Patrick Chou

Chou began working part-time after graduating from junior high school in a factory, and later became a wedding photography assistant.{{Cite web |url=https://mol.mcu.edu.tw/%E9%87%91%E9%A6%AC%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E5%B8%AB%E5%91%A8%E5%AE%9C%E8%B3%A2-%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E7%B6%93%E9%A9%97%E8%AB%87/ |title=金馬入圍攝影師周宜賢 電影攝影經驗談 |date=1 December 2021 |website=Media News |author=江衍融 |access-date=24 May 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222151611/https://mol.mcu.edu.tw/%E9%87%91%E9%A6%AC%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E5%B8%AB%E5%91%A8%E5%AE%9C%E8%B3%A2-%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E7%B6%93%E9%A9%97%E8%AB%87/ |url-status=live }} He began to learn cinematography by that time, and went on to become a cinematographer for advertising and television companies. In 2011, Chou made his feature film cinematographic debut in feature films with the romance film You Are the Apple of My Eye, directed by Giddens Ko.{{Cite web |url=https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/9761 |title=「最幸運的導演，最努力的作家」──專訪《報告老師！怪怪怪怪物！》導演九把刀 |date=28 July 2017 |website=Funscreen Weekly |author=包子逸 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161246/https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/9761 |url-status=live }} Since then, Chou has become a frequent collaborator with Ko over the next decade. In the following year, he worked as the cinematographer for the drama film {{ill|Young Dudes|zh|騷人}},{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%87%91%E9%A6%AC%E5%A5%87%E5%B9%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B1%95-%E9%96%8B%E5%B9%95%E7%89%87%E9%A8%B7%E4%BA%BA-033307002.html |title=金馬奇幻影展 開幕片騷人 |date=4 March 2012 |publisher=Central News Agency |website=Yahoo! News |author=郭羿婕 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305172941/http://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%87%91%E9%A6%AC%E5%A5%87%E5%B9%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B1%95-%E9%96%8B%E5%B9%95%E7%89%87%E9%A8%B7%E4%BA%BA-033307002.html |url-status=live }} for which he won Best Cinematography in the 14th Taipei Film Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://culture.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=51BC1F7A2CF28070&s=18CD5D9DED9EDE6C |title=2012第14屆台北電影節 |website=Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161236/https://culture.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=51BC1F7A2CF28070&s=18CD5D9DED9EDE6C |url-status=live }} In 2013, Chou filmed the documentary {{ill|Twelve Nights (documentary)|lt=Twelve Nights|zh|十二夜 (臺灣電影)}}, produced by Ko, as well as the comedy film Forever Love.{{Cite web |url=https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/5944 |title=在殘酷世界注入溫柔：專訪《十二夜》導演 Raye、攝影周宜賢 |date=25 November 2023 |website=Funscreen Weekly |author=洪健倫 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161248/https://funscreen.tfai.org.tw/article/5944 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://news.ebc.net.tw/news/entertainment/374306 |title=露骨對話曝！周宜賢曬18鐵證 願跟女實習生「法院見」 |date=19 July 2023 |website=EBC News |author=陳怡伶 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413161240/https://news.ebc.net.tw/news/entertainment/374306 |url-status=live }} He served as the cinematographer for Ko's horror comedy Mon Mon Mon Monsters in 2017 and worked on the psychological horror film Detention in 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/mon-mon-mon-monsters-review-1202498334/ |title=Film Review: ‘Mon Mon Mon Monsters’ |date=20 July 2017 |website=Variety |last=Kuipers |first=Richard |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=14 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814105553/https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/mon-mon-mon-monsters-review-1202498334/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/detention-review-1203529750/ |title=‘Detention’: Film Review |date=12 March 2020 |website=Variety |last=Kang |first=Jessica |access-date=14 April 2024 |archive-date=27 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327210643/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/detention-review-1203529750/ |url-status=live }} He also filmed the Netflix crime series Nowhere Man, which won him Best Cinematography for a Drama Series in the 55th Golden Bell Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/528861/%E9%87%91%E9%90%98%E7%8D%8E2020-%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE-%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E7%A5%9E%E5%8A%87-%E6%83%B3%E8%A6%8B%E4%BD%A0-%E6%A9%AB%E6%8E%834%E7%8D%8E%E6%88%90%E5%A4%A7%E8%B4%8F%E5%AE%B6 |title=【金鐘獎2020．得獎名單】年度神劇《想見你》橫掃4獎成大贏家 |date=27 September 2020 |website=HK01 |author=陳栢宇 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322063532/https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/528861/%E9%87%91%E9%90%98%E7%8D%8E2020-%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE-%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E7%A5%9E%E5%8A%87-%E6%83%B3%E8%A6%8B%E4%BD%A0-%E6%A9%AB%E6%8E%834%E7%8D%8E%E6%88%90%E5%A4%A7%E8%B4%8F%E5%AE%B6 |url-status=live }}

