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Johnnie To (born 22 April 1955), also known as To Kei-Fung (杜琪峯), is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in the West he is best known for his action and crime movies, which have earned him critical respect〔(Senses of Cinema: The Belated Auteurism of Johnnie To )〕 and a cult following (which include Quentin Tarantino, who once said that he really loves to watch To's gangster films〔http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-08-18/news/quentin-tarantino-the-inglourious-basterds-interview/3/〕). To's biggest international successes include ''Breaking News'', ''Election'', ''Election 2'' (aka ''Triad Election''), ''Exiled'', ''Mad Detective'' and ''Drug War''; these films have appeared in a number of international film festivals, been distributed theatrically in France and the United States, and been widely sold to foreign countries. His films, often made in collaboration with the same group of actors, screenwriters and cinematographers, frequently explore themes of friendship, fate and the changing face of Hong Kong society. Sometimes described as "multifaceted and chameleonic"〔 due to his ability to switch tones and genres between movies, To is nonetheless seen as having a consistent style, which involves mixing subdued realism and social observation with highly stylised visual and acting elements.〔 To heads the Hong Kong-based production company Milkyway Image with his frequent co-director Wai Ka-Fai. ==Career== Johnnie To began his career at age 17〔 as a messenger for the Hong Kong television studio TVB. From there To moved up the ladder, working as an executive producer and director for TV shows starting in 1973. In 1978, he shot his first theatrical feature, but continued working in television. In 1983, he directed and screen-wrote the critically acclaimed The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a dramatised TV series base on the martial art novel of the same name by Louis Cha. While working as an assistant TV director during the Shaw Studios era, he directed ''All About Ah-Long'' in 1989, starring Chow Yun-fat, the film became one of the biggest box office hits in that year. In 1988, he co-directed ''The Big Heat'', his first action movie. The film was produced by Tsui Hark. The end of the 1980s also saw some of To's biggest commercial successes, the vast majority of which were comedies. His 1988 film ''The Eighth Happiness'' was that year's highest grossing movie. In 1996, To and frequent collaborator Wai Ka-Fai formed Milkyway Image, a production house that specialises in cost-efficient independent films made by To and Wai, as well their frequent collaborators from Law Wing-Cheong to scriptwriter Yau Nai-Hoi. In April 2011, it was announced that he would be a member of the jury for the main competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film ''Life Without Principle'' was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. To is a member of the governing Council of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.〔(HKADC Council Members )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnnie To」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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