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
- 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)
- Up Idol
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)
- Enthiran ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- Little Big Soldier
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
- The Matrix Reloaded ... (Fight Choreographer)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- 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)
- Wing Chun ... (Director)
- Fire Dragon ... (Director)
- Cinema of Vengeance as Self (uncredited)
1993
- Tai-Chi Master ... (Director)
- Last Hero in China ... (Action Director)
- Iron Monkey ... (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
- Just Heroes
- In the Line of Duty 4 ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
1988
- Three Against the World as Chia Yi Chen in Disguise
- Tiger Cage as Master Eight
- Heart to Hearts as Headmaster Lau
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)
- Sensual Pleasures
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow ... (Screenplay)
- 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 Oily Maniac as Tin Choi's Thug / Road Worker / Policeman (uncredited)
- The Magic Blade
- The Web of Death as Extra (uncredited)
- Bruce Lee and I ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Brotherhood
- The Condemned
- Farewell to a Warrior as Soldier (Extra)
1975
- The Super Inframan as Science Research Center's Staff (uncredited)
- Lady of the Law as Bandit (uncredited)
- Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold
- Lover's Destiny
- The Imposter
- The Gambling Syndicate
- The Protectors
1974
- Sex, Love and Hate
- The Shadow Boxer ... (Stunt Coordinator)
- The Big Showdown
1973
- Blood Brothers as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
- The Awaken Punch
- Fist to Fist
- The Bastard as Gu's Thug
- Heroes of Sung
- The Devils ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Call to Arms
- The Villains as Feng's Comrade
- The Black Belt ... (Action Director)
1972
- The Boxer from Shantung as Yang's Thug (uncredited)
- Four Riders as Thug in Nightclub
- The Bloody Fists
- Man of Iron as Yu Xiaokai's Thug (uncredited)
- The Angry Guest as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
- Trilogy of Swordsmanship as Soldier
- The Killer as Thug
- The Lizard as Casino Thug
- The Deadly Knives
- Revenge of the Dragon
1971
- The New One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Deadly Duo as (uncredited)
- The Duel as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
- Duel of Fists as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
- The Anonymous Heroes as Drunk Officer (uncredited)
- The Swift Knight
- King Eagle as Lo Brothers' Thug
- The Rescue
- 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
- The Singing Killer
- Swordswomen Three
- The Winged Tiger
- The Secret of the Dirk
1969
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Invincible Fist as (extra) (uncredited)
- Dead End
- Redress as Extra
- Twelve Deadly Coins
- Supreme Sword
1968
- Golden Swallow as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
- The Sword of Swords as Shang's thug [extra]
- The Tin Long Gang
- That Fiery Girl as Hulu Valley's bandit
- Red Lamp Shaded in Blood
- The Silver Fox
- 麒麟寨
- The Chivalrous Whip
- That Frightening Sword
1967
- The One-Armed Swordsman as Feng's Disciple
- The Assassin as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Sword and the Lute
- Rape of the Sword
- King Drummer
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as (extra) (uncredited)
- The Silent Swordsman
- 月向那方圓
- Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
- 金鷗
- Lady Black Cat Strikes Again
- Dragnet of the Law
1966
- The Magnificent Trio as Soldier
- The Knight of Knights as Chaoching monk
- 劫火紅蓮(上集)
- Twin Sisters as Thug
1965
- Temple of the Red Lotus as Red Lotus member
- The Twin Swords as Red Lotus member
- The Lotus Lamp as God of Thunder's Fellow
1962
- Madam White Snake as Celestial spirit