Johnnie To
113 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Apr 22, 1955 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- 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
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Johnnie To: movies and TV shows
Acting (8)
- 2016 Three
as Wong Superintendent (voice)
- 2004 Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
as (archive footage)
- 1998
- 1991
- 1991
- 1991 The Royal Scoundrel
as Taxi Driver
- 1990
- 1988 It's No Heaven
as Club Patron
Behind the camera (118)
- Upcoming In the Qing Dynasty
Producer
- Upcoming Untitled Johnnie To Gangster Film
Director
- Upcoming Two-Gun Cohen
Director
- 2025
- 2023 Mad Fate
Producer, Executive Producer
- 2022 Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Director, Producer, Writer
- 2019 Chasing Dream
Producer, Director
- 2018 A or B
Producer
- 2016 Three
Producer, Director
- 2016 Trivisa
Producer
- 2015 Office
Director, Producer, Co-Executive Producer
- 2014 Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Director, Producer
- 2013 Blind Detective
Producer, Director
- 2013 A Complicated Story
Executive Producer
- 2012 Drug War
Director, Producer
- 2012 Motorway
Producer
- 2012 Romancing in Thin Air
Director, Producer
- 2011 Life Without Principle
Director, Producer
- 2011 Punished
Producer
- 2011 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Director, Producer
- 2009 Accident
Producer
- 2009 Tactical Unit - Partners
Producer
- 2009 Vengeance
Director, Producer
- 2009 Newsmakers
Original Film Writer
- 2009 Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
Producer
- 2008 Tactical Unit - The Code
Producer
- 2008 Tactical Unit - Human Nature
Producer
- 2008 Sparrow
Director, Producer
- 2008 Tactical Unit - No Way Out
Producer
- 2008 Linger
Director, Producer
- 2007 Mad Detective
Director, Producer
- 2007 Triangle
Producer, Director, Executive Producer
- 2007 Hooked on You
Producer
- 2007 Eye in the Sky
Producer
- 2006 Exiled
Director
- 2006 Election 2
Director, Producer
- 2006 2 Become 1
Producer
- 2005 Election
Director, Producer
- 2005 The Open Road
Director
- 2004 Yesterday Once More
Director, Producer
- 2004 Throw Down
Director, Producer
- 2004 Breaking News
Director, Producer
- 2003 Love Under the Sun
Producer
- 2003 Running on Karma
Director, Producer
- 2003 Memory of the Youth
Producer
- 2003 Turn Left, Turn Right
Director, Producer
- 2003 1:99 Shorts
Director
- 2003 PTU
Director, Producer
- 2003 Looking for Mr. Perfect
Producer
- 2003 Love for All Seasons
Director, Producer
- 2002 My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
Director, Producer
- 2002 Fat Choi Spirit
Director, Producer
- 2002 Second Time Around
Producer
- 2001 Running Out of Time 2
Producer, Director
- 2001 Fulltime Killer
Director, Producer
- 2001 Love on a Diet
Director, Producer
- 2001 Gimme Gimme
Producer
- 2001 Wu Yen
Producer, Director
- 2000 Comeuppance
Producer
- 2000 Help!!!
Director, Producer
- 2000 Needing You...
Director, Producer
- 2000 Spacked Out
Producer
- 1999 The Mission
Director, Producer
- 1999 Sealed with a Kiss
Producer
- 1999 Running Out of Time
Director, Producer
- 1999 Where a Good Man Goes
Director, Producer
- 1998 A Hero Never Dies
Director, Producer
- 1998 Expect the Unexpected
Producer
- 1998 The Longest Nite
Producer
- 1997 Intruder
Producer
- 1997 The Odd One Dies
Producer
- 1997 Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
Producer
- 1997 Final Justice
Producer
- 1997 Lifeline
Director
- 1996 Beyond Hypothermia
Producer
- 1996 A Moment of Romance III
Director, Producer
- 1995 Only Fools Fall in Love
Producer
- 1995 Loving You
Director
- 1995 Dead End
Producer, Director
- 1995 Fatal Assignment
Producer
- 1994 The Lone Sabre
Producer
- 1993 Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Producer, Director
- 1993 The Mad Monk
Director
- 1993 A Moment of Romance II
Producer
- 1993 The Bare-Footed Kid
Director
- 1993 Edge of Justice
Producer
- 1993 The Heroic Trio
Director
- 1992 Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
Producer, Story, Director
- 1992 Justice, My Foot!
Director
- 1992 Lucky Encounter
Director
- 1991 Casino Raiders II
Director
- 1991 The Royal Scoundrel
Director
- 1990 Behind Bars
Director, Producer
- 1990 The Story of My Son
Director, Writer
- 1990 The Iron Butterfly II
Screenplay, Director
- 1990 A Moment of Romance
Producer
- 1990 The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Director, Production Design
- 1989 Story of Nam
Producer, Director
- 1989 The Iron Butterfly
Director, Producer
- 1989
- 1989 All About Ah-Long
Director
- 1988 The Big Heat
Director
- 1988 The Eighth Happiness
Director
- 1988 It's No Heaven
Director
- 1988 The Betrayal
Director
- 1987 Magnificent Warriors
Second Unit Director
- 1987 Seven Years Itch
Director
- 1986
- 1986 Happy Ghost III
Director
- 1986 Royal Warriors
Second Unit Director
- 1985 It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!
Assistant Director
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980 The Enigmatic Case
Director
- 1978 The Good, the Bad and the Beauties
Assistant Director
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2017
- 2016
- 2013
- 2010
- 2010
- 2001
- 2001
- 1962 Golden Horse Awards
3 episodes