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Yuen Woo-ping - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born January 1, 1945, Hong Kong, Empire of Japan (Hong Kong), real name: Yuen Heping - Chinese filmmaker, director of action films with martial arts.
He first became acquainted with the art of kung fu under the guidance of his father, who at one time was popular on stage and in cinema.
In addition to studying with his father's troupe, Yuen Heping also attended day classes at the Chinese Opera School of Master Yu Jingyuan for one year, where the stars of Hong Kong cinema Sammo Hong and Chan Kunsan, who became known by the "Western" name "Jackie Chan") ...
In the 1950s, his father brought Heping and his brothers to the set of the series "Huang Feihong" (about the People's Hero of China) - work in several episodes (albeit without mention in the credits) was the first appearance of the future actor, director and battle director. big screen.
In the 1960s, Yuen Heping worked as an actor and stuntman for the Shaw Brothers, one of the largest studios in Hong Kong, where he starred in the film "Chinese Boxer" as Yu Wang.
In 1971, he first directed the action scenes for Wu Siyuan's Mad Killer, a collaboration that continued over the next several years.
In 1978, Heping made his first directorial appearance: he directed the very successful film "The Serpent in the Shadow of the Eagle", in which the main role was played by the then-unknown old acquaintance of the director Jackie Chan. The public liked the new genre of "kung fu comedy", and the next year the movie "The Drunken Master" was released with the same leading actor. The role of the elderly, wine-loving teacher of the protagonist was played by the director's father, and in several scenes his father was dubbed by Heping himself.
In 1979, after a short stint under the auspices of one of the largest film companies in Hong Kong, Golden Harvest, the director founded his own company, Wo Ping Films Company, whose first project was the film Buddhist Fists, in which Yuen Heping again played a cameo role. his father, in the future continuing to attract him to work, mainly in episodes with the roles of an elderly master of the style of "drunk", which he mastered perfectly, or "old wandering sage."
Heping later made several "modern action" films and returned to "traditional" kung fu films.
In the early 1990s, Yuen Heping's directorial work included films such as Iron Monkey (1993) starring Zheng Zidan (known as Donnie Yong, later on in the 2000 film Hero) and Vin Chun. (1994) with Yang Ziqiong, who became known as Michelle Yeoh after Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon (2000), in which Yuen Heping staged the fights.
In 1991, Heping directed the fights for Xu Ke (Cui Hark) Once Upon a Time in China ... and in 1996 directed Taijiquan, starring Li Lianjie, aka Jet Li, and Michelle Yeo.
Yuen Heping's rise to popularity after The Matrix led to the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000), directed by Ang Lee and directed by Heping.
In 2003-2004, Yuen Heping took part in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill project, demonstrating that even actors with no previous martial arts training can look decent on screen in action scenes.
