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 as Old Man
2022
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong ... (Writer)
2021
- Kung Fu Stuntmen
- My Country, My Parents ... (Stunts)
2019
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
- Ip Man 4: The Finale ... (Action Director)
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)
- Up Idol
2015
- Ip Man 3 ... (Stunts)
2014
- Chef Nic
- Once Upon a Time in Shanghai ... (Action Director)
2013
- Man of Tai Chi as VIP audience (uncredited)
- The Grandmaster as Chan Wah-shun
- Wu Xia Pian - Le Festin du Tigre Chinois as Self
2011
- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
2010
- True Legend ... (Director)
- Enthiran ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Little Big Soldier
2008
- The Forbidden Kingdom ... (Executive Producer)
2006
- Fearless ... (Action Director)
- The Banquet ... (Producer)
2005
- Unleashed ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- House of Fury ... (Stunts)
2004
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Kung Fu Hustle ... (Stunts)
- Double Dare as Self
2003
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Matrix Reloaded ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Matrix Revolutions ... (Fight Choreographer)
- The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load as Self
- Making 'Enter the Matrix' as Self
- The Tai Chi Master ... (Director)
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 ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Iron Monkey 2 ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Tai Chi Boxer ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
1995
- The Red Wolf ... (Director)
1994
- Fist of Legend ... (Fight Choreographer)
- Wing Chun ... (Director)
- Cinema of Vengeance as Self (uncredited)
- Fire Dragon ... (Director)
1993
- Last Hero in China ... (Action Director)
- Iron Monkey ... (Director)
- Tai-Chi Master ... (Director)
- Heroes Among Heroes ... (Director)
- Madam City Hunter ... (Executive Producer)
- Bogus Cops as Sleeping Cop
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
- In the Line of Duty 4 ... (Director)
- Just Heroes
1988
- Tiger Cage as Master Eight
- Heart to Hearts as Headmaster Lau
- Three Against the World as Chia Yi Chen in Disguise
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 Postman Strikes Back ... (Producer)
- The Miracle Fighters ... (Director)
- Legend of a Fighter ... (Director)
- Oriental Voodoo ... (Director)
1981
- Game of Death II ... (Choreographer)
- Dreadnaught
1980
- The Buddhist Fist ... (Director)
1979
- Dance of the Drunk Mantis ... (Director)
- The Magnificent Butcher ... (Director)
- Revenge of a Shaolin Master ... (Fight Choreographer)
1978
- Drunken Master as Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow ... (Director)
- Sensual Pleasures
- Born Invincible ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- My Darling Gals
- Dynamo ... (First Assistant Director)
1977
- The Invincible Armour ... (Action Director)
- Broken Oath ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- The Secret Rivals 2
1976
- The Magic Blade
- The Oily Maniac as Tin Choi's Thug / Road Worker / Policeman (uncredited)
- Bruce Lee and I ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- The Web of Death as Extra (uncredited)
- Brotherhood
- The Condemned
- Farewell to a Warrior as Soldier (Extra)
1975
- Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
- The Super Inframan as Science Research Center's Staff (uncredited)
- Lady of the Law as Bandit (uncredited)
- The Gambling Syndicate
- The Imposter
- Lover's Destiny
- The Protectors
1974
- The Big Showdown
- Sex, Love and Hate
- The Shadow Boxer ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1973
- Blood Brothers as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
- The Bastard as Gu's Thug
- The Awaken Punch
- Fist to Fist
- Heroes of Sung
- The Villains as Feng's Comrade
- The Black Belt ... (Action Director)
- The Devils ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Call to Arms
1972
- The Boxer from Shantung as Yang's Thug (uncredited)
- The Angry Guest as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
- Trilogy of Swordsmanship as Soldier
- Man of Iron as Yu Xiaokai's Thug (uncredited)
- Four Riders as Thug in Nightclub
- The Bloody Fists
- The Lizard as Casino Thug
- The Killer as Thug
- The Deadly Knives
- Revenge of the Dragon
1971
- The New One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- Duel of Fists as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
- The Deadly Duo as (uncredited)
- The Anonymous Heroes as Drunk Officer (uncredited)
- The Duel as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
- The Rescue
- King Eagle as Lo Brothers' Thug
- The Swift Knight
- The Mad Killer
1970
- The Heroic Ones as King Jin's Soldier / Bandit
- The Chinese Boxer
- Vengeance! as Feng's Door Guard / Jin's Thug (uncredited)
- The Twelve Gold Medallions as Mountain Slicing Squad
- The Wandering Swordsman
- Swordswomen Three
- The Singing Killer
- The Secret of the Dirk
- The Winged Tiger
1969
- Redress as Extra
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Invincible Fist as (extra) (uncredited)
- Dead End
- Twelve Deadly Coins
- Supreme Sword
1968
- The Sword of Swords as Shang's thug [extra]
- Golden Swallow as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
- That Fiery Girl as Hulu Valley's bandit
- Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
- The Silver Fox
- The Tin Long Gang
- 麒麟寨
- The Chivalrous Whip
- That Frightening Sword
1967
- The One-Armed Swordsman as Feng's Disciple
- The Sword and the Lute
- Rape of the Sword
- The Assassin as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Silent Swordsman
- Dragnet of the Law
- Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
- 月向那方圓
- King Drummer
- Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
1966
- The Magnificent Trio as Soldier
- The Knight of Knights as Chaoching monk
- Twin Sisters as Thug
- 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