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Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Popular in his native Hong Kong, [1] 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 [2] [3] and a cult following, which ...
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 ...
Apr 22, 2014 · Posted on April 22, 2014 by Emilio Santoni. If you aren’t into Hong Kong cinema, you might not know the name Johnnie To and you would be forgiven. Hardly any of his films have shown in regular theatrical runs outside of Asia, so even though the man has a forty plus year career in his native Hong Kong, starting out as a messenger boy at the ...
The 11 best Johnnie To films. We count down the best films by the legendary Hong Kong director. Written by. Douglas Parkes. Tuesday 20 November 2018. No contemporary Hong Kong director is as...
Johnnie To Kei-fung has established the strongest track record since John Woo and Tsui Hark. He has become the most successful local director, always notching one or two films in the year’s top releases. And, unlike Tsui and Woo, he has worked fast. Not yet fifty, he has directed over thirty films, most since 1990.
Johnnie To filmography. Johnnie To in 2022. Johnnie To is a Hong Kong filmmaker. He has contributed to many projects, as a producer, director or a combination of the two. He made his directorial debut in 1980, when he directed The Enigmatic Case, a film starring Damian Lau.
Jun 17, 2010 · 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.
Jul 25, 2022 · 25 July 2022. By John Berra. Throw Down (2004) © Eureka. Why this might not seem so easy. Primarily known in the west for his highly stylised crime films, the indefatigably prolific Hong Kong director Johnnie To was a late bloomer in terms of international recognition.
Jun 24, 2016 · Review: ‘Three’ Is Another Dazzling Formal Exercise From Action Master Johnnie To. Set entirely inside a Hong Kong hospital, To's latest shows why he's one of the world's best directors. God ...
Feb 19, 2023 · Johnnie To in Berlin Courtesy of Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images. The Berlin International Film Festival’s jury press conference, headed by Hollywood star Kristen Stewart, concluded on Thursday,...
