects in The Storm Riders and A Man Called Hero. In 2002 he set up Basic Pictures and co-directed Infernal Affairs with Alan Mak, which won Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Directors. He and Mak completed the trilogy with Infernal Affairs II and Infernal Affairs III.