Yuen Woo-ping

Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas in 2010 at the premiere of True Legend
Background information
Chinese name	袁和平
Pinyin	Yuán Hépíng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Jyun4 Wo4ping4 (Cantonese)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1945-01-01) 1 January 1945 (age 72) Guangzhou, Republic of China
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Action Choreography 1993 Once Upon a Time in China II 2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2005 Kung Fu Hustle 2007 Fearless Professional Achievement Award 2001 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Special Achievement Award 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Golden Horse Awards 37th Best Action Choreography 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; born 1945) 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.

Yuen was born in Guangzhou, China. 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 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).