Tu Duu-chih

Tu Duu-chih

Known for
Sound
Born
April 5, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Taipei, Taiwan

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.

Known For

Filmography

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Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

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Most Wanted poster

Most Wanted

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2027
Arrested Memory poster

Arrested Memory

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2027
When Fortune Comes Ashore

When Fortune Comes Ashore

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Oh My Ghost! Oh My God! poster

Oh My Ghost! Oh My God!

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
Moonglow poster

Moonglow

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
Deep Quiet Room poster

Deep Quiet Room

Movie · Sound Editor

2026
A Dance with Rainbows poster

A Dance with Rainbows

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
The Waves Will Carry Us poster

The Waves Will Carry Us

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
The Snowball on a Sunny Day poster

The Snowball on a Sunny Day

Movie · Sound

2026
The Age Of Goodbyes poster

The Age Of Goodbyes

Movie · Sound Director

2026
Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle poster

Fly! Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Cyclone poster

Cyclone

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak poster

The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
We Are Born Good poster

We Are Born Good

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
Cold War 1994 poster

Cold War 1994

Movie · Sound Designer

2026
SAYANG poster

SAYANG

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Dead Tide poster

Dead Tide

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2026
Kaohsiung Breakout poster

Kaohsiung Breakout

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Heaven and Hell poster

Heaven and Hell

Movie · Sound Director

2025
I Dreamed a Dream poster

I Dreamed a Dream

Movie · Sound Director

2025
GATAO: Big Brothers poster

GATAO: Big Brothers

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Praying Mantis poster

Praying Mantis

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Girl poster

Girl

Movie · Sound Designer

2025
Dear Stranger poster

Dear Stranger

Movie · Sound Supervisor

2025
Measure in Love poster

Measure in Love

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Unexpected Courage poster

Unexpected Courage

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
A Dance in Vain poster

A Dance in Vain

Movie · Sound Supervisor

2025
Deadline poster

Deadline

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Mother Bhumi poster

Mother Bhumi

Movie · Sound Designer

2025
April poster

April

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Demon Hunters poster

Demon Hunters

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2025
Forget You Not poster

Forget You Not

TV · Supervising Sound Editor · 8 eps

2024
Come Home, My Child poster

Come Home, My Child

Movie · Sound

2024
All Shall Be Well poster

All Shall Be Well

Movie · Sound

2024
Sleep with Your Eyes Open poster

Sleep with Your Eyes Open

Movie · Sound

2024
Shambhala poster

Shambhala

Movie · Sound

2024
Mystery Writers poster

Mystery Writers

Movie · Sound

2024
The Lyricist Wannabe poster

The Lyricist Wannabe

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
Pierce poster

Pierce

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
Kids poster

Kids

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
GATAO: Like Father Like Son poster

GATAO: Like Father Like Son

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
A Place Called Silence poster

A Place Called Silence

Movie · Sound

2024
Stranger Eyes poster

Stranger Eyes

Movie · Sound

2024
The Embers poster

The Embers

Movie · Sound

2024
Papa poster

Papa

Movie · Sound Director

2024
She's Talking, in Island. poster

She's Talking, in Island.

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
The Chronicles of Libidoists poster

The Chronicles of Libidoists

Movie · Sound Designer

2024
Salli poster

Salli

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2024
Imperfect Us poster

Imperfect Us

TV · Sound Designer · 8 eps

2023
A Boy and a Girl poster

A Boy and a Girl

Movie · Sound

2023
The Horse poster

The Horse

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
On the Train poster

On the Train

Movie · Sound

2023
Lost in Forest poster

Lost in Forest

Movie · Sound

2023
Where the Wind Blows poster

Where the Wind Blows

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
Workers The Movie poster

Workers The Movie

Movie · Sound Director

2023
Scamsgiving poster

Scamsgiving

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
The Settlers poster

The Settlers

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
The Monk and the Gun poster

The Monk and the Gun

Movie · Sound Editor

2023
Be with Me poster

Be with Me

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
See You at the Rally poster

See You at the Rally

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
BIG poster

BIG

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Kiss My Ass Boss poster

Kiss My Ass Boss

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Snow in Midsummer poster

Snow in Midsummer

Movie · Sound

2023
Love Is a Gun poster

Love Is a Gun

Movie · Sound

2023
Ma, I Love You poster

Ma, I Love You

Movie · Sound Designer

2023
Abang Adik poster

Abang Adik

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Old Fox poster

Old Fox

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2023
Only the River Flows poster

Only the River Flows

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
Untouchable poster

Untouchable

Movie · Sound Director

2022
Life For Sale poster

Life For Sale

Movie · Sound

2022
Before Next Spring poster

Before Next Spring

Movie · Sound Director

2022
Fantasy · World poster

Fantasy · World

Movie · Sound

2022
Yanagawa poster

Yanagawa

Movie · Sound Director

2022
Coo-Coo 043 poster

Coo-Coo 043

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
Girls, Be Ambitious! poster

Girls, Be Ambitious!

