David Wu
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.
| Known For | Editing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.255 |
| Birthday | 1952-07-31 |
| Place of Birth | Hong Kong, China |
| Also Known As | Dawei Hu, Dai-Wai Woo, Da-wei Hu, David Wu Dai-Wai, 胡大為, Wu Dai-Wai, David Woo Dai-Wai, David Hu, Hu Da-Wei, Hu Tai-Wai, Hu Kua, 胡大为, |
1993
Flying Dagger
3.8/9
The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fu...
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Flying Dagger
1986
Cadets on the Beat
6/1
A group of male cadets tangle with a gang of robbers before they even enter the Hong Kong Police Academy, where they are trained by a fierce police ch...
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Cadets on the Beat
1988
Bitter Taste of Blood
0/0
A gangster turns over a new leaf working as a gardner in a remote island off of Hong Kong. There he falls in love, but is haunted by a past that would...
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Bitter Taste of Blood
1988
Fatal Love
6/3
Leslie Cheung picks up a girl while driving his car in a remote location and offers her a ride back home.
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Fatal Love
1987
Goodbye Darling
6/1
Tai (Raymond Wong), a loving and caring husband and Josephine (Cherrie Chung), his sweet and darling wife, are a young, merry couple. Tai has a close...
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Goodbye Darling
1987
A Chinese Ghost Story
7.274/259
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends...
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A Chinese Ghost Story
1988
The Diary of a Big Man
6.2/15
A two-timing bigamist finds himself concocting scheme after scheme with his best friend, Chi Hung, to prevent either of his wives from discovering his...
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The Diary of a Big Man
1994
Hello! Who Is It?
4.7/3
May Chan (Anita Lee) becomes a hooker in order to save money for her son's liver operation in Australia; she spends all of her free time feeding her p...
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Hello! Who Is It?
1981
To Sir with Troubles
6/2
In the pressure-cooker environment of Hong Kong’s education system, students grapple with a relentless barrage of exams and mind-numbing lectures. The...
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To Sir with Troubles
1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
6/2
This is a screwball-comedy in Hong Kong style. Chow Yun Fat plays the spoiled village hetman of a tiny village in Hong Kong. The plot revolves around...
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Now You See Love... Now You Don't
1992
Twin Dragons
6.777/364
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...
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Twin Dragons
1993
The Killer's Love
5/1
A killer fails to assassinate his target and attempts to escape from pursuing bodyguards. With the help of a woman he runs into in the hotel, he is ab...
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The Killer's Love
1982
Plain Jane to the Rescue
5/3
Jane, with plain looks but a heart of gold, is always in between jobs. Once she gets a job, her knack for creating awkward situations immediately lose...
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Plain Jane to the Rescue
1985
Working Class
6.143/7
Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is employed by a noodle factory, which has a very poor lab...
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Working Class
1990
Doctor Vampire
7/3
Chinese doctor has his car break down in England. he wanders into a castle where vampires congregate. After having sex with a Chinese vampire he leave...
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Doctor Vampire
1993
Master Wong vs. Master Wong
5/5
Wong Fei-Hong tires of his life pretending to be a kung fu master, and decides to visit Canton in anonymity, letting his student pretend to be Wong Fe...
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Master Wong vs. Master Wong
1984
The Surgeon
0/0
Wong Yan Tung, a doctor with a fear of fire and recurring nightmares of being cremated alive, is dedicated to fighting his colleagues' ignorance about...
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The Surgeon
1991
Once a Thief
6.653/137
Three orphans grow up to become art thieves under the tutelage of a crime boss. Romance complicates matters when the trio are double-crossed.
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Once a Thief
2015
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
5.184/38
The story of Chinese legendary anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven,...
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
1980
Super Power
6.1/5
A dying Manchu kung fu fighter sends his three sons on a mission of revenge against the five Southern champs who defeated and humiliated him a generat...
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Super Power
1996
Somebody Up There Likes Me
7/1
A young rebel falls for the sister of a local kickboxing champion. In order to stay out of jail, he is advised by his parole officer to begin training...
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
1981
All the Wrong Clues
6.7/7
A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu...
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All the Wrong Clues
1990
Sunshine Friends
7/3
The war of ratings is over when Mars TV, with its two popular shows bears down Earth TV. Mak, the boss of Mars TV, plan to takeover Earth TV while Lee...
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Sunshine Friends
1988
Gunmen
5.688/8
Four war veterans join forces to wipe out an increasingly powerful drug cartel.
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Gunmen
1986
Peking Opera Blues
6.9/65
The film is set in 1913 Beijing, during Yuan Shikai's presidency of the Republic of China. It depicts the adventures of a team of unlikely heroines: T...
