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Johnnie To

Producer | Director | Writer

With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, stretching from the height of the Hong Kong New Wave right up to today, über-filmmaker Johnny To could be considered an institution in the former British colony. In fact, his Milky Way production company, which he formed in partnership with frequent collaborator Wai Ka-fai in 1996... See full bio »

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Hide HideProducer (67 titles)
2013 Blind Detective (producer) (completed)
 
2012 Drug War (producer)
 
2012 Motorway (producer)
 
2012 Romancing in Thin Air (producer)
 
2011 Life Without Principle (producer)
 
2011 Punished (producer)
 
2011 Don't Go Breaking My Heart (producer)
 
2009 Accident (producer)
 
2009 Vengeance (producer)
 
2009 Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (producer)
 
2009 Tactical Unit - Partners (video) (producer)
 
2008 Tactical Unit - The Code (video) (producer)
 
2008 Sparrow (producer)
 
2008 Linger (producer)
 
2008 Tactical Unit - No Way Out (video) (producer)
 
2008 Tactical Unit - Human Nature (video) (producer)
 
2007 Mad Detective (producer)
 
2007 Hooked on You (producer)
 
2007 Triangle (executive producer, producer)
 
2007 Eye in the Sky (producer)
 
2006 Exiled (producer)
 
2006 Triad Election (producer)
 
2006 2 Become 1 (producer)
 
2005 Election (producer)
 
2004 Yesterday Once More (producer)
 
2004 Throw Down (producer)
 
2004 Breaking News (producer)
 
2003 Running on Karma (producer)
 
2003 Turn Left, Turn Right (executive producer)
 
2003 Looking for Mister Perfect (producer)
 
2003 PTU (producer)
 
2003 Love for All Seasons (producer)
 
2003 Love Under the Sun (short) (producer)
 
2002 My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (producer)
 
2002 Fat Choi Spirit (producer)
 
2002 Second Time Around (producer)
 
2001 Running Out of Time 2 (producer)
 
2001 Fulltime Killer (producer)
 
2001 Love on a Diet (producer)
 
2001 Gimme Gimme (producer)
 
2001 Wu yen (producer)
 
2000 Comeuppance (producer)
 
2000 Help!!! (producer)
 
2000 Needing You... (producer)
 
2000 Spacked Out (producer)
 
1999 The Mission (producer)
 
1999 Sealed with a Kiss (producer)
 
1999 Running Out of Time (producer)
 
1999 Where a Good Man Goes (producer)
 
1998 A Hero Never Dies (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)
 
1996 Beyond Hypothermia (producer)
 
1996 A Moment of Romance III (producer)
 
1995 Only Fools Fall in Love (producer)
 
1995 Dak ging 90 III - Zi ming jat tin ngaai (TV movie) (producer)
 
1995 Fatal Assignment (producer)
 
1993 Executioners (producer)
 
1993 A Moment of Romance II (producer)
 
1993 The Heroic Trio (producer)
 
1990 A Moment of Romance (producer)
 
1990 The Iron Butterfly 2 (TV movie) (producer)
 
1989 The Iron Butterfly (TV movie) (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (55 titles)
2013 Blind Detective (completed)
 
2012 Drug War
 
2012 Romancing in Thin Air
 
2011 Life Without Principle
 
2011 Don't Go Breaking My Heart
 
2009 Vengeance
 
2008 Sparrow
 
2008 Linger
 
2007 Mad Detective
 
2007 Triangle
 
2006 Exiled
 
2006 Triad Election
 
2005 Election
 
2004 Yesterday Once More
 
2004 Throw Down
 
2004 Breaking News
 
2003 Running on Karma
 
2003 Turn Left, Turn Right
 
2003 PTU
 
2003 Love for All Seasons
 
2002 My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
 
2002 Fat Choi Spirit
 
2001 Running Out of Time 2
 
2001 Fulltime Killer
 
2001 Love on a Diet
 
2001 Wu yen
 
2000 Help!!!
 
2000 Needing You...
 
1999 The Mission
 
1999 Running Out of Time
 
1999 Where a Good Man Goes
 
1998 A Hero Never Dies
 
1997 Lifeline (as To Kei Fung)
 
1996 A Moment of Romance III
 
1995 Loving You
 
1995 Dak ging 90 III - Zi ming jat tin ngaai (TV movie)
 
1993 Executioners
 
1993 The Mad Monk
 
1993 The Bare-Footed Kid
 
1993 The Heroic Trio
 
1992 Justice, My Foot!
 
1992 Lucky Encounter
 
1991 Casino Raiders II
 
1991 The Royal Scoundrel
 
1990 The Story of My Son
 
1990 The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
 
1990 The Iron Butterfly 2 (TV movie)
 
1989 All About Ah-Long
 
1989 The Iron Butterfly (TV movie)
 
1988 The Big Heat (as To Kei Fung)
 
1988 The Eighth Happiness
 
1987 Seven Years Itch
 
1985 Suet san fei wu (TV mini-series)
 
1981 Jok gor juk (TV mini-series)
 
1980 The Enigmatic Case
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1995 Dak ging 90 III - Zi ming jat tin ngaai (TV movie) (story)
 
1990 The Story of My Son
 
1985 Suet san fei wu (TV mini-series) (screenplay)
 
1980 Chin wong chi wong (TV series)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
2009 Push (production services: Hong Kong - as Johnny To)
 
1996 Beyond Hypothermia (presenter)
 
1990 The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (planner)
 
1987 Dynamite Fighters (second unit director)
 
1986 Kai xin gui zhuang gui (assistant director)
 
1986 In the Line of Duty (second unit director)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2011 Cannes Film Festival 2011 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Johnnie Got His Gun! (documentary)
(Himself)
 
2009 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Cannes Film Festival 2009 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Code Name: Melville (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 2006 Asian Excellence Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2005 B 360º (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2001 Hong Kong Superstars (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2004 Katanas yakuzas y cintas de video (TV documentary)
 

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Romancing in Thin Air -- After a popular actor is jilted at the altar by an actress he travels to the mountainous area of Yunnan province. There, he finds true love with a heartbroken woman who is also a secret fan of the actor. Stephen King's Dead Zone: Season 2: Episode 3 -- In the continuation of the episode "Descent," an unexpected incident leads Johnny to a new understanding of Walt. Exiled -- Clip: Driving in a red car
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Qifeng Du | Johnnie To Kei Fung | Johnny To Kei Fung | To Kai Fung | To Kei Fung | Johnnie To Kei-Fung | Johnny To Kei-Fung | To Kei-Fung | Du Qifeng | Johnny To | Kai Fung To | Kei-Fung To
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Personal Quote:

...I've answered many questions about this before. We want to keep making movies in HK. We want to develop projects in HK. But if a good opportunity arises to shoot a movie in the West, then that would be fine. Maybe Wai Ka-Fai and I would do it together: he would write a script for a Western movie... See more »

Trivia:

Established One Hundred Years of Film Co. Ltd. in 1999 alongside producer Charles Heung. A company dedicated to developing a huge library of content for Heung's company China Star Entertainment Group. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently casts Simon Yam (9 films together as director and actor as of 2007). See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus