Directing
Johnnie To
ZH, CN, EN, FR cinema · 120 credits
Born
22 April 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Also known as ジョニー・トー · 杜琪峰 · Johnnie To Kei-Fung · Du Qifeng · Du Qi-Feng · Do Kei-Fong
Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Chinese: 杜琪峯, 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 Wai Ka-Fai.
Known for
Filmography
Mad Fate
Producer, Executive Producer
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Director, Producer, Writer
Chasing Dream
Director, Producer
A or B
Producer
Three
as Wong Superintendent (voice), Director, Producer
Trivisa
Producer
Office
Director, Producer, Co-Executive Producer
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Director, Producer
Boundless
as Self
Blind Detective
Director, Producer
A Complicated Story
Executive Producer
Romancing in Thin Air
Director, Producer
Drug War
Director, Producer
Motorway
Producer
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Director, Producer
Life Without Principle
Director, Producer
Punished
Producer
Johnnie Got His Gun!
as Himself
Accident
Producer
Vengeance
Director, Producer
Newsmakers
Original Film Writer
Sparrow
Director, Producer
Linger
Director, Producer
Triangle
Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Mad Detective
Director, Producer
Eye in the Sky
Producer
Hooked on You
Producer
Exiled
Director
Election 2
Director, Producer
2 Become 1
Producer
Election
Director, Producer
The Open Road
Director
Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
as (archive footage)
Throw Down
Director, Producer
Breaking News
Director, Producer
Yesterday Once More
Director, Producer
Running on Karma
Director, Producer
PTU
Director, Producer
Turn Left, Turn Right
Director, Producer
Love for All Seasons
Director, Producer
1:99 Shorts
Director
Memory of the Youth
Producer
Love Under the Sun
Producer
Fat Choi Spirit
Director, Producer
Second Time Around
Producer
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
Director, Producer
Wu Yen
Producer, Director
Running Out of Time 2
Producer, Director
Fulltime Killer
Director, Producer
Love on a Diet
Director, Producer
Gimme Gimme
Producer
Needing You...
Director, Producer
Help!!!
Director, Producer
Comeuppance
Producer
Spacked Out
Producer
Running Out of Time
Director, Producer
The Mission
Director, Producer
Where a Good Man Goes
Director, Producer
Sealed with a Kiss
Producer
Expect the Unexpected
Actor, Producer
A Hero Never Dies
Director, Producer
The Longest Nite
Producer
Lifeline
Director
Final Justice
Producer
Intruder
Producer
The Odd One Dies
Producer
A Moment of Romance III
Director, Producer
Beyond Hypothermia
Producer
Loving You
Director
Dead End
Producer, Director
The Lone Sabre
Producer
The Heroic Trio
Director
The Mad Monk
Director
The Bare-Footed Kid
Director
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Producer, Director
Justice, My Foot!
Director
Lucky Encounter
Director
Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
Producer, Story, Director
The Royal Scoundrel
as Taxi Driver, Director
Casino Raiders II
Director
The Iron Butterfly II
Actor, Screenplay, Director
A Moment of Romance
Producer
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Director, Production Design
The Story of My Son
Director, Writer
Behind Bars
Director, Producer
All About Ah-Long
Director
The Iron Butterfly
Director, Producer
Story of Nam
Producer, Director
It's No Heaven
as Club Patron, Director
The Eighth Happiness
Director
The Big Heat
Director
The Betrayal
Director
Seven Years Itch
Director
Magnificent Warriors
Second Unit Director
Happy Ghost III
Director
Royal Warriors
Second Unit Director
It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!
Assistant Director
The Enigmatic Case
Director
The Good, the Bad and the Beauties
Assistant Director