Johnnie To

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-04-22 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Hong Kong

Also Known As ジョニー・トー, 杜琪峰, Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Du Qifeng, Du Qi-Feng, Do Kei-Fong, To Kei-Fung, 두기봉

Johnnie To

Biography

Johnnie To Kei-Fung, 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

Director

2019
Chasing Dream

as Director

2016
Three

as Director

2015
Office

as Director

2013
Blind Detective

as Director

2012
2012
Drug War

as Director

2011
2009
Vengeance

as Director

2008
Sparrow

as Director

2008
Linger

as Director

2007
Triangle

as Director

2007
Mad Detective

as Director

2006
Exiled

as Director

2006
Election 2

as Director

2005
Election

as Director

2005
The Open Road

as Director

2004
Throw Down

as Director

2004
Breaking News

as Director

2004
2003
Running on Karma

as Director

2003
PTU

as Director

2003
2003
2003
1:99 Shorts

as Director

2002
Fat Choi Spirit

as Director

2002
2001
Fulltime Killer

as Director

2001
Love on a Diet

as Director

2001
2001
Wu Yen

as Director

2000
Needing You...

as Director

2000
Help!!!

as Director

1999
1999
The Mission

as Director

1999
1998
A Hero Never Dies

as Director

1998
Expect the Unexpected

as Co-Director

1998
The Longest Nite

as Co-Director

1997
Lifeline

as Director

1996
1995
Loving You

as Director

1995
Dead End

as Director

1993
The Heroic Trio

as Director

1993
The Mad Monk

as Director

1993
1992
Justice, My Foot!

as Director

1992
Lucky Encounter

as Director

1991
Casino Raiders II

as Director

1991
1990
1990
1990
Behind Bars

as Director

1989
All About Ah-Long

as Director

1989
The Iron Butterfly

as Director

1989
Story of Nam

as Director

1989
1988
1988
The Big Heat

as Director

1988
It's No Heaven

as Director

1988
The Betrayal

as Director

1987
Seven Years Itch

as Director

1986
Happy Ghost III

as Director

1985
The Yang's Saga

as Director

1984
1980
The Enigmatic Case

as Director

1978

Producer

2023
Mad Fate

as Producer

2023
Mad Fate

as Executive Producer

2019
Chasing Dream

as Producer

2016
Three

as Producer

2016
Trivisa

as Producer

2015
Office

as Producer

2013
Blind Detective

as Producer

2013
A Complicated Story

as Executive Producer

2012
Drug War

as Producer

2012
Motorway

as Producer

2011
2011
Punished

as Producer

2009
Accident

as Producer

2009
Vengeance

as Producer

2009
2008
2008
Linger

as Producer

2008
Sparrow

as Producer

2007
Triangle

as Executive Producer

2007
Triangle

as Producer

2007
Eye in the Sky

as Producer

2007
Hooked on You

as Producer

2007
Mad Detective

as Producer

2006
2 Become 1

as Producer

2006
Election 2

as Producer

2005
Election

as Producer

2004
Breaking News

as Producer

2004
2004
Throw Down

as Producer

2003
PTU

as Producer

2003
2003
Running on Karma

as Producer

2003
2003
2003
2002
Second Time Around

as Producer

2002
2002
Fat Choi Spirit

as Producer

2001
Wu Yen

as Producer

2001
2001
Fulltime Killer

as Producer

2001
Gimme Gimme

as Producer

2001
Love on a Diet

as Producer

2000
Comeuppance

as Producer

2000
Help!!!

as Producer

2000
Needing You...

as Producer

2000
Spacked Out

as Producer

1999
1999
Sealed with a Kiss

as Producer

1999
The Mission

as Producer

1999
1998
1998
The Longest Nite

as Producer

1998
A Hero Never Dies

as Producer

1997
Final Justice

as Producer

1997
Intruder

as Producer

1997
The Odd One Dies

as Producer

1996
Beyond Hypothermia

as Producer

1996
1995
Dead End

as Producer

1995
1994
The Lone Sabre

as Producer

1993
1990
1990
Behind Bars

as Producer

1989
Story of Nam

as Producer

1989
The Iron Butterfly

as Producer

Writer

2009
Newsmakers

as Original Film Writer

1990
1990
The Iron Butterfly II

as Screenplay

Creator