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.

Filmography

• 2025The Remnant — Editorial Consultant
• 2023Over My Dead Body — Editor
• 2016See You Tomorrow — Editor
• 2015Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal — Examiner, Editor
• 2011Cold Steel — Director, Writer
• XIII: The Series — Director
• 2009Iron Road — Director, Editor, Producer
• Iron Road — Director
• 2009Red Cliff II — Editor
• Son of the Dragon — Director
• 2007The Party Never Stops: Diary of a Binge Drinker — Director, Editor
• Merlin's Apprentice — Director, Editor
• 2005Plague City: SARS in Toronto — Director, Editor
• Missing — Director
• 2003Webs — Director, Editor
• 2002Snow Queen — Director
• Snow Queen — Director
• 2001Brotherhood of the Wolf — Editor
• 2001The 51st State — Editor
• 1998Blackjack — Producer
• 1998Bride of Chucky — Editor
• 1998Once a Thief: Family Business — Editor
• 1997Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother — Director
• 1997Warriors of Virtue — Editor
• 1996Once a Thief — Editor
• Once a Thief — Director
• 1996Somebody Up There Likes Me — Traffic Cop, Original Music Composer
• 1996Tri-Star — Editor
• 1995Crying Freeman — Supervising Editor
• 1995The Phantom Lover — Editor
• 1994From Zero to Hero — Director, Script, Music, Editor
• 1994Hello! Who Is It?
• Twilight Tubes
• 1993A Roof with a View
• 1993All's Well End's Well, Too — Editor
• 1993C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
• 1993Flying Dagger — Western Ace
• 1993Master Wong vs. Master Wong — Ah Yan
• 1993Shadow Cop
• 1993The Bride with White Hair 2 — Writer, Director
• 1993The Killer's Love — Lee Thai-Shui
• 1992Hard Boiled — Editor
• 1992Now You See Love... Now You Don't — Music
• 1992Once a Black Sheep — Director, Writer
• 1992Twin Dragons — Cafe Waiter
• 1991Once a Thief — Auctioneer, Editor
• 1991The Banquet — Editor
• 抢钱新一代
• 1990Doctor Vampire — Dr Chang K K
• 1990Fatal Termination — Original Music Composer
• 1990Promising Miss Bowie
• 1990Sunshine Friends — Director
• The Funny Half Show
• 1989A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon — Editor, Original Music Composer
• 1989Spy Games — Writer, Director, Editor
• 1988Bitter Taste of Blood
• 1988Carry On Dancing — Music
• 1988Diary of a Big Man — Cheng's Assistant
• 1988Fatal Love — David
• 1988Gunmen — Cheung Chor-Fan
• 1988I Love Maria — Editor
• 1988Mother vs. Mother — Song
• 1988The Big Heat — Editor, Original Music Composer
• 1988The Eighth Happiness — Editor
• 1987A Better Tomorrow II — Original Music Composer
• 1987A Chinese Ghost Story — Secretary Chiu, Original Music Composer
• 1987Double Fixation — David
• 1987Goodbye Darling — Dr. Peter Lee
• 1987Heartbeat 100 — Original Music Composer
• 1987Seven Years Itch — Willie's colleague, Editor
• 1987Sister Cupid — Band Member
• 1987That Enchanting Night — Cheng
• 1986A Better Tomorrow — Music Score Producer
• 1986Cadets on the Beat — Editor
• 1986Happy Ghost III — Sex Club Thug, Editor
• 1986Immortal Story
• 1986My Heavenly Lover — Editor
• 1986Peking Opera Blues — General Cho's Interpreter, Editor
• 1986Where's Officer Tuba? — Molester
• 1985Crazy Romance — Hui Koon Yan
• 1985Lucky Diamond — Original Music Composer
• 1985Run Tiger Run
• 1985The Musical Singer
• 1985Working Class — Factory Supervisor, Editor
• 1984A Certain Romance — Editor
• 1984Double Trouble — Editor, Original Music Composer
• 1984The Comedy — Editor
• 1984The Company
• 1984The Ghost Informer — Editor
• 1984The Surgeon — Editor
• 1984Winner Takes All?
• 1983Devil Fetus — Editor, Original Music Composer
• 1983The Drummer
• 1982Carry On Police — Original Music Composer, Editor
• 1982Coolie Killer — Editor, Original Music Composer
• 1982Food For The Sharks — Director
• 1982Plain Jane to the Rescue — Movie Director
• 1982Young Dreams
• 1981All the Wrong Clues — Capone's Dumb Thug
• 1981To Sir with Troubles
• 1980Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind — Tour Guide
• 1980Super Power — Chun Ming's Tutor
• 1980The Club — Editor
• 1980The Way to Hell
• 1980We're Going to Eat You
• 1979Dance of the Drunk Mantis — Pickpocket
• 1979Lam Ah Chun Blunders Again
• 1979The Butterfly Murders — Editor
• 1979The Money Trip
• 1978Enter Three Dragons
• 1978Follow the Star
• 1976Challenge of the Masters — Editor
• 1975The Spiritual Boxer — Editor

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2004Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing — Self