Johnnie To

Johnnie To Kei-fung, MH (English: Johnnie To Kei-fung, born April 22, 1955), known as "To Sir", is a Hong Kong film director and producer. He has competed for the Golden Lion Award, the highest honor at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, twice, the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival twice, and the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival once. Johnnie To has won three Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director and three Golden Horse Awards for Best Director. He has also won the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Director six times and the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Director three times. To date, he has received a total of 18 nominations for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards and 8 nominations for Best Director at the Golden Horse Awards, making him the director with the most nominations for these two awards. In addition, Johnnie To is also the first Hong Kong director to be invited to serve as a main competition judge at the three major international film festivals (the 65th Venice Film Festival in 2008, the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011, and the 73rd Berlin Film Festival in 2023).