Yuen Woo-Ping
Directing1945Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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.
Known For
Drunken Master
Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
Man of Tai Chi
VIP audience (uncredited)
The Grandmaster
Chan Wah-shun
Little Big Soldier
The Matrix Revisited
Self - Kung Fu Choreographer
Eastern Condors
Yam Yan-Hei
The One-Armed Swordsman
Feng's Disciple
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
(extra) (uncredited)
Acting History
2022
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Action Director
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Director
2021
2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self (archive footage)
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Action Director
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Stunts
2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Director
2017
Guardians of Martial Arts
Choreographer
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia
Director
2015
Ip Man 3
Stunts
2014
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
Action Director
2013
Man of Tai Chi
as VIP audience (uncredited)
The Grandmaster
as Chan Wah-shun
The Grandmaster
Martial Arts Choreographer
Man of Tai Chi
Action Director
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
TVas Self• 1 eps
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Fight Choreographer
2010
2008
The Forbidden Kingdom
Martial Arts Choreographer
The Forbidden Kingdom
Executive Producer
2006
2005
Unleashed
Stunt Coordinator
House of Fury
Stunts
2004
2003
The Matrix Revolutions
Fight Choreographer
The Tai Chi Master
Director
The Tai Chi Master
Action Director
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Stunt Coordinator
The Matrix Reloaded
Fight Choreographer
2002
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Choreographer
2001
The Matrix Revisited
as Self - Kung Fu Choreographer
Dragon Hero
Executive Producer
Zu Warriors
Choreographer
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Action Director
1999
Making 'The Matrix'
as Self
The Matrix
Fight Choreographer
The Matrix
Choreographer
Legend of Dagger Lee
TVDirector
1998
The Water Margin
TVAction Director
1996
Tai Chi II
Martial Arts Choreographer
Tai Chi II
Director
Iron Monkey 2
Martial Arts Choreographer
Black Mask
Martial Arts Choreographer
Black Mask
Stunt Coordinator
Black Mask
Action Director
1995
The Red Wolf
Director
The Red Wolf
Action Director
The Red Wolf
Stunt Coordinator
The Red Wolf
Martial Arts Choreographer
1994
Fire Dragon
Director
Fist of Legend
Fight Choreographer
Wing Chun
Director
Wing Chun
Martial Arts Choreographer
Wing Chun
Producer
1993
Bogus Cops
as Sleeping Cop
Tai-Chi Master
Director
Tai-Chi Master
Fight Choreographer
Iron Monkey
Director
Heroes Among Heroes
Director
Madam City Hunter
Executive Producer
Last Hero in China
Action Director
Last Hero in China
Stunts
1992
1991
1990
My Hero
as Yi
Tiger Cage II
Director
1989
1988
1987
Eastern Condors
as Yam Yan-Hei
1986
The Close Encounters of Vampire
Director
1985
Mismatched Couples
as Mini
Mismatched Couples
Director
1983
Shaolin Drunkard
as Night watchman [cameo]
The Champions
Producer
Shaolin Drunkard
Director
Shaolin Drunkard
Writer
1982
The Miracle Fighters
Director
The Miracle Fighters
Screenplay
The Postman Strikes Back
Producer
Legend of a Fighter
Director
1981
Game of Death II
Choreographer
1980
The Buddhist Fist
Director
1979
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Director
The Magnificent Butcher
Director
The Magnificent Butcher
Martial Arts Choreographer
1978
Drunken Master
as Man with Bucket of Greens (uncredited)
My Darling Gals
as Thug
Drunken Master
Director
Drunken Master
Martial Arts Choreographer
Born Invincible
Martial Arts Choreographer
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Screenplay
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Director
1977
1976
Farewell to a Warrior
as Soldier (Extra)
The Web of Death
as Extra (uncredited)
Brotherhood
Choreographer
Bruce Lee and I
Martial Arts Choreographer
1975
The Super Inframan
as Science Research Center's Staff (uncredited)
The Gambling Syndicate
Choreographer
1974
The Shadow Boxer
Stunt Coordinator
1973
The Bastard
as Gu's Thug
Blood Brothers
as Mountain Bandit (uncredited)
The Bastard
Martial Arts Choreographer
Fist to Fist
Martial Arts Choreographer
Call to Arms
Martial Arts Choreographer
Heroes of Sung
Action Director
The Black Belt
Action Director
1972
The Killer
as Thug
Trilogy of Swordsmanship
as Soldier
Four Riders
as Thug in Nightclub
The Angry Guest
as Jin Long Student (uncredited)
The Lizard
as Casino Thug
Man of Iron
as Yu Chow-Kai's Thug (uncredited)
The Lizard
Martial Arts Choreographer
The Bloody Fists
Fight Choreographer
The Bloody Fists
Choreographer
1971
The New One-Armed Swordsman
as (extra) (uncredited)
King Eagle
as Lo Brothers' Thug
Duel of Fists
as Chiang Ren's Man (uncredited)
The Duel
as Gan's Man Turns on Lights (uncredited)
The Mad Killer
Martial Arts Choreographer
1970
The Heroic Ones
as King Jin's Soldier / Bandit
The Twelve Gold Medallions
as Mountain Slicing Squad
Vengeance!
as Feng's Door Guard / Jin's Thug (uncredited)
1969
Redress
as Extra
The Invincible Fist
as (extra) (uncredited)
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
as (extra) (uncredited)
1968
The Sword of Swords
as Shang's thug [extra]
That Fiery Girl
as Hulu Valley's bandit
Golden Swallow
as Golden Dragon Five Heroes
1966
The Knight of Knights
as Chaoching monk
Twin Sisters
as Thug
1965
The Twin Swords
as Red Lotus member
The Lotus Lamp
as God of Thunder's Fellow
Temple of the Red Lotus
as Red Lotus member
1962
Madam White Snake
as Celestial spirit