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Peking Opera Blues
1987
That Enchanting Night
4/1
In a small town in Macau, two girls, Ling and Feng grew up together. Unfortunately they both fall in love with Wah. Wah and Ling become lovers. An enr...
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That Enchanting Night
1987
Double Fixation
4/2
In this homage to Alfred Hitchcock, a femme fatale and a photographer embark on a romantic adventure surrounding a mysterious marble.
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Double Fixation
1985
Crazy Romance
2/1
Hung is a street-wise smart aleck and Mak is his dumb sidekick. They are partners, mostly in unlawful jobs. One night, the two are spotted by Zaza in...
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Crazy Romance
2004
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
7/1
Editing is more than just assembling shots in a certain order, it's an art form, and this documentary celebrates the craft and how it has grown and ev...
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Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
1984
The Ghost Informer
0/0
Fire Unicom was killed by Tei Po under his violent fist. The spirit of Fire Unicorn discovered there would be illegal transaction between the gangster...
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The Ghost Informer
1988
Mother Vs Mother
6/2
"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers w...
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Mother Vs Mother
1987
Seven Years Itch
6/1
An introverted businessman who doesn't get out much, Willie Ng recently celebrated his seventh anniversary, but his marriage seems to be hitting a slu...
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Seven Years Itch
1979
Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
0/0
Sequel to the comedy movie Lam Ah Chun
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Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
1986
Where's Officer Tuba?
6.5/13
Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in...
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Where's Officer Tuba?
1993
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
6.9/15
Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and...
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C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
Shadow Cop
0/0
Hsiong, a young narcotics officer, hooks up through comic accidents with a party girl named Witty. She shops, plays mahjongg, and charges him for ever...
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Shadow Cop
1984
Run Tiger Run
8.8/2
Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid's shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews.
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Run Tiger Run
1982
Young Dreams
0/0
Hong Kong movie
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Young Dreams
1978
Follow the Star
10/1
On that side of the track is Ah Sing (Roy Chiao), uncouth, unkempt, a garage repairman, a bravado with plenty of tricks up his overall sleeve. And on...
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Follow the Star
1980
We're Going to Eat You
6.324/34
A secret agent investigates a village that is populated by crazed, inbred cannibals.
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We're Going to Eat You
1980
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
6.8/29
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Pearl, a sadistic young girl, has observed the scene, follows the bombers and...
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Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
1987
Sister Cupid
4/1
Kit (Jacky Cheung) accidentally stumbles upon a house after his motorbike went out of control, and a girl (Maggie Cheung) helps him on his feet, then...
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Sister Cupid
1990
Promising Miss Bowie
0/0
Miss Bowie is more or less happily raking in the cash until her life is complicated by the sudden reappearance, after 20 years, of her first (and pres...
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Promising Miss Bowie
1993
A Roof with a View
5/1
Hiu-tung (Veronica Yip) is a naïve young wife who is forced to raise her child alone after her gangster husband skips town for Taiwan. Her next-door n...
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A Roof with a View
1988
I Love Maria
6.3/15
RoboCop as a woman... The Hero Gang is a nasty group of thugs terrorizing Hong Kong with their killer robots, Pioneers 1 and 2. While Pioneer 1 looks...
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I Love Maria
1988
Carry on Dancing
0/0
Cheung Sheung and Tze Ngor are twin sisters. Tze Ngor is a lunatic and stays in a mental hospital. But out of a madcap incident, Cheung Sheung is "che...
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Carry on Dancing
1986
Happy Ghost III
6.786/14
A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital wh...
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Happy Ghost III
1986
Immortal Story
5.8/6
Set in the then Portuguese colony of Macau, IMMORTAL STORY depicts the story of the love affair between a small time chanteuse and her Japanese beau....
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Immortal Story
1985
The Musical Singer
7/1
Entertainment manager James Wong loses his lead singer Jannie Fong when she breaks her contract. Angered, he turns his efforts to making a young dance...
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The Musical Singer
1984
Double Trouble
6/1
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with...
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Double Trouble
1983
The Drummer
5/1
Tommy Chen (Leslie Cheung) wants to become a professional drummer. Because of his loud practice sessions at home he gets into trouble with the neighb...
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The Drummer
1984
Winner Takes All?
8/1
Joe is betrayed by his gang, who then set out to kill him. On the run, he forcibly enters the apartment of Ann. Despite being initially scared, Joe de...
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Winner Takes All?
1984
The Comedy
10/1
A Mo Lai Tau (Nonsense Comedy) directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Dennis Yu.
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The Comedy
1984
The Company
8/1
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