Tu Duu-chih
- Sound
- April 5, 1955 · Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
Tu Duu-Chih (Chinese: 杜篤之, Born in 1955 in Taipei), Tu was trained in 1973 as a sound engineer in the Film Technicians Training Program conducted by Central Motion Pictures Corporation. In 1978 he was hired by CMPC as assistant sound engineer, thus began his career in film and has been responsible for the sound recording, editing and mixing of many of the ‘Taiwanese New Wave’ works. He has been one of the leading sound technicians in the Taiwan film industry since the 1980s, and was instrumental in the sound engineering for the filmmakers of the "Taiwan New Wave." He has been involved in the majority of Taiwanese films that have garnered international critical acclaim. He worked for HOU Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) in "City of Sadness,"(悲情城市) "The Puppetmaster,"(戲夢人生) "Good Men, Good Women,"(好男好女) "Flowers of Shanghai,"(海上花) "Millennium Mambo," and “Kohi Jikou”(咖啡時光). His works for Edward YANG include "That Day, On the Beach," (海灘的一天) "Taipei Story," (青梅竹馬) "The Terrorizer," (恐怖份子) "A Brighter Summer Day," (牿嶺街少年殺人事件) "A Confusion, Confusion," (獨立時代) "Mahjong," (麻將) and "A One and a Two." (一一) His other important works include "A Borrowed Life," (多桑directed by WU Nien-Jen吳念真) "The Peach Blossom Land," (暗戀桃花源 directed by Stan LAI賴聲川) "In the Mood for Love," (花樣年華directed by WONG Kar Wai王家衛) and "What Time is it There?" (你那邊幾點directed by TSAI Ming-Liang蔡明亮). Tu received the Prix du Jury a Un Technicien for "Millennium Mambo" and "What Time is it There?" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.
Known for
Filmography
- Dead Tide · Supervising Sound Editor
- The Age Of Goodbyes · Sound Director
- We Are Born Good · Sound Designer
- SAYANG · Supervising Sound Editor
- Cyclone · Sound Designer
- Oh My Ghost! Oh My God! · Sound Designer
- Arrested Memory · Supervising Sound Editor
- The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak · Supervising Sound Editor
- Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle · Supervising Sound Editor
- Cold War 1994 · Sound Designer
- The Waves Will Carry Us · Supervising Sound Editor
- Deep Quiet Room · Sound Editor
- The Snowball on a Sunny Day · Sound
- Moonglow · Sound Designer
- A Dance with Rainbows · Supervising Sound Editor
- Demon Hunters · Supervising Sound Editor
- Mother Bhumi · Sound Designer
- Girlfriends · Supervising Sound Editor
- Praying Mantis · Supervising Sound Editor, Mixing Engineer
- Heaven and Hell · Sound Director
- Deadline · Supervising Sound Editor
- Girl · Sound Designer
- April · Supervising Sound Editor
- Unexpected Courage · Supervising Sound Editor
- Measure in Love · Supervising Sound Editor
- Dear Stranger · Sound Supervisor
- A Dance in Vain · Sound Supervisor
- GATAO: Big Brothers · Supervising Sound Editor
- Forget You Not · Supervising Sound Editor
- I Dreamed a Dream · Sound Director
- Papa · Sound Director
- The Embers · Sound
- Stranger Eyes · Sound
- Pierce · Sound Designer
- Come Home, My Child · Sound
- A Place Called Silence · Sound
- Shambhala · Sound
- GATAO: Like Father Like Son · Sound Designer
- The Chronicles of Libidoists · Sound Designer
- Sleep with Your Eyes Open · Sound
- She's Talking, in Island. · Supervising Sound Editor
- All Shall Be Well · Sound
- Mystery Writers · Sound
- Imperfect Us · Sound Designer
- Salli · Supervising Sound Editor
- The Lyricist Wannabe · Supervising Sound Editor
- Kids · Supervising Sound Editor
- Love Is a Gun · Sound
- Abang Adik · Supervising Sound Editor
- Old Fox · Supervising Sound Editor
- The Horse · Sound Designer
- Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
- A Boy and a Girl · Sound
- Be with Me · Supervising Sound Editor
- BIG · Supervising Sound Editor
- Snow in Midsummer · Sound
- Only the River Flows · Sound Designer
- The Monk and the Gun · Sound Editor
- The Settlers · Sound Designer
- Kiss My Ass Boss · Supervising Sound Editor
- See You at the Rally · Supervising Sound Editor
- On the Train · Sound
- Workers The Movie · Sound Director
- Where the Wind Blows · Sound Designer
- Ma, I Love You · Sound Designer
- Scamsgiving · Sound Designer
- Lost in Forest · Sound
- Welcome Home · Sound
- Girls, Be Ambitious! · Sound Designer
- Coo-Coo 043 · Sound Designer
- GAGA · Supervising Sound Editor
- Fantasy · World · Sound
- Yanagawa · Sound Director
- Life For Sale · Sound
- Untouchable · Sound Director
- Before Next Spring · Sound Director
- My Best Friend's Breakfast · Sound
- American Girl · Sound Designer
- Terrorizers · Sound Designer
- The Falls · Sound