Derek Yee
Born: 1957-12-28 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Known For: Acting
Biography
Derek Yee Tung-sing (Chinese: 爾冬陞, born 28 December 1957), is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity. He is the younger half-brother of famed Hong Kong actors Paul Chun and David Chiang, the latter also a former Shaw Brothers star. Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies. Since then Yee turned to screenwriting and directing and has made a career out of making films like C'est la vie, mon chéri, Viva Erotica and The Truth About Jane and Sam and also gritty dramas like One Night in Mongkok and Protégé. Derek Yee was a former boyfriend of Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung.
Filmography
2025
- Back to the Past ... (Thanks)
- The Top Racer
2024
- Rob N Roll ... (Producer)
2023
- Time Still Turns the Pages ... (Producer)
- In Broad Daylight ... (Producer)
2022
- Memories Beyond Horizon
- The Good of China
- In Search of Lost Time ... (Director)
2020
2019
- Everybody Stand By
- A Witness Out of the Blue ... (Producer)
- Guilt by Design ... (Producer)
2018
- Kung Fu Monster ... (Producer)
- Somewhere Beyond the Mist ... (Producer)
2016
- 鲁豫有约一日行
- Sword Master ... (Director)
- I Am Nobody as Himself
2015
- I Am Somebody as Derek Yee
- The Vanished Murderer ... (Producer)
- Insanity ... (Screenplay)
- Shanghai Noir ... (Producer)
2012
- The Bullet Vanishes ... (Producer)
2011
- The Great Magician ... (Director)
2010
- Triple Tap ... (Screenplay)
2009
- Shinjuku Incident ... (Director)
- Overheard ... (Producer)
2008
- C'est La Vie, Mon Chéri ... (Director)
2007
- Protégé as Miu Chi Wah
2005
- Crazy n' the City ... (Producer)
- Drink-Drank-Drunk ... (Writer)
- 2 Young ... (Director)
- Electric Shadows ... (Producer)
2004
- One Nite in Mongkok ... (Director)
2003
- Lost in Time ... (Director)
2002
- Inner Senses ... (Producer)
- July Rhapsody ... (Producer)
2000
- Double Tap ... (Producer)
- A Fighter's Blues ... (Producer)
1999
- The Truth About Jane and Sam ... (Director)
1998
- Till Death Do Us Part ... (Producer)
1997
- My Dad Is a Jerk ... (Producer)
1996
- Viva Erotica ... (Writer)
- Stooge, My Love
- Lover's Tears
1995
- Wong Fei Hung Series
- Full Throttle ... (Writer)
- Wong Fei Hung Series : The Eight Assassins as Eight Assassins 1
1994
- Master of Zen as Puti Dharma
- Hello! Who Is It? as Supt [cameo]
- A Soul Haunted by Painting as Pan Zanhua
- Victory as Ma Chi
- The True Hero as Principal Chun
- How Deep Is Your Love
1993
- C'est La Vie Mon Cheri ... (Director)
1992
1991
- This Thing Called Love as John
- Sisters of the World Unite as Johnny
- Fatal Mission
1990
- Kawashima Yoshiko as Amakasu Masahiko / Wong Ka Hung
- Goodbye Hero as Tony
1989
- Little Cop as Narcotic Policeman
- Gift from Heaven as Albert
- Four Loves as Ching Chen-Yu
- The Bachelor's Swan Song ... (Screenplay)
1988
- Vengeance is Mine as Kao Wing Keung
- Guests in the House as B / Chung Chu-Hsiung
- King of Stanley Market as Nam
- Dirty Girl
- Starry Is the Night as Poon Chung-lung
1987
- Magnificent Warriors as Secret Agent 001
- People's Hero ... (Director)
- The Goofy Gang
1986
- The Seventh Curse as SDU with Bazooka
- The Lunatics ... (Writer)
- The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
1985
- How to Choose a Royal Bride as Emperor Kangxi / Kang Tian Ci
- 飞燕惊龙 as 杨梦寰
- Let's Make Laugh II as Ah Sun
- Love with the Perfect Stranger as Ah Bo / Yu Siao Bo
- Seven Foxes
- My Mind, Your Body
1984
- The Supreme Swordsman as Yan Bei
- My Darling Genie as Cheng
- The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre as Zhang Wu Ji
- Be Careful Sweetheart
1983
- Shaolin Intruders as Lei Xun
- Descendant of the Sun as Shue Sang / Yuen Ying
1982
- Buddha's Palm as Lung Chien-Fei
- Shaolin Prince as Wang Zi-Tai
- Hell Has No Boundary as Cheung
1981
- Return of the Sentimental Swordsman as A fei
- Black Lizard as Long Fei
- The Legend of the Owl ... (Writer)
- The Battle for the Republic of China
1980
- Bat Without Wings as Xiao Qi
- Heroes Shed No Tears as Zhou Tung Lai
1979
- Full Moon Scimitar as Ding Peng
- Young Lovers as Chiu Jun Ming
1978
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II as Chang Wu Ji
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre as Chang Wu Ji
- Legend of the Bat as Bat Prince Yuan Suiyun
1977
- The Sentimental Swordsman as Ah Fei
- The Jade Tiger as Tang Yu
- Death Duel as 3rd Master Chi
- Pursuit of Vengeance as Fei
- Lady Exterminator