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Johnnie To
Birth at
22 April 1955
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Johnny To is a Hong Kong producer and director. Johnny began his career at the age of seventeen, working as a messenger for TVB in Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has been executive producer and director of television series. In 1980, he made his debut in cinema – he shot the film “The Mysterious Case”, while continuing to work actively on television. In the late eighties, he managed to shoot several commercially successful films, the vast majority of which were comedies, in particular, his film. "Eighth
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Johnny To is a Hong Kong producer and director.
Johnny began his career at the age of seventeen, working as a messenger for TVB in Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has been executive producer and director of television series. In 1980, he made his debut in cinema – he shot the film “The Mysterious Case”, while continuing to work actively on television.
In the late eighties, he managed to shoot several commercially successful films, the vast majority of which were comedies, in particular, his film.
"Eighth Happiness" It was released in 1988 and became the highest grossing picture of that period.
In 1989, Johnny made a film.
All About A Long , which brought him popularity and became one of the highest grossing films of 1989. To's tapes often appeared at international film festivals, mainly in North America and Europe.
In 1996, the director, together with Hong Kong film director and screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai, decided to form an independent film company Milkyway Image (Hong Kong) Ltd.
In 2005, Johnny To was awarded the prestigious Time Machine Career Achievement Award at the Spanish Film Festival in Sitges.
Five of his films were presented at the Cannes Festival: Elections, Hot News, Elections 2, Triangle and Revenge. The last film competed for the Palme d'Or. In 2008, a film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival.
"Sparrow" It was released in 2009.
In 2011, To was elected as a member of the jury of the sixty-fourth Cannes Film Festival.
Johnny often works on films with the same cast. The most popular themes of his tapes are fate and friendship.