Tu Duu-Chih

Tu Duu-chih (, 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.

Early life and education Born April 5, 1955, in Taipei, Tu entered the Central Motion Picture Corporation Film Technicians Training Program in 1973. Career In 1978, Tu was hired to the Central Motion Picture Corporation sound department as an assistant sound engineer.

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 1997Sweet 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 What Time is it There? Asia-Pacific Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1997 Best Sound A Cha-Cha for the Fugitive 2010 Torocco 2012 Girlfriend Boyfriend 2013 Stray Dogs Hong Kong Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2002 Best Sound Design Visible Secret 2005 2046 2008 The Drummer 2011 Dream Home 2015 The Crossing 2016 Office 2018 Our Time Will Come 2019 G Affairs 2020 Fagara Beyond the Dream 2022 Anita 2023 Where the Wind Blows The Sparring Partner Taipei Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2019 Best Sound DesignCities of Last Things 2023 Coo-Coo 043 A Place Called Silence