David Wu
- Name: David Wu
- Native name: 胡大為
- Also Known as: David Wu Dai Wai, David Hu, Wu Tai Wai
- Nationality: Canadian
- Gender: Male
- Born: 1952
- Age: 72
A favorite among Chinese audiences, Wu directed and co-wrote the fantasy romance, The Bride with White Hair II, the action-comedy caper Spy Games, and From Zero to Hero, about a fighter pilot in war and peace.
Since moving to North America over a decade ago, Wu has teamed with long-time collaborator John Woo in his series Once a Thief, as both editor and director. Most recently he directed and edited Merlin’s Apprentice, with Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson for Hallmark for whom he also directed Bridget Fonda in the title role of the award-winning mini-series The Snow Queen
Among his other television credits are such TV movies as Son of a Dragon, with David Carradine, Webs for USA/Sci-fi Channel, pilots for Paramount’s Largo Winch, Adventure Inc. produced by Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator, Abyss, Hulk) for Fireworks, Relic Hunter, The Shannon Lee Project, the pilot and many episodes of CTV’s The Associates in addition to Warner Bros.’ Freedom and two seasons of the Lions Gate series Missing, for Lifetime network. He helmed many episodes of the sexy comedy series G Spot for The Movie Network and Movie Central, and directed and edited Plague City, CTV’s movie about the SARS epidemic in Toronto for which he was nominated Best Director at the 2006 DGC Awards.
Born in Hong Kong, Wu is a Canadian citizen based in Vancouver, B.C.
(Source: HKCM) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
The Bride With White Hair | 7.6 |
Bitter Taste of Blood | 0.0 |
Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Iron Road | 8.0 |
Iron Road | 7.7 |
Sunshine Friends | 0.0 |
Spy Games | 0.0 |
Food for the Sharks | 0.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Cold Steel | 7.1 |
The Bride With White Hair 2 | 7.4 |
Editor
Title | Rating |
---|---|
See You Tomorrow | 7.0 |
The Crossing 2 | 7.5 |
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal | 7.0 |
The Crossing 1 | 7.5 |
The Opium War | 7.4 |
Somebody Up There Likes Me | 7.3 |
The Phantom Lover | 7.5 |
Treasure Hunt | 7.4 |
Laughter of Water Margins | 6.6 |
All's Well, Ends Well Too | 7.1 |
Far Far Place | 0.0 |
Hard Boiled | 7.7 |
Shogun and Little Kitchen | 0.0 |
Now You See Love... Now You Don't | 6.4 |
The Banquet | 7.1 |
Once a Thief | 7.4 |
The Swordsman | 7.4 |
A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon | 7.2 |
Gunmen | 7.1 |
The Big Heat | 7.4 |
Diary of a Big Man | 6.8 |
Roboforce | 6.6 |
The Eighth Happiness | 7.4 |
Goodbye Darling | 0.0 |
Seven Years Itch | 6.3 |
Immortal Story | 0.0 |
Peking Opera Blues | 7.8 |
Happy Ghost 3 | 7.5 |
Working Class | 0.0 |
The Ghost Informer | 0.0 |
Double Trouble | 0.0 |
Health Warning | 0.0 |
The Sensational Pair | 0.0 |
The Drummer | 0.0 |
Coolie Killer | 0.0 |
The Club | 0.0 |
Encore | 5.4 |
Disco Bumpkins | 0.0 |
Money Trip | 0.0 |
Challenge of the Masters | 8.0 |
Girl with the Long Hair | 0.0 |
The Spiritual Boxer | 6.3 |
Music Editor
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Family Honor | 0.0 |
The Killer | 7.8 |
Keep on Dancing | 0.0 |
Fury | 0.0 |
A Better Tomorrow 2 | 7.6 |
A Chinese Ghost Story 1 | 7.6 |
The Wrong Couples | 0.0 |
Heartbeat 100 | 0.0 |
Lady In Black | 7.0 |
A Better Tomorrow | 7.8 |
Lucky Diamond | 0.0 |
Sketch | 0.0 |
Assistant Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Chivalric Tornado | 0.0 |
Comedy | 0.0 |
Impossible Woman | 0.0 |
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
Chinese Movie, 2015,
[Examiner]
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Hong Kong Movie, 1996,
[Police officer]
(Guest Role)
|
7.3
|
Let's Go Slam Dunk
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Ng Koon Nam
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Hello! Who Is It?
