Tu Duu-chih

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-04-05 (69 years old)

Place of Birth Taipei, Taiwan

Also Known As Tu Duu Chih, Du-Chih Du, Du-Jy Du, Du-Zhi Du, Du Chih Tu, 두독지, 杜 笃之, Tu Du-che, Tu Duche, Tu Du Che, Tu Duuchih, Duu-Chih Tu, Du-Che Tu

Tu Duu-chih

Biography

Tu Duu-chih (Chinese: 杜篤之, Born in 1955 in Taipei), Tu was trained in 1973 as a sound engineer in the Film Technicians Training Program conducted by Central Motion Pictures Corporation. In 1978 he was hired by CMPC as assistant sound engineer, thus began his career in film and has been responsible for the sound recording, editing and mixing of many of the ‘Taiwanese New Wave’ works. He has been one of the leading sound technicians in the Taiwan film industry since the 1980s, and was instrumental in the sound engineering for the filmmakers of the "Taiwan New Wave." He has been involved in the majority of Taiwanese films that have garnered international critical acclaim. He worked for HOU Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) in "City of Sadness,"(悲情城市) "The Puppetmaster,"(戲夢人生) "Good Men, Good Women,"(好男好女) "Flowers of Shanghai,"(海上花) "Millennium Mambo," and “Kohi Jikou”(咖啡時光). His works for Edward YANG include "That Day, On the Beach," (海灘的一天) "Taipei Story," (青梅竹馬) "The Terrorizer," (恐怖份子) "A Brighter Summer Day," (牿嶺街少年殺人事件) "A Confusion, Confusion," (獨立時代) "Mahjong," (麻將) and "A One and a Two." (一一) His other important works include "A Borrowed Life," (多桑directed by WU Nien-Jen吳念真) "The Peach Blossom Land," (暗戀桃花源 directed by Stan LAI賴聲川) "In the Mood for Love," (花樣年華directed by WONG Kar Wai王家衛) and "What Time is it There?" (你那邊幾點directed by TSAI Ming-Liang蔡明亮). Tu received the Prix du Jury a Un Technicien for "Millennium Mambo" and "What Time is it There?" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

Known For

Sound

Heaven and Hell

as Sound Director

Oh My Ghost! Oh My God!

as Sound Designer

2024
2024
She's Talking, in Island.

