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.
Known For
In the Mood for Love
(2000)
Sound
Your Name Engraved Herein
(2020)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Settlers
(2023)
Sound Designer
A City of Sadness
(1989)
Sound
A Brighter Summer Day
(1991)
Sound
Happy Together
(1997)
Sound Editor
Cities of Last Things
(2018)
Sound Designer
Yi Yi
(2000)
Sound
Millennium Mambo
(2001)
Sound Designer
What Time Is It There?
(2001)
Sound
The Wayward Cloud
(2005)
Sound Designer
A Sun
(2019)
Sound Director
Where the Wind Blows
(2023)
Sound Designer
Taipei Story
(1985)
Sound and Original Music Composer
Old Fox
(2023)
Sound
The Tenants Downstairs
(2016)
Sound
Full Filmography
Sound
If I Were for Real
(1981)
Sound Recordist
In Our Time
(1982)
Sound
Ah Fei
(1983)
Sound Designer
Teenage Fugitive
(1984)
Sound Designer
Taipei Story
(1985)
Sound and Original Music Composer
Run Away
(1985)
Sound
Super Citizen
(1985)
Sound
Spring Daddy
(1985)
Sound
Kuei-mei, a Woman
(1985)
Sound Recordist
My Favorite Season
(1985)
Original Music Composer
Terrorizers
(1986)
Sound Recordist
Split of the Spirit
(1987)
Sound
The Game They Call Sex
(1987)
Sound
Neverending Memory
(1988)
Sound Designer
Boss No Balls
(1989)
Sound
A City of Sadness
(1989)
Sound
Song of the Exile
(1990)
Sound Recordist
A Brighter Summer Day
(1991)
Sound
Dust of Angels
(1992)
Sound
The Puppetmaster
(1993)
Sound
The Peony Pavilion
(1995)
Sound
Goodbye South, Goodbye
(1996)
Sound Recordist
A Drifting Life
(1996)
Sound
JIA MIEN CHAO REN
(1997)
Sound
Wolves Cry Under the Moon
(1997)
Sound
Such a life
(1997)
Sound
Yours and Mine
(1997)
Sound
Love Go Go
(1997)
Sound
Happy Together
(1997)
Sound Editor
Flowers of Shanghai
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Jam
(1998)
Sound
Hold You Tight
(1998)
Sound Recordist
In the Mood for Love
(2000)
Sound
The Island Tales
(2000)
Sound
Yi Yi
(2000)
Sound
Lament of the Sand River
(2000)
Sound
Millennium Mambo
(2001)
Sound Designer
Betelnut Beauty
(2001)
Sound
What Time Is It There?
(2001)
Sound
Mirror Image
(2001)
Sound
Blue Gate Crossing
(2002)
Sound Designer
Princess D
(2002)
Sound Designer
The Skywalk Is Gone
(2002)
Sound
July Rhapsody
(2002)
Sound Designer, Foley Recordist, Foley Editor, and Foley
BRAVE 20
(2002)
Sound
Fancy 25
(2003)
Sound
My Whispering Plan
(2003)
Sound
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
(2003)
Sound
Love of May
(2004)
Sound
20 30 40
(2004)
Sound
Café Lumière
(2004)
Sound Designer
Holiday Dreaming
(2004)
Sound
Love's Lone Flower
(2005)
Sound
Three Times
(2005)
Sound Designer
The Wayward Cloud
(2005)
Sound Designer
Do Over
(2006)
Sound
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
(2006)
Sound
Eternal Summer
(2006)
Sound Designer
Reflections
(2007)
Sound Designer
Amour-Legende
(2007)
Sound Designer
Parking
(2008)
Sound
Candy Rain
(2008)
Sound Designer
Hear Me
(2009)
Sound
Su mi ma sen, Love
(2009)
Sound
Au Revoir Taipei
(2010)
Sound
The Fourth Portrait
(2010)
Sound
Buddha Mountain
(2010)
Sound Director
Return Ticket
(2011)
Sound Designer
Great Wall, My Love
(2011)
Sound Editor
Girlfriend Boyfriend
(2012)
Sound Designer
Walker
(2012)
Sound Designer
Soul
(2013)
Sound
Vara : A Blessing
(2013)
Sound
Meeting Dr. Sun
(2014)
Sound Director
Aberdeen
(2014)
Sound Designer
Stray Dogs
(2014)
Sound Designer
Elena
(2015)
Sound Designer
Office
(2015)
Sound
Murmur of the Hearts
(2015)
Sound Director
Wansei Back Home
(2015)
Sound
The Assassin
(2015)
Sound Editor and Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Underground Fragrance
(2015)
Sound Designer
Hang in There, Kids!
