Chin Ting-chang

Chin Ting-chang is a Taiwanese cinematographer best known for his frequent collaborations with Wei Te-sheng. He gained recognition for his work on Cape No. 7, for which he won Best Cinematography in the 10th Taipei Film Awards and received a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 45th Golden Horse Awards. He later earned another nomination for Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (2011) in the 48th Golden Horse Awards, as well as three Best Cinematography nominations for Prince of Tears (2009), Where the Wind Blows (2022), and Papa (2024) in the 29th, 41st, and 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards respectively.

Career Chin graduated from the Department of Radio and Television Studies at Shih Hsin University. During his sophomore year, he interned at a film production company alongside a senior, and he later returned to that company for a full-time position after graduation. He entered the film industry in 1994, starting as an Assistant Camera on Chen Kuo-fu's , working under cinematographer Christopher Doyle. He met Wei Te-sheng on the set of Edward Yang's Mahjong, where Wei was the assistant director. In 1999, Wei began writing his first screenplay, which later developed into Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale. Chin found the project immersive and of Hollywood quality, motivating him to improve his cinematography skills for such ambitious work.

In 2003, Wei self-funded NTD$2.5 million to film a five-minute trailer for Seediq Bale, with Chin directing the shoot. while Don Groves of SBS Australia lauded his "widescreen photography" that gave the film "a grey, gloomy look". Chin continued to work on Night Market Hero, the Chinese film , and the Hokkien film . Maggie Lee of Variety commended the film's grandeur, highlighting Chin's "sweeping widescreen visuals" that "captures the whirlwind movement and gut-busting exertion on the [baseball] field"; while James Marsh of ScreenAnarchy credited Chin's "sumptuous photography" for conveying the film's "grand spectacle". Chin reunited with the Kano production crew on the Malaysian film Ola Bola, He received a nomination in the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards for his work. In 2024, he collaborated with Philip Yung again on the feature film Papa. and the film earned him another nomination in the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards.

Filmography Film Year Title Notes 1995 Assistant Camera Night Market Hero 2014 2016 Ola Bola 2017 52Hz, I Love You 2018 2020 2022 Where the Wind Blows 2024 Papa

Television Year Title Notes 2003 Crystal Boys 45th Golden Horse Awards Best Cinematography 2010 29th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Cinematography Prince of Tears 2011 48th Golden Horse Awards Best CinematographyWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale 2012 6th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Cinematographer 2023 41st Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Cinematography Where the Wind Blows 2025 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards Papa