FrameThrower · Actors · Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
8 films · 555 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1992–2021
Born 27 June 1962 · Hong Kong, China
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He is considered one of Asia's most successful and internationally recognised actors and was named as "Small Tiger" among the Five Tiger Generals of TVB. Leung is widely considered the best native Hong Kong actor of his generation and has a comprehensive set of awards that began in the 1980s. For In the Mood for Love, Leung earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He is also a six-time winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards and three-time winner at the Golden Horse Film Awards, holding the record for most awards in the Best Actor category. The 2002 book East Asian Film Stars describes Leung as "undoubtedly one of the most successful and widely-acclaimed Hong Kong actors of his generation, with a broad and diverse filmography."
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 555 frames · top-billed in 8 · 1992–2021
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor2024
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2022
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2021
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor2007
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor2003
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor1994
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor1993
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor1989
- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor1988
- Asian Film Award for Best Actor
How their films are shot
Measured across 555 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tony takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 66% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Tony takes.
Time of day
Lighting
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 555 frames from Tony Leung Chiu-wai's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.