Basil Pao
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Art Department
Basil Pao began his photographic career in 1980 on his return to Hong
Kong after ten years in the United States, where he was art director
for recording companies Atlantic and Polygram in New York and Warner
Brothers Records in Los Angeles. His work during that time included the
book for the Monty Python film Life of Brian, where he first worked
with Michael Palin. They have since collaborated on ten illustrated
books based on the BBC travel series Pole to Pole, Full Circle,
Hemingway Adventure, Sahara, Himalaya and New Europe. He is the author
of Hands, China Revealed and most recently, Yi'Jing-Book of Changes,
which accompanied his The Great Walls of China Series exhibition. He
has also created the limited editions AMAN, Bhutan and AMAN2 for
Amanresorts, and OM-Ordinary Moments, CMYK - China and Shan Shui for
Printer Trento. Basil's travel essays and other assignments, including
his photography for Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor and Little
Buddha, have appeared in publications and exhibitions all over the
world.
