Tu Duu-Chih
Biography
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.
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Movies (48)
Deep Quiet Room
Sound Editor (Sound)
2026
The Snowball on a Sunny Day
Sound (Sound)
2026
Moonglow
Sound Designer (Sound)
2026
A Dance with Rainbows
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2026
Demon Hunters
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Mother Bhumi
Sound Designer (Sound)
2025
Praying Mantis
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Heaven and Hell
Sound Director (Sound)
2025
Deadline
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Girl
Sound Designer (Sound)
2025
April
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Unexpected Courage
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
The Waves Will Carry Us
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Measure in Love
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
Dear Stranger
Sound Supervisor (Sound)
2025
A Dance in Vain
Sound Supervisor (Sound)
2025
GATAO: Big Brothers
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2025
I Dreamed a Dream
Sound Director (Sound)
2025
Papa
Sound Director (Sound)
2024
The Embers
Sound (Sound)
2024
Stranger Eyes
Sound (Sound)
2024
Pierce
Sound Designer (Sound)
2024
Come Home, My Child
Sound (Sound)
2024
A Place Called Silence
Sound (Sound)
2024
Shambhala
Sound (Sound)
2024
GATAO: Like Father Like Son
Sound Designer (Sound)
2024
The Chronicles of Libidoists
Sound Designer (Sound)
2024
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Sound (Sound)
2024
She's Talking, in Island.
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2024
All Shall Be Well
Sound (Sound)
2024
Mystery Writers
Sound (Sound)
2024
Salli
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2024
The Lyricist Wannabe
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2024
Kids
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2024
Love Is a Gun
Sound (Sound)
2023
Abang Adik
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
Old Fox
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
The Horse
Sound Designer (Sound)
2023
Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
2023
A Boy and a Girl
Sound (Sound)
2023
Be with Me
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
BIG
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
Snow in Midsummer
Sound (Sound)
2023
The Monk and the Gun
Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
The Settlers
Sound Designer (Sound)
2023
Kiss My Ass Boss
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
See You at the Rally
Supervising Sound Editor (Sound)
2023
On the Train
Sound (Sound)
2023
