Wilson Yip
- January 6, 2024
- Film Director
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Wilson Yip |
| Occupation | Film Director |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 23, 1963(1963-10-23) |
| Age | 61 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Wilson Yip Biography
| Name | Wilson Yip |
| Birthday | Oct 23 |
| Birth Year | 1963 |
| Birth Country | Hong Kong |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Wilson Yip is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on October 23, 1963 in Hong Kong. A movie buff at the age of a child, Yip went to the cinema as often as he could and frequently wrote his reviews on the back of tickets. He began his career in the film industry in the early 1980s, beginning as a “gofer” and working his upwards to become an assistant director.
Other films include the science-fiction-action story 2002, and the romantic comedies, Dry Wood, Fierce Fire (with Miriam Yeung and Louis Koo) and Leaving Me, Loving You (with Leon Lai and Faye Wong). In 2004 Yip also produced his first wuxia-style production, The White Dragon, with Cecilia Cheung and Francis Ng.
In 2006, Yip re-teamed with Yen for an adaptation of a Hong Kong manga, Dragon Tiger Gate. In 2007 Yip released Flash Point, another martial-arts crime drama in the same vein as SPL. The film starred Donnie Yen, Louis Koo, and Collin Chou.
Yen and Yip’s latest collaboration as actor and director, Ip Man, is a semi- biographical account of Ip Man, the first martial arts master (Chinese: Sifu) to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. It also featured fight choreography by Sammo Hung. The film was released in December 2008 and immediately shot to number one on its opening week in Hong Kong, earning over HK$2.8 million in three weeks.
In 2000, he was selected in 2000 by Golden Harvest to direct Skyline Cruisers the action film with a large budget. film. Yip was not a good fit with the actors and argued with the studio’s leadership over disagreements in the creative process.
Wilson Yip Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Film Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Wilson Yip is one of the richest Film Director from Hong Kong. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wilson Yip 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1998, Wilson wrote and directed the most popular film of the year, Bio Zombie, which was inspired from Dawn of the Dead and is set in a mall center, where a tiny group of misfits join forces in order to make it through.
Yip was the director of 1999’s drama about crime Bullets Over Summer, starring Francis Ng and Louis Koo as two detectives chasing an infamous gang of criminals who must utilize a demented old lady’s (Helena Law Lan) home for surveillance. The largest budget film of his career until then Yip considers Bullets Over Summer his “turning point”. He was awarded the best screenplay in the year 1999 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for the film.
In 2005, Yip directed his most critically acclaimed film, SPL: Sha Po Lang. A gritty return to the 1980s style of Hong Kong action cinema, SPL starred Simon Yam and Donnie Yen as Hong Kong police officers trying to pin a crime on an unstoppable gangster, portrayed by Sammo Hung.
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Wilson Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Hong Kong. Wilson Yip celebrates birthday on October 23 of every year.