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
2024
- Rob N Roll ... (Producer)
2023
- Time Still Turns the Pages ... (Producer)
- In Broad Daylight ... (Producer)
2022
- Memories Beyond Horizon
- In Search of Lost Time ... (Director)
- 加康加年味
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
- Insanity ... (Screenplay)
- I Am Somebody as Derek Yee
- Shanghai Noir ... (Producer)
- The Vanished Murderer ... (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
- 2 Young ... (Director)
- Crazy n' the City ... (Producer)
- Electric Shadows ... (Producer)
- Drink-Drank-Drunk ... (Writer)
2004
- One Nite in Mongkok ... (Director)
2003
- Lost in Time ... (Director)
2002
- July Rhapsody ... (Producer)
- Inner Senses ... (Producer)
2000
- A Fighter's Blues ... (Producer)
- Double Tap ... (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)
- Lover's Tears
- Stooge, My Love
1995
- Full Throttle ... (Writer)
- Wong Fei Hung Series : The Eight Assassins as Eight Assassins 1
- Wong Fei Hung Series
1994
- A Soul Haunted by Painting as Pan Zanhua
- Hello! Who Is It? as Supt [cameo]
- How Deep Is Your Love
- The True Hero as Principal Chun
- Master of Zen as Puti Dharma
- Victory as Ma Chi
1993
- C'est La Vie Mon Cheri ... (Director)
1992
1991
- Sisters of the World Unite as Johnny
- This Thing Called Love as John
- Fatal Mission
1990
- Kawashima Yoshiko as Amakasu Masahiko / Wong Ka Hung
- Goodbye Hero as Tony
1989
- Gift from Heaven as Albert
- The Bachelor's Swan Song ... (Screenplay)
- Four Loves as Ching Chen-Yu
- Little Cop as Narcotic Policeman
1988
- Guests in the House as B / Chung Chu-Hsiung
- Dirty Girl
- Vengeance is Mine as Kao Wing Keung
- King of Stanley Market as Nam
- 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
- Love with the Perfect Stranger as Ah Bo / Yu Siao Bo
- Let's Make Laugh II as Ah Sun
- How to Choose a Royal Bride as Emperor Kangxi / Kang Tian Ci
- My Mind, Your Body
- Seven Foxes
- 飞燕惊龙 as 杨梦寰
1984
- My Darling Genie as Cheng
- The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre as Zhang Wu Ji
- The Supreme Swordsman as Yan Bei
- 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
- Hell Has No Boundary as Cheung
- Shaolin Prince as Wang Zi-Tai
1981
- Return of the Sentimental Swordsman as A fei
- The Battle for the Republic of China
- Black Lizard as Long Fei
- The Legend of the Owl ... (Writer)
1980
- Heroes Shed No Tears as Zhou Tung Lai
- Bat Without Wings as Xiao Qi
1979
- Full Moon Scimitar as Ding Peng
- Young Lovers as Chiu Jun Ming
1978
- Legend of the Bat as Bat Prince Yuan Suiyun
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II as Chang Wu Ji
- Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre as Chang Wu Ji
1977
- Lady Exterminator
- The Sentimental Swordsman as Ah Fei
- The Jade Tiger as Tang Yu
- Death Duel as 3rd Master Chi
- Pursuit of Vengeance as Fei