Hong Kong cinema

Biographies of the actors and directors behind Hong Kong cinema, from martial arts classics to modern action and drama. See where they started, their best-known films, and their lasting influence.

Wilson Yip attends a film premiere in formal clothing.

Hong Kong cinema

Wilson Yip: Beyond Ip Man and His Hong Kong Films

Wilson Yip is Wilson Yip Wai-shun, the Hong Kong film director best known for directing Donnie Yen in the four main Ip Man films. He is not Ip Man, the real Wing Chun master whose life inspired those films, nor another person with a similar name. If you know