# Tu Duu-chih

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.

## 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.
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.
A 2001 Taipei Times article stated that Tu acted as the sound editor for 70 percent of Taiwanese films released since the 1980s.
In 2004, Tu founded 3H Sound Studio, an audio production company.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1982 | In Our Time | — |
| 1982 | The Winter of 1905 | — |
| 1982 | Ku Lian | — |
| 1983 | Growing Up | — |
| 1983 | That Day, on the Beach | — |
| 1983 | The Boys from Fengkuei | — |
| 1984 | You ma cai zi | — |
| 1984 | A Summer at Grandpa's | — |
| 1984 | Wo ai Mali | — |
| 1986 | Taipei Story | — |
| 1986 | Ce ma ru lin | — |
| 1986 | Chao ji shi min | — |
| 1986 | A Time to Live and a Time to Die | — |
| 1986 | Kuei-mei, a Woman | — |
| 1986 | Yang chun lao ba | — |
| 1986 | The Terrorizers | — |
| 1986 | This Love of Mine | — |
| 1988 | Yuan nu | — |
| 1988 | Huang se gu shi | — |
| 1989 | A City of Sadness | — |
| 1990 | A Home Too Far | — |
| 1991 | A Brighter Summer Day | — |
| 1991 | Qingchun wu hi | — |
| 1992 | Dust of Angels | — |
| 1992 | Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land | — |
| 1993 | The Puppetmaster | — |
| 1993 | Green Green Leaves of Home | — |
| 1994 | A Confucian Confusion | — |
| 1994 | The Red Lotus Society | — |
| 1994 | May Jane | Credited as Du-Jy Du |
| 1995 | Heartbreak Island | — |
| 1995 | Good Men, Good Women | — |
| 1995 | The Peony Pavilion | — |
| 1996 | Mahjong | — |
| 1996 | Goodbye South, Goodbye | — |
| 1996 | Tai ping tian guo | — |
| 1997 | Sweet Degeneration | — |
| 1997 | A Queer Story | — |
| 1997 | Gei tao wang zhe de qia qia | — |
| 1997 | Happy Together | — |
| 1997 | Guo dao feng bi | — |
| 1998 | Hold You Tight | — |
| 1998 | The Candidate | Post-production sound |
| 1999 | 3 ju zhi lian | — |
| 2000 | The Island Tales | — |
| 2000 | Xiang si chen xianzai | — |
| 2000 | Yi Yi | — |
| 2000 | In the Mood for Love | — |
| 2000 | Pure Accidents | — |
| 2000 | The Cabbie | — |
| 2001 | Betelnut Beauty | — |
| 2001 | Beijing Bicycle | — |
| 2001 | Ming dai zhui zhu | — |
| 2001 | What Time Is It There? | — |
| 2001 | Millennium Mambo | — |
| 2001 | Visible Secret | — |
| 2001 | Hou niao | — |
| 2001 | Ren jian xi ju | — |
| 2002 | Wa dong ren | — |
| 2002 | July Rhapsody | — |
| 2002 | Princess D | — |
| 2002 | Ai qing ling yao | — |
| 2002 | Kong zhong hua yuan | — |
| 2002 | Double Vision | — |
| 2002 | Blue Gate Crossing | — |
| 2002 | Visible Secret II | — |
| 2002 | Demi-Haunted | — |
| 2002 | Twenty Something Taipei | — |
| 2002 | Fancy 25 | — |
| 2002 | Brave 20 | — |
| 2002 | Voice of Waves | — |
| 2002 | My Whispering Plan | — |
| 2003 | How High Is the Mountain? | — |
| 2003 | Er di | — |
| 2003 | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | — |
| 2003 | The Missing | — |
| 2003 | Café Lumière | — |
| 2004 | 20:30:40 | — |
| 2004 | 2046 | — |
| 2004 | Love of May | — |
| 2004 | Eros | "The Hand" segment |
| 2004 | Meng you xia wei yi | — |
| 2004 | Da xuan min | — |
| 2005 | About Love | Taipei segment |
| 2005 | The Wayward Cloud | — |
| 2005 | Three Times | — |
| 2005 | Ai yu yong qi | — |
| 2005 | Lian ren | — |
| 2005 | Hu gu po | — |
| 2005 | Ai li si de jing zi | — |
| 2006 | Silk | — |
| 2006 | Do Over | — |
| 2006 | Shen you qing ren | — |
| 2006 | I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | — |
| 2006 | Tai yang yue | — |
| 2006 | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | — |
| 2006 | Qi ji de xia tian | — |
| 2006 | My Mother is a Belly Dancer | — |
| 2006 | Eternal Summer | — |
| 2006 | Cha Tian Shan zhi ge | — |
| 2006 | Exit No. 6 | Supervising sound editor |
| 2006 | Island Etude | — |
| 2006 | Song shu zi sha shi jian | — |
| 2006 | Drifting Paradise | — |
| 2007 | Spider Lilies | — |
| 2007 | The Most Distant Course | — |