as Sound Designer

2024
Shambhala

as Sound

2024
2024
The Lyricist Wannabe

as Supervising Sound Editor

2024
The Chronicles of Libidoists

as Supervising Sound Editor

2024
Pierce

as Sound Designer

2024
Kids

as Supervising Sound Editor

2024
GATAO: Like Father Like Son

as Sound Designer

2024
Stranger Eyes

as Sound

2024
The Embers

as Sound

2024
Imperfect Us

as Sound Designer

2023
2023
The Horse

as Sound Designer

2023
On the Train

as Sound

2023
2023
2023
Where the Wind Blows

as Sound Designer

2023
Salli

as Sound Supervisor

2023
Workers The Movie

as Sound Director

2023
Old Fox

as Sound

2023
Scamsgiving

as Sound Designer

2023
The Settlers

as Sound Designer

2023
The Monk and the Gun

as Sound Editor

2023
Be With Me

as Supervising Sound Editor

2023
See You at the Rally

as Supervising Sound Editor

2023
BIG

as Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Kiss My Ass Boss

as Supervising Sound Editor

2023
2023
Love Is a Gun

as Sound

2023
Ma, I Love You

as Sound Designer

2023
Abang Adik

as Supervising Sound Editor

2022
Untouchable

as Sound Director

2022
Life For Sale

as Sound

2022
Before Next Spring

as Sound Director

2022
2022
Yanagawa

as Sound Director

2022
Coo-Coo 043

as Sound Designer

2022
Girls, Be Ambitious!

as Sound Designer

2022
Welcome Home

as Sound

2022
GAGA

as Supervising Sound Editor

2021
Are You Lonesome Tonight?

as Sound Supervisor

2021
American Girl

as Sound Designer

2021
Terrorizers

as Sound Designer

2021
The Falls

as Sound

2021
Love After Love

as Sound Designer

2021
Whale Island

as Sound Designer

2021
The Magician on the Skywalk

as Supervising Sound Editor

2020
Taipei Suicide Story

as Sound Mixer

2020
2020
Your Name Engraved Herein

as Supervising Sound Editor

2019
Gone with the Light

as Sound Director

2019
Night Bus

as Supervising Sound Editor

2019
Suburban Birds

as Sound Designer

2019
Jinpa

as Sound Designer

2019
A Sun

as Sound Director

2019
Spring Tide

as Sound Director

2019
Balloon

as Sound Designer

2018
Cities of Last Things

as Sound Designer

2018
Baby

as Sound Designer

2018
Xiao Mei

as Sound Designer

2017
52Hz, I Love You

as Sound Director

2017
Love Education

as Sound Editor

2017
The Great Buddha+

as Sound Designer

2017
Our Time Will Come

as Sound Designer

2017
Take Me to the Moon

as Sound Designer

2016
The Road to Mandalay

as Sound Designer

2016
Hang in There, Kids!

as Sound Designer

2015
Underground Fragrance

as Sound Designer

2015
Office

as Sound

2015
Elena

as Sound Designer

2015
2015
The Assassin

as Sound Editor

2015
The Assassin

as Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2015
Murmur of the Hearts

as Sound Director

2014
Aberdeen

as Sound Designer

2014
Stray Dogs

as Sound Designer

2014
Meeting Dr. Sun

as Sound Director

2013
Soul

as Sound

2013
2012
Walker

as Sound Designer

2012
Girlfriend Boyfriend

as Sound Designer

2011
Great Wall, My Love

as Sound Editor

2011
Return Ticket

as Sound Designer

2010
2010
2010
Buddha Mountain

as Sound Director

2009
2009
Hear Me

as Sound

2008
Parking

as Sound

2008
Candy Rain

as Sound Designer

2008
2007
Amour-Legende

as Sound Designer

2007
Reflections

as Sound Designer

2006
Do Over

as Sound

2006
Eternal Summer

as Sound Designer

2005
The Wayward Cloud

as Sound Designer

2005
2005
Three Times

as Sound Designer

2004
Love of May

as Sound

2004
2004
20 30 40

as Sound

2004
The Hand

as Sound Designer

2004
Café Lumière

as Sound Designer

2003
2003
Fancy 25

as Sound

2003
2002
BRAVE 20

as Sound

2002
July Rhapsody

as Foley Editor

2002
July Rhapsody

as Foley Recordist

2002
July Rhapsody

as Foley

2002
July Rhapsody

as Sound Designer

2002
2002
Princess D

as Sound Designer

2002
Blue Gate Crossing

as Sound Designer

2001
2001
Mirror Image

as Sound

2001
Millennium Mambo

as Sound Designer

2000
2000
Yi Yi

as Sound

1998
Flowers of Shanghai

as Original Music Composer

1998
Jam

as Sound

1998
Hold You Tight

as Sound Recordist

1997
1997
Such a life

as Sound

1997
Love Go Go

as Sound

1997
1997
Happy Together

as Sound Editor

1996
1996
Goodbye South, Goodbye

as Sound Recordist

1995
1993
1992
1990
Song of the Exile

as Sound Recordist

1989
Boss No Balls

as Sound

1989
1988
Neverending Memory

as Sound Designer

1987
1986
Terrorizers

as Sound Recordist

1985
Spring Daddy

as Sound

1985
Run Away

as Sound

1985
My Favorite Season

as Original Music Composer

1985
Super Citizen

as Sound

1985
Kuei-mei, a Woman

as Sound Recordist

1985
Taipei Story

as Sound

1985
Taipei Story

as Original Music Composer

1984
Teenage Fugitive

as Sound Designer

1984
A Summer at Grandpa's

as Original Music Composer

1984
Run Tiger Run

as Sound Recordist

1983
Ah Fei

as Sound Designer

1982
In Our Time

as Sound

1981
If I Were for Real

as Sound Recordist

Editor

2002
Princess D

as Editor

1982