Tu Duu-chih (Chinese: 杜篤之, Born in 1955 in Taipei), Tu was trained in 1973 as a sound engineer in the Film Technicians Training Program conducted by Central Motion Pictures Corporation. In 1978 he was hired by CMPC as assistant sound engineer, thus began his career in film and has been responsible for the sound recording, editing and mixing of many of the ‘Taiwanese New Wave’ works. He has been one of the leading sound technicians in the Taiwan film industry since the 1980s, and was instrumental in the sound engineering for the filmmakers of the "Taiwan New Wave." He has been involved in the majority of Taiwanese films that have garnered international critical acclaim. He worked for HOU Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) in "City of Sadness,"(悲情城市) "The Puppetmaster,"(戲夢人生) "Good Men, Good Women,"(好男好女) "Flowers of Shanghai,"(海上花) "Millennium Mambo," and “Kohi Jikou”(咖啡時光). His works for Edward YANG include "That Day, On the Beach," (海灘的一天) "Taipei Story," (青梅竹馬) "The Terrorizer," (恐怖份子) "A Brighter Summer Day," (牿嶺街少年殺人事件) "A Confusion, Confusion," (獨立時代) "Mahjong," (麻將) and "A One and a Two." (一一) His other important works include "A Borrowed Life," (多桑directed by WU Nien-Jen吳念真) "The Peach Blossom Land," (暗戀桃花源 directed by Stan LAI賴聲川) "In the Mood for Love," (花樣年華directed by WONG Kar Wai王家衛) and "What Time is it There?" (你那邊幾點directed by TSAI Ming-Liang蔡明亮). Tu received the Prix du Jury a Un Technicien for "Millennium Mambo" and "What Time is it There?" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

杜笃之，台北人，祖籍安徽芜湖，电影录音师、剪辑师、配乐师。为台湾新电影运动几乎所有主将的电影录过音，是具有世界级水准的电影录音师；亲历并见证了二十世纪八十年代以来台湾电影的起起落落，对台湾电影声音技术的发展作出了卓越的贡献。

　　1973年18岁的杜笃之参加中影电影技术训练班，学习录音工程技术，这是其职业生涯的开端。1981年，参加电影《1905年的冬天》的录音工作，1982年正式升任录音师，开始骑车收集各种声音。同年担任了《光阴的故事》的录音工作。杜笃之关于录音技术的观念受到了杨德昌的影响，他在杨德昌的介绍下观看了塔可夫斯基的电影，为塔氏电影精湛的后期录音技术所折服。在1983年杨德昌的第一部电影长片《海滩的一天》中，杜笃之的后期录音技术达到很高的水准，表现出极高的拟真度，令杨德昌十分满意，也得到了同期香港导演徐克的称赞。在这个时期，杜笃之还为杨德昌的其他两部作品《青梅竹马》、《恐怖分子》录音，并为侯孝贤的《风柜来的人》、《冬冬的假期》、《童年往事》等电影录音。

　　1955年出生於台北。1973年参加中影的电影技术训练班，学习录音工程技术。1978年进入中影担任助理。1981年第一次为电影《1905年的冬天》录音。1982年正式升任录音师，担任《光阴的故事》的录音工作。其後多次与台湾新电影导演合作，许多重要的台湾新电影作品如《恐怖份子》（1986）、《悲情城市》(1989)、《牯岭街少年杀人事件》(1991)等片的录音工作皆出自其手。杜笃之对台湾录音工作之发展有显著且重要的贡献，