| 2007 | Chuan qiang ren | — |
| 2007 | Secret | Final mixer |
| 2007 | The Drummer | — |
| 2007 | Help Me, Eros | — |
| 2007 | Shen xuan zhe | Supervising sound editor |
| 2007 | What on Earth Have I Done Wrong?! | — |
| 2007 | I Wish | — |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Dunk | — |
| 2008 | Drifting Flowers | — |
| 2008 | Candy Rain | — |
| 2008 | Run Papa Run | — |
| 2008 | The Way We Are | — |
| 2008 | Artemisia | Supervising sound designer |
| 2008 | Dou cha | — |
| 2008 | Cape No. 7 | Final mixer |
| 2008 | Ballistic | Sound mixer |
| 2008 | Miao Miao | — |
| 2008 | Xiong mei | — |
| 2008 | Tibet, Taipei | — |
| 2009 | Dui bu qi wo ai ni | — |
| 2009 | Yang Yang | — |
| 2009 | Finding Shangri-La | — |
| 2009 | Night and Fog | — |
| 2009 | Miss Kicki | — |
| 2009 | Sham moh | — |
| 2009 | Hear Me | — |
| 2009 | Prince of Tears | — |
| 2009 | Pinoy Sunday | — |
| 2009 | Torocco | — |
| 2009 | The Treasure Hunter | — |
| 2010 | Monga | — |
| 2010 | One Day | — |
| 2010 | Love in a Puff | — |
| 2010 | Seven Days in Heaven | Final mixer |
| 2010 | Dream Home | — |
| 2010 | Taipei Exchanges | — |
| 2010 | Love in Disguise | — |
| 2010 | The Fourth Portrait | — |
| 2010 | All About Love | — |
| 2010 | Buddha Mountain | — |
| 2010 | Once Upon a Time in Tibet | — |
| 2010 | The Long Goodbye | — |
| 2010 | Road to the Ghost Horse | — |
| 2011 | Night Market Hero | — |
| 2011 | Goodbye May | — |
| 2011 | Return Ticket | — |
| 2011 | Make Up | — |
| 2011 | Honey PuPu | — |
| 2011 | You Are the Apple of My Eye | — |
| 2011 | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale | — |
| 2011 | A Simple Life | — |
| 2011 | Mayday 3DNA | — |
| 2011 | Mural | Sound mixer |
| 2011 | Lovesick | — |
| 2011 | Starry Starry Night | — |
| 2011 | 10+10 | "Something's Gotta Give" and "The Orphans" segments |
| 2011 | Dian Na Cha | — |
| 2011 | Road Less Traveled | — |
| 2011 | Great Wall, My Love | Sound mixer |
| 2012 | The Soul of Bread | — |
| 2012 | Love | — |
| 2012 | Father's Lullaby | — |
| 2012 | Love in the Buff | — |
| 2012 | Joyful Reunion | — |
| 2012 | The Third Wish | — |
| 2012 | The Bird Who Saved the World | — |
| 2012 | Melody | — |
| 2012 | Double Trouble | — |
| 2012 | Girlfriend Boyfriend | — |
| 2012 | The Fierce Wife Final Episode | — |
| 2012 | Double Xposure | Sound mixer |
| 2012 | When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep | — |
| 2012 | Legend of the T-Dog | Credited as Du Du-Zhi |
| 2013 | A ma de meng zhong qing ren | — |
| 2013 | The Stolen Years | — |
| 2013 | Young Style | — |
| 2013 | Tiny Times | — |
| 2013 | Soul | Re-recording mixer |
| 2013 | The Rooftop | — |
| 2013 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Sound effect director |
| 2013 | 27°C: Loaf Rock | — |
| 2013 | Tiny Times 2.0 | — |
| 2013 | Stray Dogs | — |
| 2013 | Silent Witness | — |
| 2013 | Ting jian xia yu de sheng yin | — |
| 2013 | Takao Dancer | — |
| 2013 | Love Transplantation | — |
| 2013 | Twelve Nights | Sound supervisor |
| 2014 | Sweet Alibis | — |
| 2014 | The Journey | — |
| 2014 | Women Who Flirt | — |
| 2014 | Kano | — |
| 2014 | Aberdeen | — |
| 2014 | Partners in Crime | — |
| 2014 | Meeting Dr. Sun | — |
| 2014 | Girls | — |
| 2014 | Taipei Factory II | "Soap Opera" segment |
| 2014 | Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema | — |
| 2014 | Paradise in Service | — |
| 2014 | The Golden Era | — |
| 2014 | (Sex) Appeal | — |
| 2014 | Five Minutes to Tomorrow | — |
| 2014 | Live at Love | — |
| 2014 | Elena | — |
| 2014 | It Takes Two to Tango | — |
| 2014 | The Crossing | — |
| 2015 | Time Is Money | — |
| 2015 | The Wonderful Wedding | Audio post-production |
| 2015 | Kepong Gangster 2 | — |
| 2015 | Murmur of the Hearts | — |
| 2015 | The Queens | — |
| 2015 | First of May | — |
| 2015 | Baby Steps | — |
| 2015 | The Assassin | Sound mixer |
| 2015 | Our Times | — |
| 2015 | Wawa No Cidal | — |
| 2015 | Zinnia Flower | — |
