Johnnie To
- Directing
- April 22, 1955 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Biography
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
- What If · Producer
- Mad Fate · Producer, Executive producer
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong · Director, Producer
- Chasing Dream · Producer, Director
- A or B · Producer
- In the Mood for Melville · Self
- Three · Wong Superintendent (Voice), Producer
- The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft · Self
- Trivisa · Producer
- Office · Director, Producer
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 · Director, Producer
- Boundless · Self
- Blind Detective · Director, Producer
- A Complicated Story · Executive producer
- Drug War · Director, Producer
- Motorway · Producer
- Romancing in Thin Air · Director, Producer
- Life Without Principle · Director, Producer
- Punished · Producer
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart · Producer, Director
- Johnnie Got His Gun! · Self
- Code Name: Melville · Self
- Accident · Producer
- Tactical Unit - Partners · Producer
- Vengeance · Director, Producer
- Newsmakers · Original Film Writer
- Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms · Producer
- Tactical Unit - The Code · Producer
- Tactical Unit - Human Nature · Producer
- Sparrow · Director, Producer
- Tactical Unit - No Way Out · Producer
- Linger · Director, Producer
- Mad Detective · Director, Producer
- Triangle · Executive producer, Producer
- Hooked on You · Producer
- Eye in the Sky · Producer
- Exiled · Director
- Election 2 · Director, Producer
- 2 Become 1 · Producer
- Election · Director, Producer
- The Open Road · Director
- Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video · (archive footage)
- Yesterday Once More · Director, Producer
- Throw Down · Director, Producer
- Breaking News · Director, Producer
- Love Under the Sun · Producer
- Running on Karma · Director, Producer
- Memory of the Youth · Producer
- Turn Left, Turn Right · Director, Producer
- 1:99 Shorts · Director
- PTU · Director, Producer
- Looking for Mr. Perfect · Producer
- Love for All Seasons · Director, Producer
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts · Director, Producer
- Fat Choi Spirit · Director, Producer
- Second Time Around · Producer
- Running Out of Time 2 · Producer, Director
- Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong · Self
- Fulltime Killer · Director, Producer
- Love on a Diet · Director, Producer
- Gimme Gimme · Producer
- Wu Yen · Producer, Director
- Hong Kong Superstars · Self
- Comeuppance · Producer
- Help!!! · Director, Producer
- Needing You... · Director, Producer
- Spacked Out · Producer
- The Mission · Director, Producer
- Sealed with a Kiss · Producer
- Running Out of Time · Producer, Director
- Where a Good Man Goes · Director, Producer
- A Hero Never Dies · Director, Producer
- Expect the Unexpected · Producer
- The Longest Nite · Producer
- Intruder · Producer
- The Odd One Dies · Producer
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 · Producer
- Final Justice · Producer
- Lifeline · Director
- Beyond Hypothermia · Producer