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Tu Duu-Chih
Composer, Editor, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 5, 1955 (70 years)
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.
Tu Duu-Chih Filmography
| 1998 | Flowers of Shanghai · as Original Music Composer |
| 1993 | Treasure Island · as Composer |
| 1985 | My Favorite Season · as Original Music Composer |
| 1984 | A Summer at Grandpa's · as Original Music Composer |
| 2009 | Let the Wind Carry Me · as Self |
| 1989 | Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1982 |
| 2025 | The Waves Will Carry Us · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2025 | Deep Quiet Room · as Sound Editor |
| 2025 | Mother Bhumi · as Sound Designer |
| 2025 | Girl · as Sound Designer |
| 2025 | Measure in Love · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2025 | Dear Stranger · as Sound Supervisor |
| 2025 | Gatao: Big Brothers · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2025 | Forget You Not (TV Series) · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2024 | Papa · as Sound Director |
| 2024 | The Embers · as Sound |
| 2024 | Stranger Eyes · as Sound |
| 2024 | Pierce · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | Shambhala · as Sound |
| 2024 | Gatao: Like Father Like Son · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | The Chronicles of Libidoists · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | Sleep with Your Eyes Open · as Sound |
| 2024 | All Shall Be Well · as Sound |
| 2024 | Mystery Writers · as Sound |
| 2024 | Imperfect Us (TV Series) · as Sound Designer |
| 2024 | Kids · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Salli · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | The Lyricist Wannabe · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | The Settlers · as Sound Designer |
| 2023 | Love Is a Gun · as Sound |
| 2023 | Abang Adik · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Big · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Old Fox · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Snow in Midsummer · as Sound |
| 2023 | A Boy and a Girl · as Sound |
| 2023 | Be with Me · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | The Monk and the Gun · as Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Kiss My Ass Boss · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | See You at the Rally · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2023 | Workers: The Movie · as Sound Director |
| 2023 | Ma, I Love You · as Sound Designer |
| 2023 | Scamsgiving · as Sound Designer |
| 2022 | A Place Called Silence · as Sound |
| 2022 | On the Train · as Sound |
| 2022 | Where the Wind Blows · as Sound Designer |
| 2022 | Lost in the Forest · as Sound |
| 2022 | Welcome Home · as Sound |
| 2022 | Girls, Be Ambitious! · as Sound Designer |
| 2022 | Coo-Coo 043 · as Sound Designer |
| 2022 | Gaga · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2022 | Fantasy World · as Sound |
| 2022 | My Best Friend's Breakfast · as Sound |
| 2021 | Before Next Spring · as Sound Director |
| 2021 | American Girl · as Sound Designer |
| 2021 | Terrorizers · as Sound Designer |
| 2021 | The Falls · as Sound |
| 2021 | Yanagawa · as Sound Director |
| 2021 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? · as Sound Supervisor |
| 2021 | The Magician on the Skywalk (TV Series) · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2020 | Love After Love · as Sound Designer |
| 2020 | The Hand · as Sound Designer |
| 2020 | Taipei Suicide Story · as Sound Mixer |
| 2020 | Your Name Engraved Herein · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2020 | The Rope Curse 2 · as Sound |
| 2020 | Whale Island · as Sound Designer |
| 2019 | Gone with the Light · as Sound Director |
| 2019 | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom · as Supervising Sound Editor |
| 2019 | A Sun · as Sound Director |
| 2019 | Balloon · as Sound Designer |
| 2019 | Spring Tide · as Sound Director |
