Tu Duu-chih

Tu Duu-chih
Tu Duu-chih
	Tu duu chih at third
Born	April 5, 1955; 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	N/a
	The Winter of 1905	N/a
	Ku Lian	N/a
1983	Growing Up	N/a
	That Day, on the Beach	N/a
	The Boys from Fengkuei	N/a
1984	You ma cai zi	N/a
	A Summer at Grandpa's	N/a
	Wo ai Mali	N/a
1986	Taipei Story	N/a
	Ce ma ru lin	N/a
	Chao ji shi min	N/a
	A Time to Live and a Time to Die	N/a
	Kuei-mei, a Woman	N/a
	Yang chun lao ba	N/a
1986	The Terrorizers	N/a
1986	This Love of Mine	N/a
1988	Yuan nu	N/a
1988	Huang se gu shi	N/a
1989	A City of Sadness	N/a
1990	A Home Too Far	N/a
1991	A Brighter Summer Day	N/a
1991	Qingchun wu hi	N/a
1992	Dust of Angels	N/a
1992	Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land	N/a
1993	The Puppetmaster	N/a
1993	Green Green Leaves of Home	N/a
1994	A Confucian Confusion	N/a
	The Red Lotus Society	N/a
	May Jane	Credited as Du-Jy Du
1995	Heartbreak Island	N/a
	Good Men, Good Women	N/a
	The Peony Pavilion	N/a
1996	Mahjong	N/a
	Goodbye South, Goodbye	N/a
	Tai ping tian guo	N/a
1997	Sweet Degeneration	N/a
	A Queer Story	N/a
	Gei tao wang zhe de qia qia	N/a
	Happy Together	N/a
	Guo dao feng bi	N/a
1998	Hold You Tight	N/a
1998	The Candidate	Post-production sound
1999	3 ju zhi lian	N/a
2000	The Island Tales	N/a
	Xiang si chen xianzai	N/a
	Yi Yi	N/a
	In the Mood for Love	N/a
	Pure Accidents	N/a
	The Cabbie	N/a
2001	Betelnut Beauty	N/a
	Beijing Bicycle	N/a
	Ming dai zhui zhu	N/a
	What Time Is It There?	N/a
	Millennium Mambo	N/a
	Visible Secret	N/a
	Hou niao	N/a
	Ren jian xi ju	N/a
2002	Wa dong ren	N/a
	July Rhapsody	N/a
	Princess D	N/a
	Ai qing ling yao	N/a
	Kong zhong hua yuan	N/a
	Double Vision	N/a
	Blue Gate Crossing	N/a
	Visible Secret II	N/a
	Demi-Haunted	N/a
	Twenty Something Taipei	N/a
	Fancy 25	N/a
	Brave 20	N/a
	Voice of Waves	N/a
	My Whispering Plan	N/a
2003	How High Is the Mountain?	N/a
	Er di	N/a
	Goodbye, Dragon Inn	N/a
	The Missing	N/a
	Café Lumière	N/a
2004	20:30:40	N/a
	2046	N/a
	Love of May	N/a
	Eros	"The Hand" segment
	Meng you xia wei yi	N/a
	Da xuan min	N/a
2005	About Love	Taipei segment
	The Wayward Cloud	N/a
	Three Times	N/a
	Ai yu yong qi	N/a
	Lian ren	N/a
	Hu gu po	N/a
	Ai li si de jing zi	N/a
2006	Silk	N/a
	Do Over	N/a
	Shen you qing ren	N/a
	I Don't Want to Sleep Alone	N/a
	Tai yang yue	N/a
	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt	N/a
	Qi ji de xia tian	N/a
	My Mother is a Belly Dancer	N/a
	Eternal Summer	N/a
	Cha Tian Shan zhi ge	N/a
	Exit No. 6	Supervising sound editor
	Island Etude	N/a
	Song shu zi sha shi jian	N/a
	Drifting Paradise	N/a
2007	Spider Lilies	N/a
	The Most Distant Course	N/a
	Chuan qiang ren	N/a
	Secret	Final mixer
	The Drummer	N/a
	Help Me, Eros	N/a
	Shen xuan zhe	Supervising sound editor
	What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?!	N/a
	I Wish	N/a
2008	Kung Fu Dunk	N/a
	Drifting Flowers	N/a
	Candy Rain	N/a
	Run Papa Run	N/a
	The Way We Are	N/a
	Artemisia	Supervising sound designer
	Dou cha	N/a
	Cape No. 7	Final mixer
	Ballistic	Sound mixer
	Miao Miao	N/a
	Xiong mei	N/a
	Tibet, Taipei	N/a
2009	Dui bu qi wo ai ni	N/a
	Yang Yang	N/a
	Finding Shangri-La	N/a
	Night and Fog	N/a
	Miss Kicki	N/a
	Sham moh	N/a
	Hear Me	N/a
	Prince of Tears	N/a
	Pinoy Sunday	N/a
	Torocco	N/a
	The Treasure Hunter	N/a
2010	Monga	N/a
	One Day	N/a
	Love in a Puff	N/a
	Seven Days in Heaven	Final mixer
	Dream Home	N/a
	Taipei Exchanges	N/a
	Love in Disguise	N/a
	The Fourth Portrait	N/a
	All About Love	N/a
	Buddha Mountain	N/a
	Once Upon a Time in Tibet	N/a
	The Long Goodbye	N/a
	Road to the Ghost Horse	N/a
2011	Night Market Hero	N/a
	Goodbye May	N/a
	Return Ticket	N/a
	Make Up	N/a
	Honey PuPu	N/a
	You Are the Apple of My Eye	N/a
	Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	N/a
	A Simple Life	N/a
	Mayday 3DNA	N/a
	Mural	Sound mixer
	Lovesick	N/a
	Starry Starry Night	N/a
