Mark Lee Ping-bing (Chinese: 李屏賓; pinyin: Lǐ Píngbīn; born 8 August 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.
In 2009, Taiwanese director Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun Leung made a documentary about Lee entitled Let The Wind Carry Me.
Also in 2009, a book of Lee's photography entitled A Poet of Light and Shadow was published.
In November 2021, he succeeded director Ang Lee as head of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee. The Chair leads the Committee for a two-year term and may be re-elected once.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
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