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Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; Pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; born 1945 in Guangzhou, China) is a martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. The name Woo-ping means "peace" in Cantonese. Download high resolution version (600x800, 284 KB)Film reel and film Photographer: Bubbels, a. ... Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within China Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... The traditions of Hong Kong action cinema developed starting in the 1970s are the principal source of the Hong Kong film industrys global fame. ... The concept of peace ranks among the most controversial in our time. ... This article is on all of the Yue dialects. ...

His father was Yuen Siu Tien and one of his brothers is Yuen Cheung Yan. He was trained in Peking opera as a youth, and began working in films in the 1960s, initially as a stunt double for Shaw Studios, then, beginning with Mad Killer (1971) as an action choreographer. In Beijing, September 2002 Beijing opera or Peking opera (京剧, pinyin: Jīngjù) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing dynasty court. ... A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically, a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television, (such as jumping out of a building, jumping from vehicle to vehicle, or other similar actions), other sophisticated stunts such as fight sequences, or even in... The Shaw Studio (邵氏片場), owned by Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd. ...

In 1978 he achieved his first directing credit on the seminal Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, starring Jackie Chan, then quickly followed with the similar Drunken Master. The films were smash-hits, launching Jackie Chan as a major film-star, turning Golden Harvest into a major studio, and starting a trend towards comedy in martial arts films that continues to the present day. Snake in the Eagles Shadow is a martial arts film made in Hong Kong in 1978. ... Jackie Chan (born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong) is a martial artist, actor, director and stuntman. ... UK DVD cover Drunken Master (醉拳, Zui quan--literally Drunken Boxing) is a movie directed by Yuen Wo Ping, starring Jackie Chan and Hwang Jang-Lee, first released in 1978. ... Golden Harvest (嘉禾) HKSE: 1132 is a film production, distribution and exhibition company based in Hong Kong. ... Martial arts film is a film genre that originated in the Pacific Rim. ...

He went on to work with such figures as Sammo Hung in Magnificent Butcher (1979), Yuen Biao in Dreadnaught (1981), Donnie Yen in several films including Iron Monkey (1993), and Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in several films including The Tai-Chi Master (1993). Sammo Hung 洪金寶 Sammo Hung (Chinese: 洪金寶; pinyin: ; Cantonese: Hung4 Gam1 Bou2) (born in Hong Kong on January 7, 1952) is a Kung Fu movies actor, producer and director. ... Yuen Biao (元彪) (born 26 July 1957) is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong. ... Donnie Yen Donnie Yen (甄子丹, pinyin: Zhēn Zǐdān, born July 27, 1963), is a martial artist and a film actor. ... Iron Monkey were a sludge metal band that formed in Nottingham, England in 1994. ... Jet Li Jet Li (Traditional: 李連杰; Simplified: 李连杰; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Li Lien-chieh; Cantonese: Ley5 Lin4 Git6; born April 26, 1963) is a Chinese martial artist and film actor. ... Michelle Yeoh January 29, 2004 Dato Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (Chinese: 楊紫瓊; pinyin: ; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as Michelle Khan. Yeoh is a Malaysian Chinese born in Ipoh, Malaysia. ...

His work (particularly his action choreography on Fist of Legend (1994)) attracted the attention of the Wachowski brothers, who used him as kung-fu choreographer on The Matrix (1999). The success of this collaboration, plus his action choregography on the following year's hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, made him a highly sought after figure in Hollywood. He went on to work on the Matrix sequels and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill (2003). Fist of legend is a 1994 adaptation of Bruce Lees 1972 film Fist of Fury (U.S. title The Chinese Connection). ... Larry Wachowski (born June 21, 1965) and Andy Wachowski (born December 29, 1967) are film directors most famous for the Matrix series. ... The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). ... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍; Simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; pinyin: ) is a wuxia (martial arts and chivalry) film released in 2000. ... Quentin Tarantino, playing Mr. ... Kill Bill is the fourth feature film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, and stars Uma Thurman. ...

Filmography

As director:

• Tai ji quan (1996)

... aka Tai Chi Boxer (Hong Kong: English title) (UK: literal English title)

... aka Tai Chi 2

• Jie tou sha shou (1996) (as Jua Lu-Jiang)

... aka Iron Monkey 2

• Hu meng wei long (1995)

... aka The Red Wolf

• Huo yun chuan qi (1994)

... aka Fire Dragon

• Yong Chun (1994)

... aka Wing Chun

• Tai ji zhang san feng (1993)

... aka The Tai-Chi Master

• Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau (1993)

... aka Iron Monkey

• Su qi er (1993)

... aka Fist of the Red Dragon (USA: video title)

... aka Heroes Among Heroes

• Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung (1993)

... aka Last Hero in China

• Leng mian ju ji shou (1991)

... aka Tiger Cage 3

• Xi hei qian (1990)

... aka Tiger Cage (UK)

... aka Tiger Cage 2

• Huang jia shi jie zhi IV: Zhi ji zheng ren (1989)

... aka In the Line of Duty

... aka In the Line of Duty IV

... aka Yes, Madam 4

• Te jing tu long (1988)

... aka Tiger Cage

• Jiang shi pa pa (1986)

... aka Dragon Vs. Vampire

... aka The Close Encounters of Vampire

• Qing feng di shou (1985)

... aka Mismatched Couples

• Xiao tai ji (1984)

... aka Drunken Tai-Chi

• Tian shi zhuang xie (1983)

... aka Shaolin Drunkard

• Huo Yuan-Jia (1982)

... aka Legend of a Fighter

• Oriental Voodoo (1982)
• Qi men dun jia (1982)

... aka Miracle Fighters

• Long fa wei (1981)

... aka Exciting Dragon

• Yong zhe wu ju (1981)

... aka Dreadnaught

• Fo Zhang luo han quan (1980)

... aka The Buddhist Fist

• Lin shi rong (1979)

... aka Magnificent Butcher

• Nan bei zui quan (1979)

... aka Dance of the Drunk Mantis

• Jui kuen (1978)

... aka Drunken Master

• Se ying diu sau (1978)

... aka Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

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• Danny the Dog (film) a.k.a. Unleashed (2005)
• Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
• Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
• Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Fist of Legend (1994)
• The Bloody Fists (1972)

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External links

• Yuen Woo-ping at the Internet Movie Database
• Sensasian: Yuen Woo-Ping biography