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
(Guest Role)
|
8.0
|
C'est La Vie, Mon Cheri
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
(Guest Role)
|
7.2
|
A Roof with a View
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
[Tung's 1st car customer]
(Guest Role)
|
7.7
|
The Killer's Love
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Lee Thai Shui
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Flying Dagger
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
"Western Ace"
(Guest Role)
|
7.9
|
Master Wong Vs Master Wong
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ah Yan
(Guest Role)
|
6.5
|
Shadow Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Kao
(Support Role)
|
5.0
|
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
(Guest Role)
|
6.4
|
Twin Dragons
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
[Waiter]
(Guest Role)
|
7.6
|
Once a Thief
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
[Auctioneer]
(Guest Role)
|
7.4
|
Doctor Vampire
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Dr Chang K K
(Support Role)
|
6.8
|
Sunshine Friends
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Hu Wei
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Goodbye Hero
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Jerome
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Bitter Taste of Blood
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Gunmen
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Cheung Chor Fan
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
Fatal Love
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
David
(Support Role)
|
6.4
|
Diary of a Big Man
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
David
(Support Role)
|
6.8
|
Mother vs Mother
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Song
(Support Role)
|
6.3
|
Keep on Dancing
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Mr Wu
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Goodbye Darling
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Dr. Peter Lee
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
A Chinese Ghost Story 1
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Secretary Chiu [Judge's assistant]
(Guest Role)
|
7.6
|
That Enchanting Night
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Cheng
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Sister Cupid
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
[Band member]
(Guest Role)
|
7.4
|
Seven Years Itch
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
[Willie's colleague]
(Unknown)
|
6.3
|
Immortal Story
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
[Nakamura's classmate]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Peking Opera Blues
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
[General Cho's interpreter]
(Guest Role)
|
7.8
|
Happy Ghost 3
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
[Sex club thug]
(Guest Role)
|
7.5
|
Where's Officer Tuba?
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
[Rapist]
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
Working Class
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
[Factory supervisor]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Crazy Romance
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Hui Koon Yan
(Support Role)
|
6.5
|
The Musical Singer
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Insp. Ko
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Winner Takes All?
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
[Policeman]
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Ghost Informer
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
[Robber]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Double Trouble
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
[Policeman]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
The Company
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
[Gangster]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Comedy
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
"Rocky"
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
The Pier
Hong Kong Movie, 1983,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
The Drummer
Hong Kong Movie, 1983,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Impossible Woman
Taiwanese Movie, 1983,
Lo Chin
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Plain Jane to the Rescue
Hong Kong Movie, 1982,
[Movie director]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Food for the Sharks
Hong Kong Movie, 1982,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Amusing Star
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
[Capone's dumb thug]
(Guest Role)
|
5.9
|
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
(Guest Role)
|
7.3
|
The Funny General
Taiwanese Movie, 1980,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Chu Liu Hsiang and Hu Tieh Hua
Taiwanese Movie, 1980,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
One Step Ahead
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Super Power
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
[Chun Ming's tutor]
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
The Buddhist Fist
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
[Sheriff]
(Guest Role)
|
8.0
|
We're Going to Eat You
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
[Victim]
(Guest Role)
|
7.0
|
Disco Bumpkins
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
[Publicity man]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Jade Claw
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
[Assistant kung fu teacher]
(Support Role)
|
6.7
|
The Wickedness in Poverty
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
[Student driver]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
[Pickpocketer]
(Guest Role)
|
7.7
|
Money Trip
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
The Dragon, The Hero
Taiwanese Movie, 1979,
[Thin dishwasher]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
My Kung Fu Master
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
[Thief]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Follow the Star
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
[Mahjong ghost]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
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