Tu Duu-chih
Taiwanese sound engineer (born 1955)
Tu Duu-chih | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1955-04-05) April 5, 1955 (age 69) Taipei |
| Occupation | Sound designer |
Tu Duu-chih (Chinese: 杜篤之, born April 1, 1955) is a Taiwanese sound designer. He is credited for introducing synchronized sound to Taiwanese film and is known for his collaborations with directors Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Wong Kar-wai.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
Born April 5, 1955, in Taipei, Tu entered the Central Motion Picture Corporation Film Technicians Training Program in 1973.[4]
Career
In 1978, Tu was hired to the Central Motion Picture Corporation sound department as an assistant sound engineer.[4]
Tu was instrumental in introducing synchronized sound to Taiwanese cinema. His first project to utilize the technique was a short government-sponsored film directed by Edward Yang. He later served as the sound editor on the first feature filmed entirely with synchronized sound, the 1989 Hou Hsiao-hsien picture A City of Sadness.[3]
A 2001 Taipei Times article stated that Tu acted as the sound editor for 70 percent of Taiwanese films released since the 1980s.[3]
In 2004, Tu founded 3H Sound Studio, an audio production company.[5]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | In Our Time | — |
| The Winter of 1905 | — | |
| Ku Lian | — | |
| 1983 | Growing Up | — |
| That Day, on the Beach | — | |
| The Boys from Fengkuei | — | |
| 1984 | You ma cai zi | — |
| A Summer at Grandpa's | — | |
| Wo ai Mali | — | |
| 1986 | Taipei Story | — |
| Ce ma ru lin | — | |
| Chao ji shi min | — | |
| A Time to Live and a Time to Die | — | |
| Kuei-mei, a Woman | — | |
| Yang chun lao ba | — | |
| 1986 | The Terrorizers | — |
| This Love of Mine | — | |
| 1988 | Yuan nu | — |
| Huang se gu shi | — | |
| 1989 | A City of Sadness | — |
| 1990 | A Home Too Far | — |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | — |
| Qingchun wu hi | — | |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels | — |
| Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land | — | |
| 1993 | The Puppetmaster | — |
| Green Green Leaves of Home | — | |
| 1994 | A Confucian Confusion | — |
| The Red Lotus Society | — | |
| May Jane | Credited as Du-Jy Du | |
| 1995 | Heartbreak Island | — |
| Good Men, Good Women | — | |
| The Peony Pavilion | — | |
| 1996 | Mahjong | — |
| Goodbye South, Goodbye | — | |
| Tai ping tian guo | — | |
| 1997 | Sweet Degeneration | — |
| A Queer Story | — | |
| Gei tao wang zhe de qia qia | — | |
| Happy Together | — | |
| Guo dao feng bi | — | |
| 1998 | Hold You Tight | — |
| The Candidate | Post-production sound | |
| 1999 | 3 ju zhi lian | — |
| 2000 | The Island Tales | — |
| Xiang si chen xianzai | — | |
| Yi Yi | — | |
| In the Mood for Love | — | |
| Pure Accidents | — | |
| The Cabbie | — | |
| 2001 | Betelnut Beauty | — |
| Beijing Bicycle | — | |
| Ming dai zhui zhu | — | |
| What Time Is It There? | — | |
| Millennium Mambo | — | |
| Visible Secret | — | |
| Hou niao | — | |
| Ren jian xi ju | — | |
| 2002 | Wa dong ren | — |
| July Rhapsody | — | |
| Princess D | — | |
| Ai qing ling yao | — | |
| Kong zhong hua yuan | — | |
| Double Vision | — | |
| Blue Gate Crossing | — | |
| Visible Secret II | — | |
| Demi-Haunted | — | |
| Twenty Something Taipei | — | |
| Fancy 25 | — | |
| Brave 20 | — | |
| Voice of Waves | — | |
| My Whispering Plan | — | |
| 2003 | How High Is the Mountain? | — |
| Er di | — | |
| Goodbye, Dragon Inn | — | |
| The Missing | — | |
| Café Lumière | — | |
| 2004 | 20:30:40 | — |
| 2046 | — | |
| Love of May | — | |
| Eros | "The Hand" segment | |
| Meng you xia wei yi | — | |
| Da xuan min | — | |
| 2005 | About Love | Taipei segment |
| The Wayward Cloud | — | |
| Three Times | — | |
| Ai yu yong qi | — | |
| Lian ren | — | |
| Hu gu po | — | |
| Ai li si de jing zi | — | |
| 2006 | Silk | — |
| Do Over | — | |
| Shen you qing ren | — | |
