Yuen Woo-ping

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuen.
Yuen Woo-ping
袁和平
Ip Man 4

Hong Kong Film Awards
– Professional Achievement Award
2001
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Special Achievement Award
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Hanyu Pinyin
Yuán Hépíng
Yue: Cantonese
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Yuen Woo-ping (

Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor. He attended the China Drama Academy for one year as a day student of Master Yu Jim-yuen as well.[1]

Life and career

Yuen was born in

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. With a support of Ng See-yuen, he 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 following two decades.

Yuen went on to helm other

Magnificent Butcher (1979), Yuen Biao in Dreadnaught (1981), Donnie Yen in Iron Monkey (1993), Jet Li in Tai Chi Master (1993), and Michelle Yeoh in Wing Chun
(1994).

Yuen's works, particularly his action choreography on

Hollywood. He went on to work on the first two Matrix sequels, as well as Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2
(2004).

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, which was 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 fight choreography consultant on Ninja Assassin (2009).

In late 2010, Yuen released his first film as director since 1996, True Legend, starring Vincent Zhao, Jay Chou and David Carradine (in a minor role).

Yuen went on to work as stunt co-ordinator in two South Indian films, Enthiran (2010) and I (2014), both directed by S. Shankar.

In 2015, Yuen directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny, re-creating many of his signature action choreographies.[2]

The annual and highly anticipated Hong Kong International Film Festival was held for its 45th edition in April 2021. Yuen is one of the six veteran Hong Kong filmmakers who contributed segments to the Johnnie To-produced anthology film Septet: The Story of Hong Kong. The other filmmakers who directed segments are Sammo Hung, Ann Hui On-wah, Patrick Tam, Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam. The short files were shot entirely on 35mm film with each of them touches on a nostalgic and moving story set across different time periods, with every one acting as an ode to the city.[3]

Filmography

As director

Yuen's star on the Avenue of Stars
a.k.a. In the Line of Duty
a.k.a. In the Line of Duty IV
a.k.a. Yes, Madam 4
a.k.a. Fist of the Red Dragon (USA: video title)
a.k.a. Heroes Among Heroes
a.k.a. Fire Dragon
  • Hu meng wei long (1995)
a.k.a. Red Wolf
  • Tai ji quan (1996)
a.k.a. Tai Chi Boxer (Hong Kong: English title) (UK: literal English title)
a.k.a. Tai Chi 2
a.k.a. True Legend of Beggar Su (Working title)

Selected filmography as action choreographer/fight advisor

Actor

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nomination Result Ref
2000 37th
Golden Horse Awards
 Best Action Choreography Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Won [5]
2006 43rd
Golden Horse Awards
 Best Action Choreography Fearless Nominated [6]

References

  1. ^ "Welcome to KungFuMagazine". Archived from the original on 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ "The Matrix martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping on a lifetime in film, Jet Li's power and drunken kung fu". South China Morning Post. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  3. ^ "Must-watch Chinese film premieres at the 2021 Hong Kong International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25. igafencu.com. 2021-04-07
  4. ^ Kevin Ma (November 12, 2015). "Yuen Woo-ping, Tsui Hark remake Miracle Fighters". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  5. ^ (in Chinese) Golden Horse Awards official homepage 37th Golden Horse awards winners and nominees list Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-05-21
  6. ^ (in Chinese) Golden Horse Awards official homepage 43rd Golden Horse awards winners and nominees list Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-05-21

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