| 2018 | Xiao Mei · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Jinpa · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Tracey · as Sound Mixer |
| 2018 | Cities of Last Things · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Baby · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Suburban Birds · as Sound Designer |
| 2018 | Back to the Good Times · as Sound |
| 2017 | Take Me to the Moon · as Sound Designer |
| 2017 | The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful · as Sound Designer |
| 2017 | Love Education · as Sound Editor |
| 2017 | The Great Buddha+ · as Sound Designer |
| 2017 | Mon Mon Mon Monsters · as Sound |
| 2017 | Our Time Will Come · as Sound Designer |
| 2017 | 52Hz, I Love You · as Sound Director |
| 2016 | The Road to Mandalay · as Sound Designer |
| 2016 | The Tenants Downstairs · as Sound |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Hang in There, Kids! · as Sound Designer |
| 2015 | Wansei Back Home · as Sound |
| 2015 | Underground Fragrance · as Sound Designer |
| 2015 | Office · as Sound |
| 2015 | The Assassin · as Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| 2015 | Murmur of the Hearts · as Sound Director |
| 2014 | Elena · as Sound Designer |
| 2014 | Meeting Dr. Sun · as Sound Director |
| 2014 | Aberdeen · as Sound Designer |
| 2013 | Vara: A Blessing · as Sound |
| 2013 | Stray Dogs · as Sound Designer |
| 2013 | Soul · as Sound Mixer |
| 2012 | Walker · as Sound Designer |
| 2012 | Girlfriend Boyfriend · as Sound Designer |
| 2011 | Return Ticket · as Sound Designer |
| 2011 | Great Wall, My Love · as Sound Editor |
| 2011 | A Simple Life · as Sound Designer |
| 2010 | Buddha Mountain · as Sound Director |
| 2010 | The Fourth Portrait · as Sound |
| 2010 | Au revoir Taipei · as Sound |
| 2009 | Hear Me · as Sound |
| 2009 | Su mi ma sen, Love · as Sound |
| 2008 | Parking · as Sound |
| 2008 | 1895 · as Sound |
| 2008 | Candy Rain · as Sound Designer |
| 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone · as Sound |
| 2006 | Amour-Legende · as Sound Designer |
| 2006 | Do Over · as Sound |
| 2006 | Eternal Summer · as Sound Designer |
| 2005 | Reflections · as Sound Designer |
| 2005 | Three Times · as Sound Designer |
| 2005 | Love's Lone Flower · as Sound |
| 2005 | The Wayward Cloud · as Sound Designer |
| 2004 | Holiday Dreaming · as Sound |
| 2004 | Love of May · as Sound |
| 2004 | 20:30:40 · as Sound |
| 2003 | Café Lumière · as Sound Designer |
| 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn · as Sound |
| 2002 | Double Vision · as Sound Editor |
| 2002 | The Skywalk Is Gone · as Sound |
| 2002 | Blue Gate Crossing · as Sound Designer |
| 2002 | Princess D · as Sound Designer |
| 2002 | July Rhapsody · as Sound Designer |
| 2001 | Millennium Mambo · as Sound Designer |
| 2001 | What Time Is It There? · as Sound |
| 2001 | Betelnut Beauty · as Sound |
| 2001 | Mirror Image · as Sound |
| 2000 | In the Mood for Love · as Sound |
| 2000 | Yi Yi · as Sound |
| 2000 | The Island Tales · as Sound |
| 1998 | Hold You Tight · as Sound Recordist |
| 1997 | Love Go Go · as Sound |
| 1997 | Happy Together · as Sound Editor |
| 1996 | Goodbye South, Goodbye · as Sound Recordist |
| 1996 | A Drifting Life · as Sound |
| 1995 | The Peony Pavilion · as Sound |
| 1993 | The Puppetmaster · as Sound |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels · as Sound |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day · as Sound |
| 1990 | Song of the Exile · as Sound Recordist |
| 1989 | A City of Sadness · as Sound |
| 1987 | Split of the Spirit · as Sound |
| 1986 | The Terrorizers · as Sound Recordist |
| 1985 | Kuei-mei, a Woman · as Sound Recordist |
| 1985 | Run Away · as Sound |
| 1985 | Taipei Story · as Sound |
| 1984 | Run Tiger, Run · as Sound Recordist |
| 1984 | Ah Fei · as Sound Designer |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach · as Sound |
| 1982 | In Our Time · as Sound |
| 1981 | If I Were for Real · as Sound Recordist |