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Johnnie To
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
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 p…
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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.
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2025
What If
TV show Producer
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2023
Mad Fate
Movie Producer
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2022
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Movie Director
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2019
Chasing Dream
Movie Producer
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2018
A or B
Movie Producer
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2017
In the Mood for Melville
Movie Self
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2016
Three
Movie Wong Superintendent (voice)
- 2016
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2016
Trivisa
Movie Producer
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2015
Office
Movie Director
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2014
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Movie Director
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2013
Boundless
Movie Self
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2013
Blind Detective
Movie Producer
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2013
A Complicated Story
Movie Executive Producer
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2012
Drug War
Movie Director
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2012
Motorway
Movie Producer
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2012
Romancing in Thin Air
Movie Director
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2011
Life Without Principle
Movie Director
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2011
Punished
Movie Producer
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2011
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Movie Director
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2010
Johnnie Got His Gun!
Movie Himself
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2010
Code Name: Melville
Movie Self
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2009
Accident
Movie Producer
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2009
Tactical Unit - Partners
Movie Producer
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2009
Vengeance
Movie Director
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2009
Newsmakers
Movie Original Film Writer
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2009
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
Movie Producer
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2008
Tactical Unit - The Code
Movie Producer
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2008
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
Movie Producer
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2008
Sparrow
Movie Director
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2008
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
Movie Producer
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2008
Linger
Movie Director
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2007
Mad Detective
Movie Director
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2007
Triangle
Movie Producer
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2007
Hooked on You
Movie Producer
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2007
Eye in the Sky
Movie Producer
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2006
Exiled
Movie Director
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2006
Election 2
Movie Director
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2006
2 Become 1
Movie Producer
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2005
Election
Movie Director
