Cast & creator
Johnnie To
Best known for Golden Horse Awards, Golden Horse Awards, The Legend of the Condor Heroes
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 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.
Also known as: ジョニー・トー, 杜琪峰, Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Du Qifeng, Du Qi-Feng
176
film credits
12
television credits
17
1962–2025 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (188)
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Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962Golden Horse Awards
Host
1962
The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Director
1983The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Writer
1983The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Creator
1983
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
Director
1986
The Duke of Mount Deer
Director
1984
The Yang's Saga
Director
1985
What If
Producer
2025
Mad Detective
Director
2007Mad Detective
Producer
2007
Election
Director
2005Election
Producer
2005
Election 2
Director
2006Election 2
Producer
2006
Drug War
Director
2012Drug War
Producer
2012
The Vampire Strikes Back
Director
1989
Running Out of Time
Director
1999Running Out of Time
Producer
1999
A Moment of Romance
Producer
1990
Boundless
Self
2013
Vengeance
Director
2009Vengeance
Producer
2009
Royal Warriors
Second Unit Director
1986
Running on Karma
Director
2003Running on Karma
Producer
2003
Throw Down
Director
2004Throw Down
Producer
2004
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Producer
1993Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Director
1993
Exiled
Director
2006
Justice, My Foot!
Director
1992
Breaking News
Director
2004Breaking News
Producer
2004
The Longest Nite
Producer
1998
No One is Innocent
Creator
1981
The Mad Monk
Director
1993
Three
Wong Superintendent (voice)
2016Three
Producer
2016Three
Director
2016
The Heroic Trio
Director
1993
The Mission
Director
1999The Mission
Producer
1999
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
Director
2002My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
Producer
2002
PTU
Director
2003PTU
Producer
2003
萬水千山總是情 (數碼修復版)
Assistant Director
1982
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Director
2022Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Producer
2022Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Writer
2022
The Banquet
1991
Trivisa
Producer
2016
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Director
2011Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Producer
2011
Lifeline
Director
1997
A Hero Never Dies
Director
1998A Hero Never Dies
Producer
1998
Casino Raiders II
Director
1991
Motorway
Producer
2012
Accident
Producer
2009
All About Ah-Long
Director
1989
Happy Ghost III
Director
1986
Second Time Around
Producer
2002
Magnificent Warriors
Second Unit Director
1987
Blind Detective
Producer
2013Blind Detective
Director
2013
Running Out of Time 2
Producer
2001Running Out of Time 2
Director
2001
1:99 Shorts
Director
2003
Fulltime Killer
Director
2001Fulltime Killer
Producer
2001
The Big Heat
Director
1988
Needing You...
Director
2000Needing You...
Producer
2000
The Eighth Happiness
Director
1988
A Moment of Romance II
Producer
1993
Eye in the Sky
Producer
2007
The Bare-Footed Kid
Director
1993
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Self
2001
Life Without Principle
Director
2011Life Without Principle
Producer
2011
Triangle
Producer
2007Triangle
Director
2007Triangle
Executive Producer
2007
A Moment of Romance III
Director
1996A Moment of Romance III
Producer
1996
Fat Choi Spirit
Director
2002Fat Choi Spirit
Producer
2002
Wu Yen
Producer
2001Wu Yen
Director
2001
Mad Fate
Producer
2023Mad Fate
Executive Producer
2023
Only Fools Fall in Love
Producer
1995
In the Mood for Melville
Self
2017
Intruder
Producer
1997
Office
Director
2015Office
Producer
2015Office
Co-Executive Producer
2015
Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Director
2014Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2
Producer
2014
Punished
Producer
2011
Beyond Hypothermia
Producer
1996
2 Become 1
Producer
2006
Chasing Dream
Producer
2019Chasing Dream
Director
2019
Yesterday Once More
Director
2004Yesterday Once More
Producer
2004
Looking for Mr. Perfect
Producer
2003
Expect the Unexpected
1998Expect the Unexpected
Producer
1998
Romancing in Thin Air
Director
2012Romancing in Thin Air
Producer
2012
Loving You
Director
1995
Sparrow
Director
2008Sparrow
Producer
2008
Edge of Justice
Producer
1993
Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
Producer
1997
A Complicated Story
Executive Producer
2013
Hooked on You
Producer
2007
Love for All Seasons
Director
2003Love for All Seasons
Producer
2003
Code Name: Melville
Self
2010
Love Under the Sun
Producer
2003
Where a Good Man Goes
Director
1999Where a Good Man Goes
Producer
1999
It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!
Assistant Director
1985
Behind Bars
Director
1990Behind Bars
Producer
1990
Love on a Diet
Director
2001Love on a Diet
Producer
2001
Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
Producer
1992Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
Story
1992Iron Butterfly III: Tomorrow
Director
1992
Lucky Encounter
Director
1992
The Story of My Son
Director
1990The Story of My Son
Writer
1990
The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Director
1990The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon
Production Design
1990
The Odd One Dies
Producer
1997
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms
Producer
2009
Spacked Out
Producer
2000
It's No Heaven
Club Patron
1988It's No Heaven
Director
1988
Fatal Assignment
Producer
1995
The Royal Scoundrel
Taxi Driver
1991The Royal Scoundrel
Director
1991
Tactical Unit - No Way Out
Producer
2008
The Enigmatic Case
Director
1980
Johnnie Got His Gun!
Himself
2010
Sealed with a Kiss
Producer
1999
Final Justice
Producer
1997
Hong Kong Superstars
Self
2001
Turn Left, Turn Right
Director
2003Turn Left, Turn Right
Producer
2003
The Open Road
Director
2005
Story of Nam
Producer
1989Story of Nam
Director
1989
Linger
Director
2008Linger
Producer
2008
Help!!!
Director
2000Help!!!
Producer
2000
Tactical Unit - The Code
Producer
2008
Memory of the Youth
Producer
2003
Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
(archive footage)
2004
A or B
Producer
2018
The Iron Butterfly II
1990The Iron Butterfly II
Screenplay
1990The Iron Butterfly II
Director
1990
Sisters of the World Unite
1991
Seven Years Itch
Director
1987
The Iron Butterfly
Director
1989The Iron Butterfly
Producer
1989
Tactical Unit - Human Nature
Producer
2008Two-Gun Cohen
Director
The Weaving of a Dream: Johnnie To's Vision and Craft
Self
2016
Dead End
Producer
1995Dead End
Director
1995
Newsmakers
Original Film Writer
2009In the Qing Dynasty
Producer
The Lone Sabre
Producer
1994
Tactical Unit - Partners
Producer
2009
Gimme Gimme
Producer
2001
Untitled Johnnie To Gangster Film
Director
Comeuppance
Producer
2000
The Betrayal
Director
1988
The Good, the Bad and the Beauties
Assistant Director
1978