| 2015 | The Crossing 2 | — |
| 2015 | Fly, Kite Fly | — |
| 2015 | Office | — |
| 2015 | All You Need is Love | — |
| 2015 | Underground Fragrance | — |
| 2015 | Taste of Life | — |
| 2015 | Go Lala Go 2 | — |
| 2016 | Ola Bola | — |
| 2016 | Rookie Chef | — |
| 2016 | City of Jade | — |
| 2016 | Dog Days | — |
| 2016 | Hang in There, Kids! | — |
| 2016 | Heaven in the Dark | — |
| 2016 | New York New York | — |
| 2016 | At Cafe 6 | — |
| 2016 | The Tenants Downstairs | — |
| 2016 | Go! Crazy Gangster | Sound mixer |
| 2016 | Hai de bi duan | Sound mixer |
| 2016 | Hema Hema | — |
| 2016 | The Road to Mandalay | — |
| 2016 | Mrs K | — |
| 2016 | Shed Skin Papa | — |
| 2017 | 52Hz, I Love You | — |
| 2017 | Barkley | — |
| 2017 | Xian yi ren X de xian shen | — |
| 2017 | Love Off the Cuff | — |
| 2017 | The Mysterious Family | — |
| 2017 | Mon Mon Mon Monsters | — |
| 2017 | You Mean the World to Me | — |
| 2017 | God of War | — |
| 2017 | Shuttle Life | — |
| 2017 | Our Time Will Come | — |
| 2017 | The Great Buddha+ | — |
| 2017 | Secret Fruit | — |
| 2017 | The Taste of Rice Flower | — |
| 2017 | Manhunt | — |
| 2017 | Never-Ending Road | — |
| 2017 | The White Girl | — |
| 2017 | The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful | — |
| 2017 | Love Education | — |
| 2017 | Seventy-Seven Days | — |
| 2017 | Take Me to the Moon | — |
| 2017 | Back to the Good Times | — |
| 2018 | Gatao 2: Rise of the King | Supervising sound editor |
| 2018 | Xiao Mei | — |
| 2018 | About Youth | — |
| 2018 | Us and Them | — |
| 2018 | Suburban Birds | — |
| 2018 | Cities of Last Things | — |
| 2018 | Baby | — |
| 2018 | Tracey | Supervising sound editor |
| 2018 | G Affairs | — |
| 2019 | Han Dan | — |
| 2019 | Spring Tide | — |
| 2019 | Love the Way You Are | — |
| 2019 | A Fool in Love, Love Like a Fool | — |
| 2019 | Little Q | — |
| 2019 | Balloon | — |
| 2019 | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom | — |
| 2019 | Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache | Re-recording mixer |
| 2019 | Beyond the Dream | — |
| 2019 | Wo de ling hun shi ai zuo de | Supervising sound editor |
| 2019 | Gone with the Light | — |
| 2020 | Your Name Engraved Herein | — |
| 2020 | Whale Island | — |
| 2020 | A Little Bird Reminds Me | — |
| 2020 | The Rope Curse 2 | — |
| 2020 | Love After Love | — |
| 2020 | A Leg | — |
| 2020 | Precious Is the Night | — |
| 2021 | I Missed You | Supervising sound editors |
| 2021 | Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Re-recording mixer |
| 2021 | Before Next Spring | — |
| 2021 | Ripples of Life | — |
| 2021 | The Falls | — |
| 2021 | Terrorizers | — |
| 2021 | Anita | — |
| 2021 | American Girl | — |
| 2022 | My Best Friend's Breakfast | — |
| 2022 | Stay with Me | — |
| 2022 | Where the Wind Blows | — |
| 2022 | Hong Kong Family | — |
| 2022 | Divine Factory | — |
| 2022 | Lost Leaf | — |
| 2023 | Ma, I Love You | — |
| 2023 | Abang Adik | — |
| 2023 | Monkey King - Rebirth | — |
| 2023 | Only the River Flows | — |
| 2023 | The Settlers | — |
| 2023 | The Monk and the Gun | — |
| 2023 | Snow in Midsummer | — |
| 2024 | All Shall Be Well | — |
| 2024 | Dormir De Olhos Abertos | Re-recording mixer |
| 2024 | 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 |
| 1984 | Best Sound Recording | Kendo Kids | Nominated |
| 1985 | Best Sound Recording | Super Citizen Ko | Won |
| 1986 | Best Sound Recording | My Love | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Sound Effects | A City of Sadness | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Sound Recording | A Brighter Summer Day | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Sound Recording | Dust of Angels | Won |
| 1992 | Best Sound Effects | The Peach Blossom Land | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Sound Recording | Green, Green Leaves of Home | Nominated |
| 1993 | Best Sound Recording | The Puppetmaster | Won |
