1. Wilson Yip Wai-Shun is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter.
15 Facts About Wilson Yip
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Wilson Yip's films include Bio Zombie, The White Dragon, SPL: Sha Po Lang, Dragon Tiger Gate, Flash Point and the Ip Man series.
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Wilson Yip entered the movie business in the 1980s, starting out as a "gofer" and working his way up to assistant director.
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Wilson Yip directed two of three parts, one with Veronica Yip as a nurse who sees dead pop stars, and Anita Yuen interviewing a demon.
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Wilson Yip's next effort, Daze Reaper, was a Category III exploitation film, based on a true-crime story about a prison guard who turns to crime.
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In 1998 Wilson Yip 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.
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Wilson 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 apartment for surveillance.
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Wilson Yip shared a best-screenplay award at the 2000 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the film.
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Wilson Yip did not get along with the cast and clashed with the studio's management over creative differences.
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In 2004, Wilson Yip directed his first wuxia style film, The White Dragon, starring Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng.
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In 2005, Wilson Yip directed his most critically acclaimed film, SPL: Sha Po Lang.
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In 2006, Wilson Yip re-teamed with Yen for an adaptation of a Hong Kong manga, Dragon Tiger Gate.
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In 2007 Wilson Yip released Flash Point, another martial-arts crime drama in the same vein as SPL.
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Yen and Wilson Yip's latest collaboration as actor and director, Ip Man, is a semi-biographical account of Ip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly.
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In 2016, Donnie Yen announced that he and Wilson Yip would collaborate on a fourth Ip Man film.