(2016)
Sound Designer
The Road to Mandalay
(2016)
Sound Designer
The Tenants Downstairs
(2016)
Sound
Take Me to the Moon
(2017)
Sound Designer
Our Time Will Come
(2017)
Sound Designer
The Great Buddha+
(2017)
Sound Designer
Love Education
(2017)
Sound Editor
52Hz, I Love You
(2017)
Sound Director
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
(2017)
Sound Designer
Mon Mon Mon Monsters
(2017)
Sound
Xiao Mei
(2018)
Sound Designer
Baby
(2018)
Sound Designer
Cities of Last Things
(2018)
Sound Designer
Back to the Good Times
(2018)
Sound
To Heaven, to Gather
(2018)
Sound
The Hand
(2018)
Sound Designer
Gone with the Light
(2019)
Sound Director
A Sun
(2019)
Sound Director
Spring Tide
(2019)
Sound Director
Jinpa
(2019)
Sound Designer
Suburban Birds
(2019)
Sound Designer
Balloon
(2019)
Sound Designer
Night Bus
(2019)
Supervising Sound Editor
Taipei Suicide Story
(2020)
Sound Mixer
Your Name Engraved Herein
(2020)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Rope Curse 2
(2020)
Sound
The Falls
(2021)
Sound
American Girl
(2021)
Sound Designer
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
(2021)
Sound Supervisor
Terrorizers
(2021)
Sound Designer
Whale Island
(2021)
Sound Designer
Love After Love
(2021)
Sound Designer
Coo-Coo 043
(2022)
Sound Designer
Girls, Be Ambitious!
(2022)
Sound Designer
Welcome Home
(2022)
Sound
Fantasy · World
(2022)
Sound
Yanagawa
(2022)
Sound Director
Untouchable
(2022)
Sound Director
Life For Sale
(2022)
Sound
Before Next Spring
(2022)
Sound Director
My Best Friend's Breakfast
(2022)
Sound
GAGA
(2022)
Supervising Sound Editor
A Place Called Silence
(2022)
Sound
On the Train
(2023)
Sound
Lost in Forest
(2023)
Sound
Love Is a Gun
(2023)
Sound
Snow in Midsummer
(2023)
Sound
A Boy and a Girl
(2023)
Sound
BIG
(2023)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Settlers
(2023)
Sound Designer
See You at the Rally
(2023)
Supervising Sound Editor
Kiss My Ass Boss
(2023)
Supervising Sound Editor
Be With Me
(2023)
Sound
Old Fox
(2023)
Sound
Workers The Movie
(2023)
Sound Director
Where the Wind Blows
(2023)
Sound Designer
Abang Adik
(2023)
Sound
Scamsgiving
(2023)
Sound Designer
The Horse
(2023)
Sound Designer
Come Back, My Child
(2023)
Sound
She's Talking, in Island.
(2024)
Sound Designer
Shambhala
(2024)
Sound
Salli
(2024)
Sound Supervisor
Mystery Writers
(2024)
Sound
Kids
(2024)
Sound Designer
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
(2024)
Sound
All Shall Be Well
(2024)
Sound
The Lyricist Wannabe
(2024)
Supervising Sound Editor
The Chronicles of Libidoists
(2024)
Supervising Sound Editor
Acting
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
(2021)
Self
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
(2023)
Editing