Mark Lee Ping-bing (Chinese: 李屏賓; pinyin: Lǐ Píngbīn; born 8 August 1954) is a Taiwanese cinematographer, photographer and author with over 70 films and 21 international awards to his credit including 2 Glory Of The Country Awards from the Government Information Office of Taiwan and the president of Taiwan's Light Of The Cinema Award. Lee began his film career in 1977 and in 1985 he started his prolific collaboration with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. Known best for his use of natural lighting utilizing real film and graceful camera movement, Lee received the Grand Technical Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for In the Mood for Love. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Lee was honored with nominations by the American Society of Cinematographers for its 2014 First Annual Spotlight Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the 2012 film Renoir and by the French Academy of Cinema Arts for a César Award for Best Cinematography in 2014 also for the film Renoir.
In 2009, Taiwanese director Chiang Hsiu-chiung and Kwan Pun Leung made a documentary about Lee entitled Let The Wind Carry Me.
Also in 2009, a book of Lee's photography entitled A Poet of Light and Shadow was published.
In November 2021, he succeeded director Ang Lee as head of the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee. The Chair leads the Committee for a two-year term and may be re-elected once.[1][2]
