Jake Pollock

Jake Pollock (simplified Chinese: 包轩鸣; traditional Chinese: 包軒鳴) is an American cinematographer based in Taiwan, whose work covers feature films, short films, commercials and music videos. He has collaborated with internationally acclaimed directors such as Wong Kar Wai, Peter Chan, Lou Ye, and Derek Tsang.

Jake Pollock
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2005–present (cinematographer)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	包軒鳴
Simplified Chinese	包轩鸣
Transcriptions

In 1993, he studied Film Production at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and at the same time entered the New York independent film circle to work. Because of his love for Asian culture, he settled in Taiwan in 2002. He is proficient in Chinese and English, and his understanding of Asian and Western cultures has created his unique photography aesthetics.^[1]

Awards

Jake Pollock’s Award achievements include Best Cinematography Award at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards^[2] and the 6th Asian Film Awards^[3] for Dragon; the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet Award^[4][5] for Best Cinematography for Spring Tide; Best Cinematography Award at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for Starry Starry Night.^[6] In addition, he was awarded the Special Jury Award at the 8th Taipei Film Awards for his cinematography on three very different films Do Over, The Pain of Others, and Respire. He has multiple nominations at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards with films such as The Shadow Play,^[7] Soul Mate,^[2] and Girlfriend, Boyfriend.^[8] Monga^[9] and Yang Yang^[10] were both nominated for Best Cinematography at the Asian Film Awards .

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Awards and nominations	Category	Result	Ref.
1998	Whatever Happened to Kathy	Chris Cain
2006	Do Over	Cheng Yu-Chieh	Taipei Film Awards	Special Jury Award	Won	[11]
2007	Amour-Legende	Mi-sen Wu
	The Wall-Passer	Hung Hung				[12]
2009	Yang Yang	Cheng Yu-Chieh	Asian Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[13]
	The Message	Chen Kuo-fu Gao Qunshu				[14] [15]
2010	Pinoy Sunday	Ho Wi-ding
	Monga	Doze Niu	Asian Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[16] [17]
			Asia Pacific Screen Award		Nominated
2011	Starry Starry Night	Tom Lin Shu-yu	Asia-Pacific Film Festival	Best Cinematography	Won	[18]
	Dragon	Peter Chan	Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Won	[19] [20] [21]
			Asian Film Awards		Won
			Asia Pacific Screen Award		Nominated
2012	Girlfriend, Boyfriend	Yang Ya-che	Golden Horse Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[8]
2014	The Truth About Beauty	Aubrey Lam
	Second Chance	Yann Kung
	Women Who Flirt	Pang Ho-cheung
2015	Mojin: The Lost Legend	Wuershan				[22] [23]
2016	Soul Mate	Derek Tsang	Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[2]
2017	Goldbuster	Sandra Ng
2019	Integrity	Alan Mak				[24]
	The Shadow Play	Lou Ye	Golden Horse Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[25] [26] [27]
	Spring Tide	Tian-yi Yang	Shanghai International Film FestivalGolden Goblet Awards	Best Cinematography	Won	[4] [5]
	Remain Silent	Zhou Ke
2021	Schemes in Antiques	Derek Kwok	Macau International Movie Festival	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[28]
2022	Mama Boy	Arvin Chen
2023	Eye of the Storm	Chun-Yang Lin	Taipei Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Nominated	[29]
			Golden Horse Film Awards		Nominated	[30]
	Love in Taipei	Arvin Chen				[31]
	Hello Ghost	Pei-Ju Hsieh
2024	She's Got No Name	Peter Chan

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Awards and nominations	Category	Result	Ref.
1998	The Census Taker	Aaron Cohen
	Still	Ho Wi-ding
2000	Landscape	Nick Regalbuto
2005	Respire	Ho Wi-ding	Taipei Film Awards	Special Jury Award	Won	[32]
	The Pain of Others	Tom Lin Shu-yu	Taipei Film Awards	Special Jury Award	Won	[33][11]
2008	Summer Afternoon	Ho Wi-ding				[34]
	Viva la Diva	Mi-sen Wu
2009	Taipei 24H：Save the Lover	程孝澤
2011	10+10：100	Ho Wi-ding				[35]
	10+10：The Debut	Chen Kuo-fu
2012	When Yesterday Comes： I Wake Up In A Strange Bed	Ho Wi-ding

