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Yuen Woo-ping Information

Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; born 1945 in Guangzhou, China) is a Chinese martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a renowned martial arts film actor.

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Career

Yuen achieved his first directing credit in 1978 on the seminal Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, starring Jackie Chan, followed quickly by Drunken Master. The films were smash-hits, launching Jackie Chan as a major film-star, turning Seasonal Films into a major independent production company, and starting a trend towards comedy in martial arts films that continues to the present day.

Yuen went on to work with such figures as Sammo Hung in Magnificent Butcher (1979), Yuen Biao in Dreadnaught (1981), Donnie Yen in Iron Monkey (1993), and Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in Tai Chi Master (1993) and Wing Chun (1994).

Yuen's works, particularly his action choreography on Fist of Legend (1994), attracted the attention of the Wachowski brothers, who hired him as the martial arts choreographer on The Matrix (1999). The success of this collaboration, plus his action choreography on the following year's hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, made him a highly sought after figure in Hollywood. He went on to work on the Matrix sequels and Kill Bill (2003).

More recent action choreography duties in Hong Kong cinema have included Kung Fu Hustle (2004), starring Stephen Chow, and Fearless (2006), starring Jet Li.

Yuen also choreographed the action sequences in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008), a Hollywood martial arts-adventure film. It is the first film to star together two of the best-known names in the martial arts film genre, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. He worked as a stunt coordinator for his first Indian film, Enthiran, directed by S. Shankar, which released in 2010.

In late 2010, Yuen released his first film as director since 1996, True Legend, starring Vincent Zhao and Jay Chou. He has recently worked as a fight choreography consultant on Ninja Assassin (2009).

Filmography

As director

Yuen's star on the Avenue of Stars
aka In the Line of Duty
aka In the Line of Duty IV
aka Yes, Madam 4
aka Tiger Cage 2
aka Tiger Cage 3
aka Fist of the Red Dragon (USA: video title)
aka Hero Among Heroes
aka Fire Dragon
aka Iron Monkey 2
aka Red Wolf
aka Tai Chi Boxer (Hong Kong: English title) (UK: literal English title)
aka Tai Chi 2
aka True Legend of Beggar Su (Working title)

Selected filmography as action choreographer/fight advisor

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nomination Result Ref
2000 37th Golden Horse Awards Best Action Choreography Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won [1]
2006 43rd Golden Horse Awards Best Action Choreography Fearless Nominated [2]

References

  1. ^ (Chinese) Golden Horse Awards official homepage 37th Golden Horse awards winners and nominees list Retrieved 2011-05-21
  2. ^ (Chinese) Golden Horse Awards official homepage 43rd Golden Horse awards winners and nominees list Retrieved 2011-05-21

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Films directed by Yuen Woo-ping
1970s
1980s
1990s
2010s
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography
Sammo Hung, Lam Ching-ying, Yuen Biao & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai (1983) • Yuen Biao, Lam Ching-ying & Billy Chan Wui-Ngai (1984) • Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1985) • Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1986) • Ching Siu-tung (1987) • Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1988) • Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1989) • Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1990) • Ching Siu-tung (1991) • Yuen Cheung-Yan, Yuen Sun-Yi & Lau Ka-Wing (1992) • Yuen Woo-ping (1993) • Corey Yuen & Yuen Tak (1994) • Lau Kar-leung & Jackie Chan Stunt Team (1995) • Stanley Tong & Jackie Chan (1996) • Stanley Tong (1997) • Stephen Tung Wai (1998) • Jackie Chan (1999) • Stephen Tung Wai (2000) • Yuen Woo-ping (2001) • Stephen Tung Wai & Jackie Chan Stunt Team (2002) • Ching Siu-tung (2003) • Donnie Yen (2004) • Yuen Woo-ping (2005) • Donnie Yen (2006) • Yuen Woo-ping (2007) • Donnie Yen (2008) • Sammo Hung & Tony Leung Siu-Hung (2009) • Stephen Tung Wai & Lee Tat Chiu (2010) • Sammo Hung (2011)
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Name Yuen, Woo-ping
Alternative names
Short description Hong Kong film director
Date of birth 1945-01-01
Place of birth Guangzhou
Date of death
Place of death

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