Johnnie To
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- Name: Johnnie To
- Chinese: 杜琪峰
- Birthdate: April 22, 1955
- Birthplace: Hong Kong
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Johnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect and a cult following.
His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore themes of friendship, fate and the changing face of Hong Kong society. Sometimes described as "multifaceted and chameleonic" due to his ability to switch tones and genres between movies, To is nonetheless seen as having a consistent style, which involves mixing subdued realism and social observation with highly stylized visual and acting elements.
To heads the Hong Kong-based production company Milkyway Image with his frequent co-director Ka-Fai Wai
Notes
- Johnnie To sat as one of the members of the Feature Film jury for the 2011 (64th) Cannes Film Festival.
Actor
- Sha Sha Jia Jia zhan qi lai | (1991)
Director
- Drug War (TBA)
- Blind Detective (TBA)
- Romancing in Thin Air (TBA)
- Life Without Principle | Dyut meng gam (2011)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Daan gyun naam yu (2011)
- Vengeance (2009)
- The Sparrow | Man jeuk (2008)
- Linger | Hu die fei (2008)
- Mad Detective | Sun taam (2007)
- Triangle | Tie saam gok (2007)
- Exiled | Fong juk (2006)
- Election 2 | Triad Election | Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai (2006)
- Election | Hak se wui (2005)
- Yesterday Once More | Lung fung dau (2004)
- Throw Down | Yau doh lung fu bong (2004)
- Breaking News | Daai si gin (2004)
- Running on Karma | Daai chek liu (2003)
- Turn Left, Turn Right | Heung joh chow heung yau chow (2003)
- PTU: Into the Perilous Night | PTU (2003)
- Love for All Seasons | Baak nin hiu gap (2003)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts | Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai (2002)
- Fat Choi Spirit | Lik goo lik goo san nin choi (2002)
- Running Out of Time 2 | Am zin 2 (2001)
- Fulltime Killer | Chuen jik sat sau (2001)
- Love on a Diet | Sau san naam neui (2001)
- Wu yen | Chung mo yim (2001)
- Needing You | Goo laam gwa lui (2000)c
- Help!!! | Lat sau wui cheun (2000)
- The Mission | Cheung fo (1999)
- Hidden War | Am zin (1999)
- Where a Good Man Goes | Joi gin a long (1999)
- A Hero Never Dies | Chan sam ying hung (1998)
- Lifeline | Shi wan huo ji (1997) (as To Kei Fung)
- A Moment of Romance III | Tian ruo you qing III: Feng huo jia ren (1996)
- Loving You | Wu wei shen tan (1995)
- Executioners | Xian dai hao xia zhuan (1993)
- Mad Monk | Chai gong (1993)
- Eastern Three Heroes | Dung fong saam hap (1993)
- The Bare-Footed Kid | Chik geuk siu ji (1993)
- Casino Raiders II | Zhi zu wu shang II yong ba tian xia (1993)
- Lucky Encounter | Ti dao bao (1992)
- Justice, My Foot! | Sam sei goon (1992)
- The Royal Scoundrel | Sha Tan-Zi yu Zhou Shih-Nai (1991)
- The Story of My Son | Ai de shi jie (1990)
- All About Ah-Long | A Lang de gu shi (1989)
- Iron Butterfly, Part 2: See No Daylight (1989)
- The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Ji xing gong zhao (1989)
- The Big Heat | Cheng shi te jing (1988) (as To Kei Fung)
- Seven Years Itch | Qi nian zhi yang (1987)
- Happy Ghost III | Kai xin gui zhuang gui (1986)
- The Enigmatic Case | Bi shui han shan duo ming jin (1980)
Writer
- Dak ging 90 III - Zi ming jat tin ngaai | (TV 1995)
- The Story of My Son | Ngoi di sai gaai (1990)
- Suet san fei wu (TV mini-series) | (1985)
- Chin wong chi wong (TV Series) | (1980)
Producer
- Romancing in Thin Air | Gao hai ba zhi lian II (TBA)
- Motorway | Che sau (TBA)
- Life Without Principle | Dyut meng gam (2011)
- Punished | Bou ying (2011)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Daan gyun naam yu (2011)
- Vengeance | Fuk sau (2009)
- Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms | Kei tung bou deui - Tung pou (2009)
- Tactical Unit - Partners | Kei tung bou deui - Fo pun (2009)
- Accident | Yi ngoi (2009)
- Linger | Hu die fei (2008)
- The Sparrow | Man jeuk (2008)
- Tactical Unit: The Code | Kei tung bou deui: Ging lai (2008)
- Mad Detective | Sun taam (2007)
- Hooked on You | Mui dong bin wan si (2007)
- Eye in the Sky Gun chung (2007)
- Triangle | Tie saam gok (2007)
- Exiled Fong juk (2006)
- Election 2 | Triad Election | Hak se wui yi wo wai kwai (2006)
- 2 Become 1 | Tin sun yut dui (2006)
- Election | Hak se wui (2005)
- Yesterday Once More | Lung fung dau (2004)
- Breaking News | Daai si gin (2004)
- Throw Down | Yau doh lung fu bong (2004)
- Turn Left, Turn Right | Heung joh chow heung yau chow (2003)
- Looking for Mister Perfect | Kei fung dik sau (2003)
- PTU: Into the Perilous Night | PTU (2003)
- Love for All Seasons | Baak nin hiu gap (2003)
- Love Under the Sun | Ngoi zoi joeng gwong haa (2003)
- Running on Karma | Daai chek liu (2003)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts | Ngo joh aan gin diy gwai (2002)
- Fat Choi Spirit | Lik goo lik goo san nin choi (2002)
- Second Time Around | Mou han fou wut (2002)
- Running Out of Time 2 | Am zin 2 (2001)
- Love on a Diet | Sau san naam neui (2001)
- Fulltime Killer | Chuen jik sat sau (2001)
- Gimme Gimme | Ngoi soeng ngo baa (2001)
- Wu yen | Chung mo yim (2001)
- Comeuppance | Tin jau ngaan (2000)
- Help!!! | Lat sau wui cheun (2000)
- Needing You | Goo laam gwa lui (2000)
- Spacked Out | Mo yan ka sai (2000)
- The Mission | Cheung fo (1999)
- Sealed with a Kiss | Tim yin mat yue (1999)
- Running Out of Time | Am zin (1999)
- Where a Good Man Goes | Joi gin a long (1999)
- A Hero Never Dies | Chan sam ying hung (1998)
- Expect the Unexpected | Fai seung dat yin (1998)
- The Longest Nite | Am faa (1998)
- Intruder | Hung bou gai (1997)
- The Odd One Dies | Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge (1997)
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 | Jat go zi tau di daan sang (1997)
- Beyond Hypothermia | Sip si 32 dou (1996)
- A Moment of Romance III | Tin joek jau cing III - Fung fo gaai jan (1996)
- Only Fools Fall in Love | Daai lou baai sau (1995)
- Dak ging 90 III - Zi ming jat tin ngaai | (TV 1995)
- Fatal Assignment | Kung chong tin ngai (1995)
- Executioners | Xian dai hao xia zhuan (1993)
- The Heroic Trio | Dung fong saam hap (1993)
- A Moment of Romance II | Tin joek jau cing II - Zi tin coeng dei gau (1992)
- A Moment of Romance | Tin joek jau cing (1990)
- The Iron Butterfly 2 TV Movie | Dak ging 90 II - Zi mong meng tin ngaai (1990)
- The Iron Butterfly TV Movie | Dak ging 90 (1989)
- Final Justice | Pik lik sin fung (1988)
