MAX DA YUNG WANG
My interest in photography began when I was a teenager, and for a few years after college I worked as a fashion photographer. As a still photographer, you only have a single frame to capture a moment. I began exploring cinematography when I found myself thinking more about the moments that happen in the spaces and time between the still frames. To improve my craft, I studied in the Cinematography Program at the American Film Institute's (AFI) Conservatory and received my Masters of Fine Arts from AFI in 1999.
My most recent features include LOOKING UP, ANIMAL WORLD, THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X, and DEVIL+ANGEL. I’ve also shot numerous music videos and commercials with directors such as Mark Webb, Maren Hwang and Wayne Peng, and I have worked with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Cold, Master P, Lil Jon, and Toby Mac. My commercial work includes brands such as L’Oréal, Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull, Panasonic, Asus, Lego, and McDonald’s.
I’m fluent in both English and Mandarin and enjoy the challenge of working in different locations around the world. I’ve worked in the US, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Europe, South Africa, and China. I’m a member of IATSE Local 600.
Awards & Nominations:
Best Cinematography, Hoboken International Film Festival 2011:
THE GIRL FROM THE NAKED EYE
BET Movie of the Year Nomination:
BOSS N’ UP
Dove Award Music Video of The Year “Irene” Toby Mac
Reviews:
Animal World
“Max Da-Yung Wang’s lighting bestows a fantasy feeling over the sets and explodes into toxic colors with the special effects.” -The Hollywood Reporter
“Han Yan’s determinedly stylistic approach and the impressive work of cinematographer Max Da-Yung Wang help sell this potent package of pure adrenaline.”
-Filminquiry.com
The Devotion of Suspect X
“Craft contributions, from Max Da-Yung Wang’s moodily prowling camerawork to Michiru Oshima’s affectingly rueful score, are well-attuned to the small-town atmosphere.”
-Variety
The Girl from the Naked Eye
“The technical credits are sound, particularly cinematographer Max Da-Yung Wang’s sinister scopings.” -The Hollywood Reporter
“The Girl from the Naked Eye" opens with a lurid cover from an old pulp detective magazine, and that's the look it achieves…it looks terrific…It was a pleasure to watch...The movie seems destined for DVD, but it makes a stop this week at three theaters, and would benefit by being seen on a big screen.” -Roger Ebert
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EXPERIENCE
Gaffer
Underwater Cinematography
EDUCATION
1997-1999 MFA Cinematography AFI
1989-1992 BS Graphic Arts CCU
SELECT WORK
FEATURES
LOOKING UP orange image Chao Deng Baimei Yu
ANIMAL WORLD enlight pictures Yan Han
THE DEVOTION OF SUSPECT X enlight pictures Alec Su
DEVIL + ANGEL orange image Chao Deng Baimei Yu
WHAT WOMEN WANT bona china Daming Chen
BULL BROTHERS red forest film Jonathan Lim
motion capture animation
GOOD-FOR-NOTHING HERO starlight FU YUNG
BU BU ZHUI HUN 3D shanghai film CHENG GIAN
BALLISTIC blue sky production Lawrence Lau
THE GIRL FROM NAKED EYE Lifted production David Ren
EXIT No. 6 jump boy film Yu-Hsien Lin
BOSS’N UP snoopadelic film Dylan C. Brown
BET Best Movie of the Year Nom.
FIST OF THE WARRIOR genone film Wayne Kennedy
KILLERS 2 the asylum David Michael Latt
COMMERCIAL selected
L'Oréal romance studio Maren Hwang
Lego new life film Nancy Guo
Mercedes triangle production Kuo-An Lai
Panasonic a new life film Nelson Cho
McDonald bright light film Chin-Yen Yee
Red Bull Parkour mic film Patrick Van Hautem
ZDF october film Rosa Peng
MSN october film Stanley & Ezra
Zenergy dna Christopher Halmo
Alpine radical film Tsutomu Shimada
Creative DAP a new life film Wayne Peng