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Yuen Woo-ping
Hong Kong film director
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuen.
Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born ) is a Hong Kongmartial 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 woo-ping biography of martin
Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor. He attended the China Drama Academy for one year as a day student of Master Yu Jim-yuen as well.[1]
Life and career
Yuen was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
With a support of Ng See-yuen, he achieved his first directing credit in on the seminal Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, starring Jackie Chan, followed quickly by Drunken Master. The films were smash hits, launching Jackie Chan as a major film star, turning Seasonal Films into a major independent production company, and starting a trend towards comedy in martial arts films that contin