Shigeru Umebayashi (Japan)

One of the most distinguished and beloved composers of our time, Shigeru Umebayashi, owes his fame to his composition for the film “Yumeji” (1991), which led to his first collaboration with the Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai in 1999, and his film “In the Mood for Love”. In 2004 his second work for a Wong Kar-Wai film followed, the exquisite “2046”, and in this time he also composed the score for Zhang Yimou’s epic film “House of Flying Daggers”. His next collaboration with Wong Kar-wai has been on the film "The Grandmaster".