Johnnie To

Film & TV

Directing · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Johnnie To Kei-Fung (Chinese: 杜琪峯, 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…

Known for

• In the Mood for Melville — Self2017
• The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft — Self2016
• Three — Wong Superintendent (voice)2016
• Boundless — Self2013
• Code Name: Melville — Self2010
• Johnnie Got His Gun! — Himself2010
• Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video — (archive footage)2004
• Hong Kong Superstars — Self2001
• Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong — Self2001
• Expect the Unexpected1998

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

Hong Kong

Active from

1955

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

23

Total plays

37

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Johnnie+To">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Johnnie To

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Key green chemistry research areas—a perspective from pharmaceutical manufacturers

   · 2007 · cited 1,496x

2. The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer: an initial report from the St Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE)

   · 2017 · cited 783x

3. Decline of the world's saline lakes

   · 2017 · cited 588x

4. Effect of Elevated Left Atrial Pressure and Decreased Plasma Protein Concentration on the Development of Pulmonary Edema

   · 1959 · cited 422x

5. Invasiveness, biology, ecology, and management of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

   · 2023 · cited 328x

via Crossref · CC0

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Du

Gender

male

Citizenship

British Hong Kong

Place of birth

Kowloon

Occupation

screenwriter

Languages spoken

English language

Image

Johnnie To as Member of the International Competition Jury at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2024 (54578023421) (cropped).jpg

via Wikidata · CC0