Movie · Sound Designer

2022
My Best Friend's Breakfast poster

My Best Friend's Breakfast

Movie · Sound

2022
Welcome Home poster

Welcome Home

Movie · Sound

2022
GAGA poster

GAGA

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2021
Are You Lonesome Tonight? poster

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Movie · Sound Supervisor

2021
American Girl poster

American Girl

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
The Voice of Algal Reefs poster

The Voice of Algal Reefs

Movie · Sound

2021
Terrorizers poster

Terrorizers

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
The Hand poster

The Hand

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
The Falls poster

The Falls

Movie · Sound

2021
Love After Love poster

Love After Love

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
Whale Island poster

Whale Island

Movie · Sound Designer

2021
The Magician on the Skywalk poster

The Magician on the Skywalk

TV · Supervising Sound Editor · 10 eps

2020
Taipei Suicide Story poster

Taipei Suicide Story

Movie · Sound Mixer

2020
The Rope Curse 2 poster

The Rope Curse 2

Movie · Sound

2020
Your Name Engraved Herein poster

Your Name Engraved Herein

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2019
Gone with the Light poster

Gone with the Light

Movie · Sound Director

2019
Night Bus poster

Night Bus

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2019
Suburban Birds poster

Suburban Birds

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Jinpa poster

Jinpa

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
A Sun poster

A Sun

Movie · Sound Director

2019
Spring Tide poster

Spring Tide

Movie · Sound Director

2019
Balloon poster

Balloon

Movie · Sound Designer

2019
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom poster

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor

2018
To Heaven, to Gather

To Heaven, to Gather

Movie · Sound

2018
Back to the Good Times poster

Back to the Good Times

Movie · Sound

2018
Cities of Last Things poster

Cities of Last Things

Movie · Sound Designer

2018
Baby poster

Baby

Movie · Sound Designer

2018
Xiao Mei poster

Xiao Mei

Movie · Sound Designer

2018
Tracey poster

Tracey

Movie · Sound Mixer

2018
G Affairs poster

G Affairs

Movie · Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2017
Mon Mon Mon Monsters poster

Mon Mon Mon Monsters

Movie · Sound

2017
52Hz, I Love You poster

52Hz, I Love You

Movie · Sound Director

2017
Love Education poster

Love Education

Movie · Sound Editor

2017
The Great Buddha+ poster

The Great Buddha+

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
Our Time Will Come poster

Our Time Will Come

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful poster

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful

Movie · Sound Designer

2017
Take Me to the Moon poster

Take Me to the Moon

Movie · Sound Designer

2016
Underground Fragrance poster

Underground Fragrance

Movie · Sound Designer

2016
The Road to Mandalay poster

The Road to Mandalay

Movie · Sound Designer

2016
Hang in There, Kids! poster

Hang in There, Kids!

Movie · Sound Designer

2016
Three poster

Three

Movie · Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer

2016
The Tenants Downstairs poster

The Tenants Downstairs

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
Office poster

Office

Movie · Sound

2015
Elena poster

Elena

Movie · Sound Designer

2015
Wansei Back Home poster

Wansei Back Home

Movie · Sound

2015
The Assassin poster

The Assassin

Movie · Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Mixer

2015
Murmur of the Hearts poster

Murmur of the Hearts

Movie · Sound Director

2014
Aberdeen poster

Aberdeen

Movie · Sound Designer

2014
Vara: A Blessing poster

Vara: A Blessing

Movie · Sound

2014
Stray Dogs poster

Stray Dogs

Movie · Sound Designer

2014
Meeting Dr. Sun poster

Meeting Dr. Sun

Movie · Sound Director

2013
Soul poster

Soul

Movie · Sound Mixer

2013
The Rooftop poster

The Rooftop

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Walker poster

Walker

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
Girlfriend Boyfriend poster