| 1994 | Best Sound Effects | A Borrowed Life | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Sound Effects | A Confucian Confusion | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Sound Effects | Super Citizen Ko | Nominated |
| 1995 | Best Sound Effects | Good Men, Good Women | Nominated |
| 1997 | Best Sound Effects | Happy Together | Nominated |
| 1999 | Best Sound Effects | Ordinary Heroes | Nominated |
| 2000 | Best Sound Effects | Feeling by Night | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Sound Effects | What Time is it There? | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Sound Effects | Millennium Mambo | Won |
| 2002 | Best Sound Effects | Double Vision | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Sound Effects | Goodbye, Dragon Inn | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Sound Effects | Sacrificial Victims | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Sound Effects | 2046 | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Sound Effects | Amour - Legende | Won |
| 2007 | Best Sound Effects | The Most Distance | Won |
| 2008 | Best Sound Effects | Cape No. 7 | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Sound Effects | Like a Dream | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Sound Effects | Yang Yang | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Sound Effects | MONGA | Won |
| 2011 | Best Sound Effects | Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale | Won |
| 2013 | Best Sound Effects | Stray Dogs | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Sound Effects | Soul | Won |
| 2014 | Best Sound Effects | Paradise in Service | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Sound Effects | Office | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Sound Effects | The Assassin | Won |
| 2017 | Best Sound Effects | The Great Buddha+ | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Sound Effects | Mon Mon Mon Monsters! | Won |
| 2020 | Best Sound Effects | Beyond the Dream | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Sound Effects | Terrorizers | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Sound Effects | Coo-Coo 043 | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Sound Effects | A BOY AND A GIRL | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Sound Effects | Snow in Midsummer | Won |

### Cannes Film Festival

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

### Asia-Pacific Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1997 | Best Sound | A Cha-Cha for the Fugitive | Won |
| 2010 | Best Sound | Torocco | Won |
| 2012 | Best Sound | Girlfriend Boyfriend | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Sound | Stray Dogs | Won |

### Hong Kong Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Best Sound Design | Visible Secret | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Sound Design | 2046 | Nominated |
| 2008 | Best Sound Design | The Drummer | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Sound Design | Dream Home | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Sound Design | The Crossing | Won |
| 2016 | Best Sound Design | Office | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Sound Design | Our Time Will Come | Nominated |
| 2019 | Best Sound Design | G Affairs | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Sound Design | Fagara | Nominated |
| 2020 | Best Sound Design | Beyond the Dream | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Sound Design | Anita | Won |
| 2023 | Best Sound Design | Where the Wind Blows | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Sound Design | The Sparring Partner | Nominated |

### Taipei Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2019 | Best Sound Design | Cities of Last Things | Won |
| 2023 | Best Sound Design | Coo-Coo 043 | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Sound Design | A Place Called Silence | Nominated |