David Wu
Birthday: 1952-07-31
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China
Biography: David Wu Tai Wai (Chinese 胡大為; born Hong Kong, 1952) is a Hong Kong-Canadian editor, director, and actor of film and television, known for his collaborations with directors John Woo and Ronnie Yu. He is also the editor of several international cult classics such as A Chinese Ghost Story , Hard Boiled, Bride of Chucky and Brotherhood of the Wolf. He has been nominated 12 times for the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Editing, winning twice for Hard Boiled (1992) and The Crossing (2014). He has also been nominated for several Directors Guild of Canada and Leo Awards.
Movies
Flying Dagger
The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. ...
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Run Tiger Run
Homeless lads Teddy and Benny befriend a rich boy, heir to his grandfather's massive fortune. His un...
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Where's Officer Tuba?
Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding t...
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Follow the Star
On that side of the track is Ah Sing (Roy Chiao), uncouth, unkempt, a garage repairman, a bravado wi...
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We're Going to Eat You
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals....
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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young gir...
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C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hon...
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Goodbye Darling
Tai (Raymond Wong), a loving and caring husband and Josephine (Cherrie Chung), his sweet and darling...
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Fatal Love
Leslie Cheung picks up a girl while driving his car in a remote location and offers her a ride back ...
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Shadow Cop
Hsiong, a young narcotics officer, hooks up through comic accidents with a party girl named Witty. S...
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The Diary of a Big Man
A two-timing bigamist finds himself concocting scheme after scheme with his best friend, Chi Hung, t...
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A Chinese Ghost Story
A naïve young tax collector for the imperial government winds up spending the night in a haunted tem...
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Hello! Who Is It?
May is a prostitute with both a sick mother and son to look after. After being raped and accidentall...
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Sister Cupid
Kit (Jacky Cheung) accidentally stumbles upon a house after his motorbike went out of control, and a...
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Promising Miss Bowie
Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden re...
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A Roof with a View
Hiu-tung (Veronica Yip) is a naïve young wife who is forced to raise her child alone after her gangs...
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I Love Maria
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their kille...
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Carry On Dancing
Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. B...
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Happy Ghost III
A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musi...
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Immortal Story
Set in the then Portuguese colony of Macau, IMMORTAL STORY depicts the story of the love affair betw...
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The Musical Singer
Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Ang...
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Double Trouble
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicio...
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The Drummer
Tommy Chen (Leslie Cheung) wants to become a professional drummer. Because of his loud practice ses...
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Winner Takes All?
Joe is betrayed by his gang, who then set out to kill him. On the run, he forcibly enters the apartm...
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The Comedy
A Mo Lai Tau (Nonsense Comedy) directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Dennis Yu....
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Doctor Vampire
Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate...
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Twin Dragons
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the p...
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Now You See Love... Now You Don't
This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of a ti...
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Master Wong vs. Master Wong
Wong Fei-Hong tires of his life pretending to be a kung fu master, and decides to visit Canton in an...
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The Killer's Love
A killer fails to assassinate his target and attempts to escape from pursuing bodyguards. With the h...
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The Surgeon
Wong Yan Tung, a doctor with a fear of fire and recurring nightmares of being cremated alive, is ded...
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Cadets on the Beat
A group of male cadets tangle with a gang of robbers before they even enter the Hong Kong Police Aca...
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Super Power
A dying Manchu kung fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Souther...
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Plain Jane to the Rescue
Jane, with plain looks but a heart of gold, is always in between jobs. Once she gets a job, her knac...
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Working Class
Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is emplo...
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Bitter Taste of Blood
A gangster turns over a new leaf working as a gardner in a remote island off of Hong Kong. There he ...
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Once a Thief
Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates ...
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who i...
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To Sir with Troubles
In the pressure-cooker environment of Hong Kong’s education system, students grapple with a relentle...
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he ...
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All the Wrong Clues
A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting...
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Peking Opera Blues
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera h...
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Gunmen
Four war veterans join forces to wipe out an increasingly powerful drug cartel....
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Sunshine Friends
The war of ratings is over when Mars TV, with its two popular shows bears down Earth TV. Mak, the bo...
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That Enchanting Night
In a small town in Macau, two girls, Ling and Feng grew up together. Unfortunately they both fall in...
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Double Fixation
A femme fatale and a photographer embark on a romantic adventure surrounding a mysterious marble....
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Crazy Romance
Hung is a street-wise smart aleck and Mak is his dumb sidekick. They are partners, mostly in unlawfu...
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentar...
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The Ghost Informer
Fire Unicom was killed by Tei Po under his violent fist. The spirit of Fire Unicorn discovered there...
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Mother Vs Mother
"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart....
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Seven Years Itch
An introverted businessman who doesn't get out much, Willie Ng recently celebrated his seventh anniv...
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Dance of the Drunk Mantis
A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Fo...
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