Wilson Yip

• Name — Wilson Yip • Born — 23 October 1964 • Birthplace — British Hong Kong • Occupation — * Filmmaker • actor • Years Active — 1992–present Yip

A film buff at an early age, Yip went to the cinema whenever he could and often wrote reviews on the backs of ticket stubs. He entered the movie business in the 1980s, starting out as a "gofer" and working his way up to assistant director. His directorial debut was 01.00 AM, a three-segment horror compendium. He directed two of three parts, one with Veronica Yip as a nurse who sees dead pop stars, and Anita Yuen interviewing a demon. His next effort, Daze Reaper, was a Category III exploitation film, based on a true-crime story about a prison guard who turns to crime. Next was Mongkok Story, an exploitive story in the vein of Young and Dangerous, and another horror trilogy, Midnight Zone, about urban myths. He also turned to comedy with Teaching Sucks, about two Hong Kong teachers played by Anthony Wong and Jan Lam. In 1998 Wilson co-wrote and directed his biggest cult hit at the time, Bio Zombie, which was influenced by Dawn of the Dead and takes place in a shopping mall, where a small group of misfits bands together in order to survive.

Yip next directed the 1999 crime-drama Bullets Over Summer, starring Francis Ng and Louis Koo as two detectives hunting a gang of deadly criminals who have to use a demented elderly woman's (Helena Law Lan) apartment for surveillance. The biggest-budget film of his career up to then, he considers Bullets Over Summer his "turning point". He shared a best-screenplay award at the 2000 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the film. In 2000 he was picked by Golden Harvest to direct Skyline Cruisers, a big-budget action film. Yip did not get along with the cast and clashed with the studio's management over creative differences. Other films include the science-fiction-action story 2002, and the romantic comedies, Dry Wood Fierce Fire (with Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo) and Leaving Me, Loving You (with Leon Lai and Faye Wong). In 2004, Yip also directed his first wuxia style film, The White Dragon, starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng. Yip also acts, mostly doing small roles. They include a pimp in The Runaway Pistol and a Taoist exorcist in the Pang Brothers' The Eye.

This is a list of films which was participated by Wilson Yip.

• Year — Film — Credit — Notes • Director — Screenwriter — Producer • 1994 — Victory — Executive • 1995 — 01:00 A.M. • Daze Raper • 1996 — Hong Kong Showgirls — Executive • Mongkok Story • 1997 — Midnight Zone • Teaching Sucks • 1998 — Bio Zombie • 1999 — Bullets Over Summer • 2000 — Skyline Cruisers • Juliet in Love — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Director • 2001 — 2002 • 2002 — Dry Wood Fierce Fire • The Mummy, Aged 19 • 2004 — Leaving Me, Loving You — Story • The White Dragon • 2005 — SPL: Sha Po Lang • 2006 — Dragon Tiger Gate • 2007 — Flash Point • 2008 — Ip Man — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Director • 2010 — All's Well, Ends Well 2010 • Ip Man 2 — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Director • 2011 — A Chinese Ghost Story • Magic to Win • 2015 — Triumph in the Skies • SPL II: A Time for Consequences — WonHong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Films of Merit • Ip Man 3 — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Director • 2016 — League of Gods — WonGolden Broom Award for Worst Film • Heartfall Arises • 2017 — Paradox — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Director • 2019 — Ip Man 4: The Finale • 2021 — Limbo — NominatedHong Kong Film Award for Best Film • 2024 — Last Song for You • Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In — WonHong Kong Film Award for Best Film • The Dream, the Bubble and the Shadow — Executive

• United We Stand (1986) • The Beloved Son of God (1988) • Mr. Smart (1989) • Little Cop (1989) • The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon (1990) • Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon (1990) • Gangs '92 (1992) • Second to None (1992) • Why Wild Girls (1994) • Forbidden City Cop (1996) • Mongkok Story (1996) • Midnight Zone (1997) • PR Girls (1998) • Afraid of Nothing, the Jobless King (1999) • Among the Stars (2000) • United We Stand and Swim (2001) • Final Romance (2001) • You Shoot, I Shoot (2001) • Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster (2001) • The Runaway Pistol (2002) • Happy Family (2002) • Love Undercover (2002) • The Eye (2002) • Mighty Baby (2002) • And Also the Eclipse (2004) • Simply Actors (2007) • All's Well, Ends Well 2011 (2011) • 12 Golden Ducks (2015)