	10+10	"Something's Gotta Give" and "The Orphans" segments
	Dian Na Cha	N/a
	Road Less Traveled	N/a
	Great Wall, My Love	Sound mixer
2012	The Soul of Bread	N/a
	Love	N/a
	Father's Lullaby	N/a
	Love in the Buff	N/a
	Joyful Reunion	N/a
	The Third Wish	N/a
	The Bird Who Saved the World	N/a
	Melody	N/a
	Double Trouble	N/a
	Girlfriend Boyfriend	N/a
	The Fierce Wife Final Episode	N/a
	Double Xposure	Sound mixer
	When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep	N/a
	Legend of the T-Dog	Credited as Du Du-Zhi
2013	A ma de meng zhong qing ren	N/a
	The Stolen Years	N/a
	Young Style	N/a
	Tiny Times	N/a
	Soul	Re-recording mixer
	The Rooftop	N/a
	Bridge Over Troubled Water	Sound effect director
	27°C: Loaf Rock	N/a
	Tiny Times 2.0	N/a
	Stray Dogs	N/a
	Silent Witness	N/a
	Ting jian xia yu de sheng yin	N/a
	Takao Dancer	N/a
	Love Transplantation	N/a
	Twelve Nights	Sound supervisor
2014	Sweet Alibis	N/a
	The Journey	N/a
	Women Who Flirt	N/a
	Kano	N/a
	Aberdeen	N/a
	Partners in Crime	N/a
	Meeting Dr. Sun	N/a
	Girls	N/a
	Taipei Factory II	"Soap Opera" segment
	Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema	N/a
	Paradise in Service	N/a
	The Golden Era	N/a
	(Sex) Appeal	N/a
	Five Minutes to Tomorrow	N/a
	Live at Love	N/a
	Elena	N/a
	It Takes Two to Tango	N/a
	The Crossing	N/a
2015	Time Is Money	N/a
	The Wonderful Wedding	Audio post-production
	Kepong Gangster 2	N/a
	Murmur of the Hearts	N/a
	The Queens	N/a
	First of May	N/a
	Baby Steps	N/a
	The Assassin	Sound mixer
	Our Times	N/a
	Wawa No Cidal	N/a
	Zinnia Flower	N/a
	The Crossing 2	N/a
	Fly, Kite Fly	N/a
	Office	N/a
	All You Need is Love	N/a
	Underground Fragrance	N/a
	Taste of Life	N/a
	Go Lala Go 2	N/a
2016	Ola Bola	N/a
	Rookie Chef	N/a
	City of Jade	N/a
	Dog Days	N/a
	Hang in There, Kids!	N/a
	Heaven in the Dark	N/a
	New York New York	N/a
	At Cafe 6	N/a
	The Tenants Downstairs	N/a
	Go! Crazy Gangster	Sound mixer
	Hai de bi duan	Sound mixer
	Hema Hema	N/a
	The Road to Mandalay	N/a
	Mrs K	N/a
	Shed Skin Papa	N/a
2017	52Hz, I Love You	N/a
	Barkley	N/a
	Xian yi ren X de xian shen	N/a
	Love Off the Cuff	N/a
	The Mysterious Family	N/a
	Mon Mon Mon Monsters	N/a
	You Mean the World to Me	N/a
	God of War	N/a
	Shuttle Life	N/a
	Our Time Will Come	N/a
	The Great Buddha+	N/a
	Secret Fruit	N/a
	The Taste of Rice Flower	N/a
	Manhunt	N/a
	Never-Ending Road	N/a
	The White Girl	N/a
	The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful	N/a
	Love Education	N/a
	Seventy-Seven Days	N/a
	Take Me to the Moon	N/a
	Back to the Good Times	N/a
2018	Gatao 2: Rise of the King	Supervising sound editor
	Xiao Mei	N/a
	About Youth	N/a
	Us and Them	N/a
	Suburban Birds	N/a
	Cities of Last Things	N/a
	Baby	N/a
	Tracey	Supervising sound editor
	G Affairs	N/a
2019	Han Dan	N/a
	Spring Tide	N/a
	Love the Way You Are	N/a
	A Fool in Love, Love Like a Fool	N/a
	Little Q	N/a
	Balloon	N/a
	Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom	N/a
	Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache	Re-recording mixer
	Beyond the Dream	N/a
	Wo de ling hun shi ai zuo de	Supervising sound editor
	Gone with the Light	N/a
2020	Your Name Engraved Herein	N/a
	Whale Island	N/a
	A Little Bird Reminds Me	N/a
	The Rope Curse 2	N/a
	Love After Love	N/a
	A Leg	N/a
	Precious Is the Night	N/a
2021	I Missed You	Supervising sound editors
	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	Re-recording mixer
	Before Next Spring	N/a
	Ripples of Life	N/a
	The Falls	N/a
	Terrorizers	N/a
	Anita	N/a
	American Girl	N/a
2022	My Best Friend's Breakfast	N/a
	Stay with Me	N/a
	Where the Wind Blows	N/a
	Hong Kong Family	N/a
	Divine Factory	N/a
	Lost Leaf	N/a
2023	Ma, I Love You	N/a
	Abang Adik	N/a
	Monkey King - Rebirth	N/a
	Only the River Flows	N/a
	The Settlers	N/a
	The Monk and the Gun	N/a
	Snow in Midsummer	N/a
2024	All Shall Be Well	N/a
	Dormir De Olhos Abertos	Re-recording mixer
	Shambhala	N/a