| I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | — | |
| Tai yang yue | — | |
| The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | — | |
| Qi ji de xia tian | — | |
| My Mother is a Belly Dancer | — | |
| Eternal Summer | — | |
| Cha Tian Shan zhi ge | — | |
| Exit No. 6 | Supervising sound editor | |
| Island Etude | — | |
| Song shu zi sha shi jian | — | |
| Drifting Paradise | — | |
| 2007 | Spider Lilies | — |
| The Most Distant Course | — | |
| Chuan qiang ren | — | |
| Secret | Final mixer | |
| The Drummer | — | |
| Help Me, Eros | — | |
| Shen xuan zhe | Supervising sound editor | |
| What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! | — | |
| I Wish | — | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Dunk | — |
| Drifting Flowers | — | |
| Candy Rain | — | |
| Run Papa Run | — | |
| The Way We Are | — | |
| Artemisia | Supervising sound designer | |
| Dou cha | — | |
| Cape No. 7 | Final mixer | |
| Ballistic | Sound mixer | |
| Miao Miao | — | |
| Xiong mei | — | |
| Tibet, Taipei | — | |
| 2009 | Dui bu qi wo ai ni | — |
| Yang Yang | — | |
| Finding Shangri-La | — | |
| Night and Fog | — | |
| Miss Kicki | — | |
| Sham moh | — | |
| Hear Me | — | |
| Prince of Tears | — | |
| Pinoy Sunday | — | |
| Torocco | — | |
| The Treasure Hunter | — | |
| 2010 | Monga | — |
| One Day | — | |
| Love in a Puff | — | |
| Seven Days in Heaven | Final mixer | |
| Dream Home | — | |
| Taipei Exchanges | — | |
| Love in Disguise | — | |
| The Fourth Portrait | — | |
| All About Love | — | |
| Buddha Mountain | — | |
| Once Upon a Time in Tibet | — | |
| The Long Goodbye | — | |
| Road to the Ghost Horse | — | |
| 2011 | Night Market Hero | — |
| Goodbye May | — | |
| Return Ticket | — | |
| Make Up | — | |
| Honey PuPu | — | |
| You Are the Apple of My Eye | — | |
| Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale | — | |
| A Simple Life | — | |
| Mayday 3DNA | — | |
| Mural | Sound mixer | |
| Lovesick | — | |
| Starry Starry Night | — | |
| 10+10 | "Something's Gotta Give" and "The Orphans" segments | |
| Dian Na Cha | — | |
| Road Less Traveled | — | |
| Great Wall, My Love | Sound mixer | |
| 2012 | The Soul of Bread | — |
| Love | — | |
| Father's Lullaby | — | |
| Love in the Buff | — | |
| Joyful Reunion | — | |
| The Third Wish | — | |
| The Bird Who Saved the World | — | |
| Melody | — | |
| Double Trouble | — | |
| Girlfriend Boyfriend | — | |
| The Fierce Wife Final Episode | — | |
| Double Xposure | Sound mixer | |
| When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep | — | |
| Legend of the T-Dog | Credited as Du Du-Zhi | |
| 2013 | A ma de meng zhong qing ren | — |
| The Stolen Years | — | |
| Young Style | — | |
| Tiny Times | — | |
| Soul | Re-recording mixer | |
| The Rooftop | — | |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Sound effect director | |
| 27°C: Loaf Rock | — | |
| Tiny Times 2.0 | — | |
| Stray Dogs | — | |
| Silent Witness | — | |
| Ting jian xia yu de sheng yin | — | |
| Takao Dancer | — | |
| Love Transplantation | — | |
| Twelve Nights | Sound supervisor | |
| 2014 | Sweet Alibis | — |
| The Journey | — | |
| Women Who Flirt | — | |
| Kano | — | |
| Aberdeen | — | |
| Partners in Crime | — | |
| Meeting Dr. Sun | — | |
| Girls | — | |
| Taipei Factory II | "Soap Opera" segment | |
| Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | — | |
| Paradise in Service | — | |
| The Golden Era | — | |
| (Sex) Appeal | — | |
| Five Minutes to Tomorrow | — | |
| Live at Love | — | |
| Elena | — | |
| It Takes Two to Tango | — | |
| The Crossing | — | |
| 2015 | Time Is Money | — |
| The Wonderful Wedding | Audio post-production | |
| Kepong Gangster 2 | — | |
| Murmur of the Hearts | — | |
| The Queens | — | |
| First of May | — | |
| Baby Steps | — | |
| The Assassin | Sound mixer | |
| Our Times | — | |
| Wawa No Cidal | — | |
| Zinnia Flower | — | |
| The Crossing 2 | — | |
| Fly, Kite Fly | — | |
| Office | — | |
| All You Need is Love | — | |
| Underground Fragrance | — | |
| Taste of Life | — | |
