Yuen Woo-Ping
Born: 1945-01-01 in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Known For: Directing
Biography
Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) 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.
Filmography
2026
- Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert ... (Director)
2022
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong ... (Writer)
2021
- My Country, My Parents ... (Stunts)
- Kung Fu Stuntmen
2019
- Ip Man 4: The Finale ... (Action Director)
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy ... (Director)
2017
- The Thousand Faces of Dunjia ... (Director)
- Guardians of Martial Arts ... (Choreographer)
2016
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny ... (Director)
2015
- Ip Man 3 ... (Stunts)
2014
- Chef Nic
- Once Upon a Time in Shanghai ... (Action Director)
2013
- The Grandmaster as Chan Wah-shun
- Man of Tai Chi as VIP audience (uncredited)
2011
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
2010
- True Legend ... (Director)
- Little Big Soldier
- Enthiran ... (Stunt Coordinator)
2008
- The Forbidden Kingdom ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
2006
- Fearless ... (Action Director)
- The Banquet ... (Producer)
2005
- Unleashed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- House of Fury ... (Stunts)
2004
- Kung Fu Hustle ... (Stunts)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Double Dare as Self
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Matrix Reloaded ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Matrix Revolutions ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Tai Chi Master ... (Director)
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load as Self
- Making 'Enter the Matrix' as Self
2002
- Black Mask 2: City of Masks ... (Choreographer)
2001
- Zu Warriors ... (Choreographer)
- The Matrix Revisited as Self - Kung Fu Choreographer
- Dragon Hero ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ... (Action Director)
- 忠勇小状元 ... (Director)
- The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' as Self
1999
- The Matrix ... (Fight Choreographer)
- Legend of Dagger Lee ... (Director)
- Legend of Dagger Li ... (Director)
- The New Shaolin Temple ... (Director)
- Making "The Matrix" as Self
1998
- The Water Margin ... (Action Director)
- The Master of Tai Chi ... (Director)
1996
- Black Mask ... (Action Director)
- Tai Chi II ... (Director)
- Iron Monkey 2 ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
1995
- The Red Wolf ... (Director)
1994
- Fist of Legend ... (Fight Choreographer)
- Fire Dragon ... (Director)
- Wing Chun ... (Director)
- Cinema of Vengeance as Self (uncredited)
1993
- Last Hero in China ... (Action Director)
- Tai-Chi Master ... (Director)
- Iron Monkey ... (Director)
- Heroes Among Heroes ... (Director)
- Bogus Cops as Sleeping Cop
- Madam City Hunter ... (Executive Producer)
1992
- Twin Dragons ... (Stunts)
- Once Upon a Time in China II ... (Stunts)
- Wicked City as Sergeant Kayama
- Gameboy Kids as Master Dragon
1991
- Once Upon a Time in China ... (Stunts)
- The Banquet as Man at Dinner
- Tiger Cage III ... (Director)
1990
- Tiger Cage II ... (Director)
- My Hero as Yi
1989
- Just Heroes
- In the Line of Duty 4 ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
1988
- Tiger Cage as Master Eight
- Three Against the World as Chia Yi Chen in Disguise
- Heart to Hearts as Headmaster Lau
- Spooky, Spooky
1987
- Eastern Condors as Yam Yan-Hei
1986
- The Close Encounters of Vampire ... (Director)
1985
- Mismatched Couples as Mini
1984
- Drunken Tai Chi ... (Director)
- Merry Christmas as Paula's Cousin
1983
- The Champions ... (Producer)
- Shaolin Drunkard as Night watchman [cameo]
1982
- The Miracle Fighters ... (Director)
- The Postman Strikes Back ... (Producer)
- Legend of a Fighter ... (Director)
- Oriental Voodoo ... (Director)
1981
- Game of Death II ... (Choreographer)
- Dreadnaught
1980
- The Buddhist Fist ... (Director)
1979
- The Magnificent Butcher ... (Director)
- Dance of the Drunk Mantis ... (Director)
- Revenge of a Shaolin Master ... (Fight Choreographer)
1978
- Drunken Master as Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow ... (Screenplay)
- Sensual Pleasures
- Born Invincible ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- My Darling Gals
- Dynamo ... (First Assistant Director)
1977
- Broken Oath ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- The Invincible Armour ... (Action Director)
- The Secret Rivals 2
1976
- The Magic Blade
- The Web of Death as Extra (uncredited)
- The Oily Maniac as Tin Choi's Thug / Road Worker / Policeman (uncredited)
- Bruce Lee and I ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Brotherhood
- Farewell to a Warrior as Soldier (Extra)
- The Condemned
1975
- The Super Inframan as Science Research Center's Staff (uncredited)
- Lady of the Law as Bandit (uncredited)
- The Imposter
- Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
- The Gambling Syndicate
- Lover's Destiny
- The Protectors
1974
- The Shadow Boxer ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Sex, Love and Hate
- The Big Showdown
1973
- Blood Brothers as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
- Fist to Fist
- The Awaken Punch
- Heroes of Sung
- The Villains as Feng's Comrade
- The Bastard as Gu's Thug
- Call to Arms
- The Black Belt ... (Action Director)
- The Devils ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
1972
- Four Riders as Thug in Nightclub
- The Bloody Fists
- The Boxer from Shantung as Yang's Thug (uncredited)
- The Angry Guest as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
- Man of Iron as Yu Xiaokai's Thug (uncredited)
- The Lizard as Casino Thug
- Trilogy of Swordsmanship as Soldier
- The Killer as Thug
- Revenge of the Dragon
- The Deadly Knives
1971
- The New One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Deadly Duo as (uncredited)
- Duel of Fists as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
- The Anonymous Heroes as Drunk Officer (uncredited)
- The Duel as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
- King Eagle as Lo Brothers' Thug
- The Swift Knight
- The Mad Killer
- The Rescue
1970
- Vengeance! as Feng's Door Guard / Jin's Thug (uncredited)
- The Heroic Ones as King Jin's Soldier / Bandit
- The Chinese Boxer
- The Twelve Gold Medallions as Mountain Slicing Squad
- The Singing Killer
- Swordswomen Three
- The Secret of the Dirk
- The Wandering Swordsman
- The Winged Tiger
1969
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Invincible Fist as (extra) (uncredited)
- Dead End
- Twelve Deadly Coins
- Supreme Sword
- Redress as Extra
1968
- Golden Swallow as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
- The Sword of Swords as Shang's thug [extra]
- Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
- That Fiery Girl as Hulu Valley's bandit
- The Silver Fox
- The Chivalrous Whip
- The Tin Long Gang
- That Frightening Sword
- 麒麟寨
1967
- The One-Armed Swordsman as Feng's Disciple
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Assassin as (extra) (uncredited)
- King Drummer
- The Sword and the Lute
- Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
- Rape of the Sword
- The Silent Swordsman
- Dragnet of the Law
- Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
- 金鷗
- 月向那方圓
1966
- The Magnificent Trio as Soldier
- Twin Sisters as Thug
- The Knight of Knights as Chaoching monk
- 劫火紅蓮(上集)
1965
- The Lotus Lamp as God of Thunder's Fellow
- Temple of the Red Lotus as Red Lotus member
- The Twin Swords as Red Lotus member
1962
- Madam White Snake as Celestial spirit