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Yuen Woo-ping (; born 1945 in Guangzhou, China) is a martial arts choreographer and film director, renowned as one of the most successful and influential figures in the world of Hong Kong action cinema. The name Woo-ping means "peace" in Cantonese.

His father was Yuen Siu Tien and one of his brothers is Yuen Cheung Yan. He was trained in Peking opera as a youth, and began working in films in the 1960s, initially as a stunt double for Shaw Studios, then, beginning with Mad Killer (1971) as an action choreographer.

In 1978 he achieved his first directing credit on the seminal Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
, starring Jackie Chan, then quickly followed with the similar Drunken Master
. The films were smash-hits, launching Jackie Chan as a major film-star, turning Golden Harvest into a major studio, and starting a trend towards comedy in martial arts films that continues to the present day.

He went on to work with such figures as Sammo Hung in Magnificent Butcher (1979), Yuen Biao in Dreadnaught (1981), Donnie Yen in several films including Iron Monkey (1993), and Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh in several films including The Tai-Chi Master (1993).

His work (particularly his action choreography on Fist of Legend
(1994)) attracted the attention of the Wachowski brothers, who hired him as kung-fu choreographer on The Matrix
(1999). The success of this collaboration, plus his action choregography on the following year's hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
, made him a highly sought after figure in Hollywood. He went on to work on the Matrix sequels and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill
(2003).

Filmography

As director:

Tai ji quan (1996)

:... aka Tai Chi Boxer (Hong Kong: English title) (UK: literal English title) :... aka Tai Chi 2

Jie tou sha shou (1996) (as Jua Lu-Jiang)

:... aka Iron Monkey 2

Hu meng wei long (1995)

:... aka The Red Wolf

Huo yun chuan qi (1994)

:... aka Fire Dragon

Yong Chun (1994)

:... aka Wing Chun

Tai ji zhang san feng (1993)

:... aka The Tai-Chi Master

Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau (1993)

:... aka Iron Monkey

Su qi er (1993)

:... aka Fist of the Red Dragon (USA: video title) :... aka Heroes Among Heroes

Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung (1993)

:... aka Last Hero in China

Leng mian ju ji shou (1991)

:... aka Tiger Cage 3

Xi hei qian (1990)

:... aka Tiger Cage (UK) :... aka Tiger Cage 2

Huang jia shi jie zhi IV: Zhi ji zheng ren (1989)

:... aka In the Line of Duty :... aka In the Line of Duty IV :... aka Yes, Madam 4

Te jing tu long (1988)

:... aka Tiger Cage

Jiang shi pa pa (1986)

:... aka Dragon Vs. Vampire :... aka The Close Encounters of Vampire

Qing feng di shou (1985)

:... aka Mismatched Couples

Xiao tai ji (1984)

:... aka Drunken Tai-Chi

Tian shi zhuang xie (1983)

:... aka Shaolin Drunkard

Huo Yuan-Jia (1982)

:... aka Legend of a Fighter

Oriental Voodoo (1982)
Qi men dun jia (1982)

:... aka Miracle Fighters

Long fa wei (1981)

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