| Go Lala Go 2 | — | |
| 2016 | Ola Bola | — |
| Rookie Chef | — | |
| City of Jade | — | |
| Dog Days | — | |
| Hang in There, Kids! | — | |
| Heaven in the Dark | — | |
| New York New York | — | |
| At Cafe 6 | — | |
| The Tenants Downstairs | — | |
| Go! Crazy Gangster | Sound mixer | |
| Hai de bi duan | Sound mixer | |
| Hema Hema | — | |
| The Road to Mandalay | — | |
| Mrs K | — | |
| Shed Skin Papa | — | |
| 2017 | 52Hz, I Love You | — |
| Barkley | — | |
| Xian yi ren X de xian shen | — | |
| Love Off the Cuff | — | |
| The Mysterious Family | — | |
| Mon Mon Mon Monsters | — | |
| You Mean the World to Me | — | |
| God of War | — | |
| Shuttle Life | — | |
| Our Time Will Come | — | |
| The Great Buddha+ | — | |
| Secret Fruit | — | |
| The Taste of Rice Flower | — | |
| Manhunt | — | |
| Never-Ending Road | — | |
| The White Girl | — | |
| The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | — | |
| Love Education | — | |
| Seventy-Seven Days | — | |
| Take Me to the Moon | — | |
| Back to the Good Times | — | |
| 2018 | Gatao 2: Rise of the King | Supervising sound editor |
| Xiao Mei | — | |
| About Youth | — | |
| Us and Them | — | |
| Suburban Birds | — | |
| Cities of Last Things | — | |
| Baby | — | |
| Tracey | Supervising sound editor | |
| G Affairs | — | |
| 2019 | Han Dan | — |
| Spring Tide | — | |
| Love the Way You Are | — | |
| A Fool in Love, Love Like a Fool | — | |
| Little Q | — | |
| Balloon | — | |
| Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom | — | |
| Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache | Re-recording mixer | |
| Beyond the Dream | — | |
| Wo de ling hun shi ai zuo de | Supervising sound editor | |
| Gone with the Light | — | |
| 2020 | Your Name Engraved Herein | — |
| Whale Island | — | |
| A Little Bird Reminds Me | — | |
| The Rope Curse 2 | — | |
| Love After Love | — | |
| A Leg | — | |
| Precious Is the Night | — | |
| 2021 | I Missed You | Supervising sound editors |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Re-recording mixer | |
| Before Next Spring | — | |
| Ripples of Life | — | |
| The Falls | — | |
| Terrorizers | — | |
| Anita | — | |
| American Girl | — | |
| 2022 | My Best Friend's Breakfast | — |
| Stay with Me | — | |
| Where the Wind Blows | — | |
| Hong Kong Family | — | |
| Divine Factory | — | |
| Lost Leaf | — | |
| 2023 | Ma, I Love You | — |
| Abang Adik | — | |
| Monkey King - Rebirth | — | |
| Only the River Flows | — | |
| The Settlers | — | |
| The Monk and the Gun | — | |
| Snow in Midsummer | — | |
| 2024 | All Shall Be Well | — |
| Dormir De Olhos Abertos | Re-recording mixer | |
| Shambhala | — |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Duckweed | TV movie |
| 1996 | Cinéma, de notre temps | 1 episode |
| 2004 | My Stinking Kid | TV movie |
| 2015 | Legend of Sound | TV movie |
| 2021 | The Magician on the Skywalk | 10 episodes |
Awards and nominations
Golden Horse Awards
Awards presented at the annual Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Best Sound Recording | Kendo Kids | Nominated | [4] |
| 1985 | Super Citizen Ko | Won | [4] | |
| 1986 | My Love | Nominated | [4] | |
| 1989 | Best Sound Effects | A City of Sadness | Nominated | [4] |
| 1991 | Best Sound Recording | A Brighter Summer Day | Nominated | [4] |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels | Won | [4] | |
| Best Sound Effects | The Peach Blossom Land | Nominated | [4] | |
| 1993 | Best Sound Recording | Green, Green Leaves of Home | Nominated | [4] |
| The Puppetmaster | Won | [4] | ||
| 1994 | Best Sound Effects | A Borrowed Life | Nominated | [4] |
| A Confucian Confusion | Nominated | [4] | ||
| 1995 | Super Citizen Ko | Nominated | [4] | |
| Good Men, Good Women | Nominated | [4] | ||
| 1997 | Happy Together | Nominated | [4] | |
| 1999 | Ordinary Heroes | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2000 | Feeling by Night | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2001 | What Time is it There? | Nominated | [4] | |