In 2020, Chou worked as the cinematographer for the romantic comedy film My Missing Valentine,{{Cite web |url=https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/movie/52825 |title=【金馬57／2020金馬獎】入圍名單！《消失的情人節》入圍11項大獎，桂綸鎂、林柏宏、謝欣穎搶影帝影后 |date=21 November 2020 |website=Marie Claire |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=24 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224115902/https://www.marieclaire.com.tw/entertainment/movie/52825 |url-status=live }} which earned him a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 57th Golden Horse Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3103804/golden-horse-awards-2020-nominations-film-debutant-director |title=Golden Horse Awards 2020 nominations: film by debutant director from Hong Kong among leading contenders, as China boycott continues |date=1 October 2020 |website=South China Morning Post |last=Lee |first=Edmund |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605181251/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3103804/golden-horse-awards-2020-nominations-film-debutant-director |url-status=live }} He collaborated with Ko once again in the romantic comedy film Till We Meet Again,{{Cite web |url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%81%AD%E6%8E%A7%E4%BE%B5%E7%8A%AF%E5%A5%B3%E5%AF%A6%E7%BF%92%E7%94%9F-%E6%9C%88%E8%80%81-%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E5%91%A8%E5%AE%9C%E8%B3%A2%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89-155708480.html |title=遭控侵犯女實習生！《月老》攝影周宜賢回應 |date=19 July 2023 |publisher=Nownews |website=Yahoo! News |author=黃雅琪 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720170049/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%81%AD%E6%8E%A7%E4%BE%B5%E7%8A%AF%E5%A5%B3%E5%AF%A6%E7%BF%92%E7%94%9F-%E6%9C%88%E8%80%81-%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E5%91%A8%E5%AE%9C%E8%B3%A2%E5%9B%9E%E6%87%89-155708480.html |url-status=live }} which garnered him another nomination for Best Cinematography in the 58th Golden Horse Awards.{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3151328/golden-horse-awards-2021-nominations-hong-kong-film |title=Golden Horse Awards 2021 nominations: Hong Kong film Drifting leads all contenders, and city’s 2019 protests feature in two documentaries |date=6 October 2021 |website=South China Morning Post |last=Lee |first=Edmund |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=4 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004112333/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3151328/golden-horse-awards-2021-nominations-hong-kong-film |url-status=live }} Chou filmed Miss Shampoo, another romantic comedy film directed by Ko, in 2023, and John Hsu's horror comedy film Dead Talents Society in 2024.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20240726insight006 |title=【衰鬼也有出頭天5】《返校》班底打造《鬼才之道》　團隊童年萌照一一曝光 |date=30 July 2024 |website=Mirror Media |author=項貽斐 |access-date=13 August 2024 |language=zh}}

In July 2023, Chou and director {{ill|Kitamura Toyoharu|zh|北村豐晴}} were accused by an anonymous woman during the MeToo movement of sexually molesting and attempting to rape her when she was interning on the set of the 2013 film Forever Love.{{Cite web |url=https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2183117 |title=攝影師周宜賢遭控「捏臀性侵」女實習生　本人臉書回應了 |date=18 July 2023 |website=TVBS News |author=廖福生 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719003446/https://news.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/2183117 |url-status=live }} Chou refuted the accusations on social media, claiming that he and the accuser were in a relationship at that time.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/188956 |title=台灣影視圈MeToo：導演北村豐晴、攝影師周宜賢遭控性騷，被害者：實習的時候被強暴 |date=19 July 2023 |website=The News Lens |author=王祖鵬 |access-date=13 April 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=8 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230808012710/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/188956 |url-status=live }}

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