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	Best Sound Recording	Dust of Angels	Won	^[4]
1992	Best Sound Effects	The Peach Blossom Land	Nominated	^[4]
1993	Best Sound Recording	Green, Green Leaves of Home	Nominated	^[4]
1993	Best Sound Recording	The Puppetmaster	Won	^[4]
1994	Best Sound Effects	A Borrowed Life	Nominated	^[4]
1994		A Confucian Confusion	Nominated	^[4]
1995		Super Citizen Ko	Nominated	^[4]
1995		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]
2001		Millennium Mambo	Won	^[4]
2002		Double Vision	Nominated	^[4]
2003		Goodbye, Dragon Inn	Nominated	^[4]
2004		Sacrificial Victims	Nominated	^[4]
2004		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]
2009		Yang Yang	Nominated	^[4]
2010		MONGA	Won	^[4]
2011		Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale	Won	^[4]
2013		Stray Dogs	Nominated	^[4]
2013		Soul	Won	^[4]
2014		Paradise in Service	Nominated	^[4]
2015		Office	Nominated	^[4]
2015		The Assassin	Won	^[4]
2017		The Great Buddha+	Nominated	^[4]
2017		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]
2023		Snow in Midsummer	Won	^[4]

Cannes Film Festival

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Technical Grand Prize	Millennium Mambo	Won	^[6]
2001	Technical Grand Prize	What Time is it There?	Won	^[6]

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]
2020		Beyond the Dream	Nominated^[d]
2022		Anita	Won^[d]	^[18]
2023		Where the Wind Blows	Nominated^[d]	^[19]
2023		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]
2023		A Place Called Silence	Nominated	^[4]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Shared with Kuo Li-chi
^ Shared with Claude Letessier
^ Shared with David M. Richardson and Wu Shu-yao
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Shared with Wu Shu-yao
^ ^a ^b Shared with Chiang Yi-chen
^ Shared with Chiang Yi-chen

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

[kuo-9] Shared with Kuo Li-chi

[12] Shared with Claude Letessier

[17] Shared with David M. Richardson and Wu Shu-yao

[wu-19] Shared with Wu Shu-yao

[chiang-21] Shared with Chiang Yi-chen

[26] Shared with Chiang Yi-chen

[tatler-1] "Duu Chih Tu". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[2] "Tribute to Tu Duu-Chih". Festival des 3 Contintents. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[taipei-3] Yu, Sen-lun. "Fathering sync sound". Taipei Times. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[tc-4] ^ ^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.

[5] "Award Winning Audio Post Facility 3H Sound Studio Installs Multiple Fairlight Advanced Consoles". The Hollywood Professional Association. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[6] "Duu-chih tu". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[7] "A Cha-Cha for the Fugitive - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[8] "Girlfriend Boyfriend - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[10] "Stray Dogs - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[11] "Visible Secret - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[13] "2046 - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[14] "The Drummer - Awards & Festivals". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[15] "Dream Home - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[16] "The Crossing I - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[18] "Office - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[20] "Our Time Will Come - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[22] "Fagara - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[23] "Anita - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[24] "Where the Wind Blows - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

[25] "The Sparring Partner - Awards & Nominations". MUBI. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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