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Johnnie To. Director: Election. With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, Johnnie To enjoyed international breakthroughs with Election (2005), Election 2 (2006) (aka "Triad Election") and Exiled (2006); those films enjoyed multiple international film festival appearances and were separately sold to more than 21 foreign territories (including theatrical distributions in France and USA).
Jun 17, 2010 · Johnnie To’s Top 10. 10. Prolific Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To has directed more than forty films, including Election, Exiled, and Mad Detective. His latest, Vengeance, is currently in some North American theaters, from IFC Films. Jun 17, 2010.
Name: Johnnie To Chinese: 杜琪峰 Birthdate: April 22, 1955 Birthplace: Hong Kong Actor. Sha Sha Jia Jia zhan qi lai | (1991) Director. Three (2016) | Saam Yan Hang (2016) Office (2015) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 | Dan Shen Nan Nv 2 (2014) Drug War | Duzhan (2013) Blind Detective (2013) Romancing in Thin Air (2012)
Johnnie To. "No contemporary Hong Kong director is as consistent and distinguished as Johnnie To. While he may not have the same international cachet as Wong Kar-wai, To is far more prolific and, unlike Wong, he has lost none of his edge, despite working in the film industry for nearly 40 years. From goofy Chinese New Year comedies to bleak ...
Jun 24, 2016 · God bless Johnnie To.A prolific formalist whose lyrical flair for stories of cops and robbers regularly embarrasses the work of his Western contemporaries, the maverick Hong Kong auteur behind the ...
Aug 20, 2023 · Johnnie To’s ‘Lifeline’ and ‘The Mission’ show the Hong Kong action director’s two contrasting approaches to making movies: going for box-office glory, and just doing what he wants.
Mar 10, 2024 · Two crime films Johnnie To shot in the early 2000s changed the game for the genre in Hong Kong – 2003’s PTU, starring Lam Suet and Simon Yam, and 2004’s Breaking News with Richie Jen and ...
