Speaks fluent French and Mandarin Has made 8 films with Kar Wai Wong. His Chinese name is Du Ke Fung which means `like the wind'. Has worked as an oil driller in India, a cow herder in Israel, and a doctor of Chinese medicine in Thailand. Left Australia at 18. First learned Mandarin in Taiwan. Spent three years traveling the world on a Norwegian ship. Shot Gus Van Sant's remake Psycho (1998) without having seen the original. Born in the outskirts of Sydney, Australia. Is the eldest of five children from a family of doctors. Shot the music video "Getaway" for the band Scottish band Texas in 2005. Lead singer Sharleen Spiteri said they were happy to get him because they had been "stealing" from his work for years. In addition to Mandarin and French, he speaks Cantonese fluently, and is taking lessons in Spanish, Japanese and Thai. His Chinese is at a higher level than his English.