Other works

Year	Title	Director	Awards and nominations	Category	Result	Note	Ref.
2008	No Practice Love Song	Yang Ya-che	Golden Bell Awards	Best Cinematography	Won	TV Movie	[36]
2009	Tibet‧Taipei	Mi-sen Wu				Documentary	[37]
2018	A Documentary on the Shadow Play	Yingli Ma				Performance	[38][39]
2019	SAINT LAURENT - SELF 05	Wong Kar-wai、Wing Shya				TVC	[40]
2021	Sony Alpha You are Alpha	孔玟燕				TVC
2023	Jay Chou X Beneunder 2023	孔玟燕				TVC

Reference

1. "台北電影學院 TAIPEI FILM ACADEMY". academy.filmcommission.taipei. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
2. "香港電影金像獎". 香港電影金像獎. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
3. "6th – Asian Film Awards Academy". www.afa-academy.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
4. "Shanghai International Film Festival's full winners list".The Hollywood Reporter JUNE 23, 2019
5. "Shanghai International Film Festival's full winners list".Variety Jun 23, 2019
6. "TVB Artists Attend 55th Asian Pacific Film Awards – JayneStars.com". Retrieved October 7, 2023.
7. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
8. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
9. "5th – Asian Film Awards Academy". www.afa-academy.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
10. "4th Asian Film Awards".
11. "8th TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL". July 8, 2006
12. "The Wall-Passer".Variety Oct 10, 2007
13. "Yang Yang".Variety Feb 24, 2009
14. "The Message — Film Review".The Hollywood Reporter OCTOBER 7, 2009
15. "The Message".Variety Oct 8, 2009
16. "Jake Pollock MONGA".Asia Pacific Screen Award
17. "Monga".Variety Feb 13, 2010
18. "Movie review: Starry Starry Night 星空".Taipei Times Nov 04, 2011
19. "Chan returns to direct 'Wu Xia'".The Hollywood Reporter AUGUST 25, 2010
20. "Wu Xia (Dragon): Cannes Review".The Hollywood Reporter MAY 14, 2011
21. "Wu Xia (Dragon)".Variety May 14, 2011
22. "'Mojin: The Lost Legend': Film Review".The Hollywood Reporter DECEMBER 18, 2015
23. "Film Review: 'Mojin: The Lost Legend'".Variety Dec 21, 2015
24. "'Integrity': Film Review".The Hollywood Reporter FEBRUARY 8, 2019
25. "'The Shadow Play': Film Review Berlin 2019".The Hollywood Reporter FEBRUARY 13, 2019
26. "How high can Chinese directors reach if the barriers are broken?".iMedia 2023-09-09
27. "The Shadow Play".FilmAffinity
28. "MIMF 14". www.mtm.mo. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
29. "Film Review: Eye of the Storm (2023) by Lin Chun-Yang".ASIAN MOVIE PULSE.COM
30. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
31. "Lionsgate Boards 'Loveboat, Taipei' From Arvin Chen and Abigail Hing Wen (EXCLUSIVE)".Variety Jan 12, 2022
32. "Wi Ding Ho's Respire".ScreenAnarchy July 26 2005
33. "2009台北電影節 | 台北電影節 | 歷屆台北電影節". 61.64.60.186. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
34. "Summer Afternoon (2008) | MUBI". Retrieved October 7, 2023 – via mubi.com.
35. "Review: 10+10 (2011)".神州電影
36. "45th Golden Bell Awards".TTV 台灣電視公司
37. "Tibet‧Taipei".Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
38. "A Documentary on the Shadow Play". Golden Horse Film Festival 2018
39. "A Documentary on the Shadow Play". MUBI
40. "Self 05". www.ysl.com. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

• The relationship between director and cinematographer and color.，2019/06/22
• Screendaily Jake Pollock，2019/06/24
• Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jake Pollock
• 手持攝影師 Jake 杜可風接班人，自由時報，2006年4月17日
• 專訪《海巡尖兵》林書宇導演、《呼吸》何蔚庭導演與他們的攝影師 Jake Pollock，放映週報，2006年9月4日
• 自由靈動的影像風格 : 包軒鳴 Jake Pollock ，放映週報2009年12月4日

External links

• Jake Pollock DP Showreel
• Jake Pollock at IMDb
• Jake Pollock at Taiwan's Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development website