I have been asked many times what my influences are or whose work I admire. There are a lot, but the following list is a good start. Not all photography, of course.

Yugo Nakamura | Japanese web designer extraordinaire – when mathematics, code and art collide. http://yugop.com  

David Lynch | Master Surrealist Film-maker. The World of Twin Peaks. http://www.davidlynch.com

Lu Nan | China’s elusive documentary photographer. http://invisiblephotographer.asia/2014/02/19/lunan-trilogyofmen/

Bruce Lee | The man, the art, the philosophy and the legacy. http://www.brucelee.com

Wisit Sasanatieng | Thai ‘new wave’ filmmaker I almost made a film with. His film Tears of the Black Tiger was the first Thai film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival. See also Citizen Dog.

Salvador Dali | The man who introduced me to the world of surrealism. http://thedali.org

Park Chan Wook | Korean Filmmaker and his Vengeance Trilogy. That one-take fight scene (below) in Old Boy is a masterpiece alone.

Akira Kurosawa | A Japanese Legend. See this http://invisiblephotographer.asia/2015/03/12/complexstaging-akirakurosawa/

Wong Kar Wai | Hong Kong Filmmaker. Almost everyone in Asia has been romanced by Wong and his color and mood at some point. http://www.wongkarwai.net

Shomei Tomatsu | The late great Japanese Photographer. http://invisiblephotographer.asia/2013/01/07/spotlight-shomeitomatsu-1930-2012/

Masahisa Fukase | Japanese Photographer. For his tragic poetry. http://invisiblephotographer.asia/2013/11/19/lovelossphotography-masahisafukase/

Lu Chuan | China’s new voice in Films. See The Missing Gun, Kekexili and City of Life and Death (a B/W film about the Rape of Nanking. Trailer below)

Zhang Yimou | China Filmmaker for his earlier films. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Yimou 

Joshua Oppenheimer | Filmmaker. For his macabre masterpiece Jagal / The Act of Killing. http://theactofkilling.com