| Millennium Mambo | Won | [4] | ||
| 2002 | Double Vision | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2004 | Sacrificial Victims | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2046 | Nominated | [4] | ||
| 2006 | Amour - Legende | Won | [4] | |
| 2007 | The Most Distance | Won | [4] | |
| 2008 | Cape No. 7 | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2009 | Like a Dream | Nominated | [4] | |
| Yang Yang | Nominated | [4] | ||
| 2010 | MONGA | Won | [4] | |
| 2011 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale | Won | [4] | |
| 2013 | Stray Dogs | Nominated | [4] | |
| Soul | Won | [4] | ||
| 2014 | Paradise in Service | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2015 | Office | Nominated | [4] | |
| The Assassin | Won | [4] | ||
| 2017 | The Great Buddha+ | Nominated | [4] | |
| Mon Mon Mon Monsters! | Won | [4] | ||
| 2020 | Beyond the Dream | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2021 | Terrorizers | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2022 | Coo-Coo 043 | Nominated | [4] | |
| 2023 | A BOY AND A GIRL | Nominated | [4] | |
| Snow in Midsummer | Won | [4] |
Cannes Film Festival
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Technical Grand Prize | Millennium Mambo | Won | [6] |
| What Time is it There? |
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Best Sound | A Cha-Cha for the Fugitive | Won | [7] |
| 2010 | Torocco | Won | ||
| 2012 | Girlfriend Boyfriend | Nominated | [8] | |
| 2013 | Stray Dogs | Won[a] | [9] |
Hong Kong Film Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Best Sound Design | Visible Secret | Nominated | [10] |
| 2005 | 2046 | Nominated[b] | [11] | |
| 2008 | The Drummer | Nominated[a] | [12] | |
| 2011 | Dream Home | Nominated | [13] | |
| 2015 | The Crossing | Won | [14] | |
| 2016 | Office | Nominated[c] | [15] | |
| 2018 | Our Time Will Come | Nominated[d] | [16] | |
| 2019 | G Affairs | Nominated[d] | ||
| 2020 | Fagara | Nominated[e] | [17] | |
| Beyond the Dream | Nominated[d] | |||
| 2022 | Anita | Won[d] | [18] | |
| 2023 | Where the Wind Blows | Nominated[d] | [19] | |
| The Sparring Partner | Nominated[e] | [20] |
Taipei Film Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Best Sound Design | Cities of Last Things | Won[f] | [4] |
| 2023 | Coo-Coo 043 | Nominated | [4] | |
| A Place Called Silence | Nominated | [4] |
Notes
References
- ^ "Duu Chih Tu". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Tribute to Tu Duu-Chih". Festival des 3 Contintents. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Yu, Sen-lun. "Fathering sync sound". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at "Tu Duu-Chih". Taiwan Cinema. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Award Winning Audio Post Facility 3H Sound Studio Installs Multiple Fairlight Advanced Consoles". The Hollywood Professional Association. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Duu-chih tu". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "A Cha-Cha for the Fugitive - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Girlfriend Boyfriend - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Stray Dogs - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Visible Secret - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "2046 - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "The Drummer - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Dream Home - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "The Crossing I - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Office - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Our Time Will Come - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Fagara - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Anita - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Where the Wind Blows - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "The Sparring Partner - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
External links
- Tu Duu-chih at IMDb
