Derek Yee

Derek Yee
Chinese name	爾冬陞 (Traditional)
Chinese name	尔冬升 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Ěr Dōngshēng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Yee5 Tung1 Sing1 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Tianjin
Born	28 December 1957 (1957-12-28) (age 53) Hong Kong
Parents	Yee Kwong 爾光 Hong Wei 紅薇
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director 1994 C'est la vie, mon chéri 2005 One Nite in Mongkok Best Screenplay 1994 C'est la vie, mon chéri 2005 One Nite in Mongkok Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Director 2005 One Nite in Mongkok Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Director 1995 Full Throttle 2004 One Nite in Mongkok Film of Merit 1995 Full Throttle 2003 Lost in Time 2004 One Nite in Mongkok 2007 Protégé 2009 Shinjuku Incident

Derek Yee Tung-sing (simplified Chinese: 尔冬升; traditional Chinese: 爾冬陞; Mandarin Pinyin: Ěr Dōngshēng; Jyutping: Yee5 Tung1 Sing1), born in 1957, is a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong, currently a film director and screenwriter, who has achieved fame and respect in Hong Kong and international film festival circuits for treading carefully commercial viability concerns with artistic integrity. He is the younger half-brother of famed Hong Kong actors Paul Chun and David Chiang, the latter also a former Shaw Brothers star.

Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies. Since then Yee turned to screenwriting and directing and has made a career out of making films like C'est la vie, mon chéri, Viva Erotica and The Truth About Jane and Sam and also gritty dramas like One Night in Mongkok and Protégé.

Derek Yee was a former boyfriend of Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung.[1][2]

Filmography

As director and screenwriter

Year	Title	Awards
1986	The Lunatics	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
1987	People's Hero
1989	The Bachelor's Swan Song	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay
1993	C'est la vie, mon chéri	Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Director Nomianted - Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay
1995	Full Throttle	Won - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Director Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay
1996	Viva Erotica	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Nominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Director
1999	The Truth About Jane and Sam
2003	Lost in Time	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2004	One Night in Mongkok	Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Won - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay Won - Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Director Won - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Director Nominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Director Nominated - Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Screenplay
2005	2 Young	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay
2005	Drink-Drank-Drunk
2007	Protégé	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Golden Horse Award for Best Director Nomianted - Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay
2009	Shinjuku Incident	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
2010	Triple Tap
2011	The Great Magician

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Awards
1977	Lady Exterminator
1977	Jade Tiger
1977	Death Duel
1977	The Sentimental Swordsman
1977	Pursuit of Vengeance
1978	Interlude on Rails
1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre	Zhang Wuji
1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II	Zhang Wuji
1978	Legend of the Bat
1979	[[Young Lovers]
1979	Full Moon Scimitar
1980	Bat Without Wings
1980	Heroes Shed No Tears
1981	Return of the Sentimental Swordman
1981	The Battle for the Republic of China	Liu Fuji
1981	Black Lizard
1982	Hell Has No Boundary
1982	Buddha's Palm
1983	Shaolin Prince
1983	Shaolin Intruders
1983	Descendant of the Sun
1983	The Supreme Swordman
1984	The Hidden Power of Dragon Sabre
1984	My Darling Genie
1984	Last Hero In China
1985	How To Choose A Royal Bride
1985	Let's Make Laugh II
1990	The Last Princess of Manchuria		Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
1992	Empress Da Yu'er	Dorgon
1994	The True Hero
2007	Protégé

External links

• Derek Yee at the Internet Movie Database