A discussion of his craft Hong Kong film director Johnnie To talks about his work with students from the Film & Media Studies Program in Arts & Sciences recently in Mallinckrodt Student Center. To, who has produced and directed more than 30 feature films, is best known for cops-and-gangsters action movies such as A Hero Never Dies (1998), Running Out of Time (1999) and The Mission (1999). He was in St. Louis to screen his latest thriller, PTU (2003), as part of the St. Louis International Film Festival. His visit to the University, which also included a symposium about his work, was sponsored by the Visiting East Asian Professionals Program in Arts & Sciences.
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