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Johnnie To Kei-Fung

April 22, 2001 • Film, Profiles

johnny-to-01Born in Hong Kong in 1955, Johnnie To began his career with Hong Kong’s biggest television station, TVB, in 1973. In 1989 he directed the hit father/son flick ALL ABOUT AH LONG, starring Chow Yun-fat. To also directed the classic HEROIC TRIO starring Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung and Anita Mui. By the time he formed Milkyway Image Productions in 1996 with old buddies Patrick Yau and Wai Kai-Fai, the legendary To/Yau/Wai team was born.

Although classics such as THE LONGEST NITE, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED and A HERO NEVER DIES, collectively known as the “Dark Trilogy” for its brooding and depressing ode to loneliness and isolation were critically-acclaimed, it was not until RUNNING OUT OF TIME starring Andy Lau Tak-Wah, that a Milkway film was launched into the Hong Kong Top 10. NEEDING YOU, a romantic comedy also starring Andy Lau Tak-Wah, made $34 million at the box office in 31 days.

He has been honored at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 98-99 and won Best Director for THE MISSION at the 2000 Hong Kong Film Awards. The much anticipated high actioner FULLTIME KILLER starring Andy Lau Tak-Wah and Takashi Sorimachi, premiered in Hong Kong in August 2001 and recently had a brief U.S. release. In November 2002, UCLA and AFF presented the Go, Johnnie To! Film Festival which showcased 6 films hand-picked by Mr. To. His latest project is the Warner Brothers’ production TURN LEFT, TURN RIGHT starring Takeshi Kaneshiro.

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Filmography:

* All About Ah Long (3/1989) [Dir]
* Bare-Footed Kid, The (1993) [Dir]
* Beyond Hypothermia (10/1996) [Prod]
* Big Heat, The (1988) [Dir]
* Casino Raiders II (1991) [Dir]
* Comeuppance (2001) [Dir]
* Eight Happiness, The (2/1988) [Dir]
* Executioners (1993) [Prod] [Dir]
* Expect The Unexpected (1998) [Prod]
* Fat Choi Spirit (2002) [Prod/Dir]
* Final Justice (1997) [Prod]
* Fulltime Killer (2001) [Dir]
* Fun, The Luck & The Tycoon, The (1/1990) [Dir]
* Happy Ghost 3 (1986) [Dir]
* Help! (2000) [Dir]
* Heroic Trio, The (1992) [Dir]
* Hero Never Dies, A (1998) [Dir]
* Intruder (11/1997) [Prod]
* Justice, My Foot! (1992) [Dir]
* Lifeline (1/1997) [Dir]
* Longest Nite, The (1998) [Prod]
* Love For All Seasons (2003) [Prod/Dir]
* Love on a Diet (2001) [Dir]
* Loving You (6/1995) [Dir]
* Lucky Encounter (1992) [Dir]
* Mad Monk (1993) [Dir]
* Mission, The (2000) [Dir]
* Moment of Romance 3, A (3/1996) [Prod/Dir]
* Moment of Romance II, A (1993) [Prod]
* Moment of Romance, A (1990) [Prod]
* My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) [Prod/Dir]
* Needing You (2000) [Dir]
* Odd One Dies, The (1997) [Prod]
* Only Fools Fall in Love (9/1995) [Prod]
* PTU (2003) [Dir]
* Royal Scoundrel (1990) [Prod]
* Running Out of Time (1999) [Dir]
* Second Time Around (2002) [Dir]
* Seven Years Itch (1987) [Dir]
* Spacked Out (2000) [Prod]
* Story of My Son, The (1990) [Dir/Writer]
* Too Many Ways To Be No. 1 (1997) [Prod]
* Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) [Prod/Dir]
* Where A Good Man Goes (1999) [Dir]
* Wu Yen (2001) [Dir]

Ref. Hong Kong Movie Database

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