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.
Flying Dagger
(Western Ace)
Run Tiger Run
Where's Officer Tuba?
(Molester)
Young Dreams
Follow the Star
We're Going to Eat You
Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
Goodbye Darling
(Dr. Peter Lee)
Fatal Love
(David)
Shadow Cop
The Diary of a Big Man
(Cheng's Assistant)
A Chinese Ghost Story
(Secretary Chiu)
Hello! Who Is It?
Sister Cupid
Promising Miss Bowie
A Roof with a View
I Love Maria
Carry on Dancing
Happy Ghost III
Immortal Story
The Musical Singer
Double Trouble
The Drummer
Winner Takes All?
The Comedy
The Company
Doctor Vampire
(Dr Chang K K)
Twin Dragons
(Cafe Waiter)
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Master Wong vs. Master Wong
(Ah Yan)
The Killer's Love
(Lee Thai-Shui)
The Surgeon
Cadets on the Beat
Super Power
(Chun Ming's Tutor)
Plain Jane to the Rescue
(Movie director)
Working Class
(Factory Supervisor)
Bitter Taste of Blood
Once a Thief
(Auctioneer)
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
(Examiner)
To Sir with Troubles
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(Traffic Cop)
All the Wrong Clues
(Capone's Dumb Thug)
Peking Opera Blues
(General Cho's Interpreter)
Gunmen
(Cheung Chor-Fan)
Sunshine Friends
That Enchanting Night
(Cheng)
Double Fixation
(David)
Crazy Romance
(Hui Koon Yan)
Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing
(Self)
The Ghost Informer
Mother Vs Mother
(Song)
Seven Years Itch
(Willie's colleague)
Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
The Way to Hell
Twilight Tubes
The Funny Half Show
The 51st State
(Editor)
A Better Tomorrow
(Editor)
Bride of Chucky
(Editor)
Hard Boiled
(Editor)
Crying Freeman
(Editor)
The Phantom Lover
(Editor)
Snow Queen
(Director)
Webs
(Director)
Blackjack
(Producer)
The Eighth Happiness
(Editor)
The Big Heat
(Editor)
Spy Games
(Writer)
The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker
(Director)
The Bride with White Hair 2
(Writer)
Webs
(Editor)
The Comedy
(Editor)
Iron Road
(Director)
Iron Road
(Editor)
Iron Road
(Producer)
The Bride with White Hair 2
(Director)
Coolie Killer
(Editor)
Challenge of the Masters
(Editor)
The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker
(Editor)
Over My Dead Body
(Editor)
Once a Thief
(Editor)
I Love Maria
(Editor)
Happy Ghost III
(Editor)
The Butterfly Murders
(Editor)
Peking Opera Blues
(Editor)
Coolie Killer
(Music)
Once a Black Sheep
(Director)
Once a Black Sheep
(Writer)
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
(Music)
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
(Director)
The Surgeon
(Editor)
Cadets on the Beat
(Editor)
Carry On Police
(Original Music Composer)
Carry On Police
(Editor)
The Club
(Editor)
The Spiritual Boxer
(Editor)
Working Class
(Editor)
Fatal Termination
(Original Music Composer)
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
(Editor)
The Big Heat
(Original Music Composer)
A Better Tomorrow II
(Original Music Composer)
A Chinese Ghost Story
(Original Music Composer)
Cold Steel
(Director)
Cold Steel
(Writer)
Spy Games
(Director)
Sunshine Friends
(Director)
Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
(Editor)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(Original Music Composer)
The Banquet
(Editor)
Food For The Sharks
(Director)
Spy Games
(Editor)
Double Trouble
(Editor)
Double Trouble
(Original Music Composer)
Lucky Diamond
(Original Music Composer)
Tri-Star
(Editor)
The Ghost Informer
(Editor)
Plague City: SARS in Toronto
(Director)
Plague City: SARS in Toronto
(Editor)
All's Well End's Well, Too
(Editor)
My Heavenly Lover
(Editor)
Devil Fetus
(Editor)
Warriors of Virtue
(Editor)
Seven Years Itch
(Editor)
From Zero to Hero
(Director)
From Zero to Hero
(Script)
From Zero to Hero
(Music)
From Zero to Hero
(Editor)
Missing
(Director)
XIII: The Series
(Director)
Merlin's Apprentice
(Director)
Son of the Dragon
(Director)
Merlin's Apprentice
(Editor)
Iron Road
(Director)