Johnnie To
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 22, 1955, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
- Movies
- 116
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.
Upcoming Johnnie To Movies
Untitled Johnnie To Gangster Film
Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2017 | In the Mood for Melville | Self |
| 2016 | Three | Wong Superintendent (voice) |
| 2016 | The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft | Self |
| 2013 | Boundless | Self |
| 2010 | Johnnie Got His Gun! | Himself |
| 2010 | Code Name: Melville | Self |
| 2004 | Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video | (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong | Self |
| 2001 | Hong Kong Superstars | Self |
| 1998 | Expect the Unexpected | |
| 1991 | Sisters of the World Unite | |
| 1991 | The Banquet | |
| 1991 | The Royal Scoundrel | Taxi Driver |
| 1990 | The Iron Butterfly II | |
| 1988 | It's No Heaven | Club Patron |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | Mad Fate | Producer |
| 2022 | Septet: The Story of Hong Kong | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2019 | Chasing Dream | Director, Producer |
| 2018 | A or B | Producer |
| 2016 | Three | Director, Producer |
| 2016 | Trivisa | Producer |
| 2015 | Office | Director, Producer |
| 2014 | Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 | Director, Producer |
| 2013 | Blind Detective | Director, 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 | 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 | Director, 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, 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 |
| 1989 | Story of Nam | Producer, Director |
| 1989 | The Iron Butterfly | Director, Producer |
| 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 | Seven Years Itch | Director |
| 1986 | Happy Ghost III | Director |
| 1980 | The Enigmatic Case | Director |
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