China

Yuen Woo-Ping

28 films · 1978 to 2026
Born 1 January 1945, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Yuen Woo-ping is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later 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.

Biography adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Yuen Woo-Ping

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Defining films

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
Drunken Master
Drunken Master
1978
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert
2026
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
2017

Films by decade

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