Girlfriend Boyfriend

Movie · Sound Designer

2012
A Simple Life poster

A Simple Life

Movie · Sound Designer

2011
Great Wall, My Love poster

Great Wall, My Love

Movie · Sound Editor

2011
Return Ticket poster

Return Ticket

Movie · Sound Designer

2011
Buddha Mountain poster

Buddha Mountain

Movie · Sound Director

2011
You Are the Apple of My Eye poster

You Are the Apple of My Eye

Movie · Sound Director

2010
Au Revoir Taipei poster

Au Revoir Taipei

Movie · Sound

2010
The Fourth Portrait poster

The Fourth Portrait

Movie · Sound

2009
Su mi ma sen, Love poster

Su mi ma sen, Love

Movie · Sound

2009
Hear Me poster

Hear Me

Movie · Sound

2009
Miss Kicki poster

Miss Kicki

Movie · Sound Designer

2008
Parking poster

Parking

Movie · Sound

2008
Candy Rain poster

Candy Rain

Movie · Sound Designer

2008
1895 in Formosa poster

1895 in Formosa

Movie · Sound

2007
Amour-Legende poster

Amour-Legende

Movie · Sound Designer

2007
Reflections poster

Reflections

Movie · Sound Designer

2006
Do Over poster

Do Over

Movie · Sound

2006
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone poster

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Movie · Sound

2006
Eternal Summer poster

Eternal Summer

Movie · Sound Designer

2005
The Wayward Cloud poster

The Wayward Cloud

Movie · Sound Designer

2005
Love's Lone Flower poster

Love's Lone Flower

Movie · Sound

2005
Three Times poster

Three Times

Movie · Sound Designer

2004
Love of May poster

Love of May

Movie · Sound

2004
Holiday Dreaming poster

Holiday Dreaming

Movie · Sound

2004
20 30 40 poster

20 30 40

Movie · Sound

2004
Café Lumière poster

Café Lumière

Movie · Sound Designer

2003
Brave 20 poster

Brave 20

Movie · Sound

2003
My Whispering Plan

My Whispering Plan

Movie · Sound

2003
The Skywalk Is Gone poster

The Skywalk Is Gone

Movie · Sound

2003
Fancy 25

Fancy 25

Movie · Sound

2003
Goodbye, Dragon Inn poster

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Movie · Sound

2003
We Don't Have a Future Together poster

We Don't Have a Future Together

Movie · Sound

2002
July Rhapsody poster

July Rhapsody

Movie · Foley Editor, Foley Recordist, Sound Designer

2002
Princess D poster

Princess D

Movie · Sound Designer

2002
Blue Gate Crossing poster

Blue Gate Crossing

Movie · Sound Designer

2002
Double Vision poster

Double Vision

Movie · Sound Editor

2002
阿貴槌你喔 poster

阿貴槌你喔

Movie · Sound

2001
Betelnut Beauty poster

Betelnut Beauty

Movie · Sound

2001
Mirror Image poster

Mirror Image

Movie · Sound

2001
Millennium Mambo poster

Millennium Mambo

Movie · Sound Designer

2001
What Time Is It There? poster

What Time Is It There?

Movie · Sound

2000
Lament of the Sand River poster

Lament of the Sand River

Movie · Sound

2000
In the Mood for Love poster

In the Mood for Love

Movie · Sound

2000
The Island Tales poster

The Island Tales

Movie · Sound

2000
Yi Yi poster

Yi Yi

Movie · Sound

1998
Flowers of Shanghai poster

Flowers of Shanghai

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Jam poster

Jam

Movie · Sound

1998
Hold You Tight poster

Hold You Tight

Movie · Sound Recordist

1998
Goodbye South, Goodbye poster

Goodbye South, Goodbye

Movie · Sound Recordist

1997
Yours and Mine poster

Yours and Mine

Movie · Sound

1997
Such a life poster

Such a life

Movie · Sound

1997
Love Go Go poster

Love Go Go

Movie · Sound

1997
JIA MIEN CHAO REN

JIA MIEN CHAO REN

Movie · Sound

1997
Wolves Cry Under the Moon poster

Wolves Cry Under the Moon

Movie · Sound

1997
Happy Together poster

Happy Together

Movie · Sound Editor

1996
A Drifting Life poster

A Drifting Life

Movie · Sound

1995
The Peony Pavilion poster

The Peony Pavilion

Movie · Sound

1995
Good Men, Good Women poster

Good Men, Good Women

Movie · Sound

1993
The Puppetmaster poster

The Puppetmaster

Movie · Sound

1992
Dust of Angels poster

Dust of Angels

Movie · Sound

1991
A Brighter Summer Day poster

A Brighter Summer Day

Movie · Sound

1990
Song of the Exile poster

Song of the Exile

Movie · Sound Recordist

1989
Boss No Balls poster

Boss No Balls

Movie · Sound

1989
A City of Sadness poster

A City of Sadness

Movie · Sound

1988
Neverending Memory poster

Neverending Memory

Movie · Sound Designer

1987
The Game They Call Sex poster

The Game They Call Sex

Movie · Sound

1987
Split of the Spirit poster

Split of the Spirit

Movie · Sound

1986
Terrorizers poster

Terrorizers

Movie · Sound Recordist

1985
Spring Daddy poster

Spring Daddy

Movie · Sound

1985
Run Away poster

Run Away

Movie · Sound

1985
My Favorite Season poster

My Favorite Season

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Super Citizen poster

Super Citizen

Movie · Sound

1985
Kuei-mei, a Woman poster

Kuei-mei, a Woman

Movie · Sound Recordist

1985
Run Tiger Run poster

Run Tiger Run

Movie · Sound Recordist

1985
Taipei Story poster

Taipei Story

Movie · Sound, Original Music Composer

1984
Teenage Fugitive poster

Teenage Fugitive

Movie · Sound Designer

1984
A Summer at Grandpa's poster

A Summer at Grandpa's

Movie · Original Music Composer

1983
Ah Fei poster

Ah Fei

Movie · Sound Designer

1983
That Day, on the Beach poster

That Day, on the Beach

Movie · Sound

1982
In Our Time poster

In Our Time

Movie · Sound

1981
If I Were for Real poster

If I Were for Real

Movie · Sound Recordist