Tu Duu-chih
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 5, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
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.
2024
Sound
Come Home, My Child
Sound
All Shall Be Well
Sound Designer
She's Talking, in Island.
Sound
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Sound
Shambhala
Sound
Mystery Writers
Supervising Sound Editor
The Lyricist Wannabe
Supervising Sound Editor
The Chronicles of Libidoists
Sound Designer
Pierce
Supervising Sound Editor
Kids
Sound Designer
GATAO: Like Father Like Son
Sound
A Place Called Silence
Sound
Stranger Eyes
Sound Director
Heaven and Hell
Sound
The Embers
Sound Director
Papa
2023
Actor
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
Sound
A Boy and a Girl
Sound Designer
The Horse
Sound
On the Train
Sound
Lost in Forest
Sound Designer
Where the Wind Blows
Sound Supervisor
Salli
Sound Director
Workers The Movie
Sound
Old Fox
Sound Designer
Scamsgiving
Sound Designer
The Settlers
Sound Editor
The Monk and the Gun
Supervising Sound Editor
Be With Me
Supervising Sound Editor
See You at the Rally
Supervising Sound Editor
BIG
Supervising Sound Editor
Kiss My Ass Boss
Sound
Snow in Midsummer
Sound
Love Is a Gun
Sound Designer
Ma, I Love You
Supervising Sound Editor
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