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Derek Yee

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Dec 28, 1957 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Biography

Derek Yee Tung-sing (Chinese: 爾冬陞, born 28 December 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.

Known For

Acting
2025The Top Racer
2022Memories Beyond Horizon
2022The Good of China
2020Keep Rolling
2019Everybody Stand By
2016I Am NobodyHimself
2016鲁豫有约一日行
2015I Am SomebodyDerek Yee
2007ProtégéMiu Chi Wah
1996Lover's Tears
1996Stooge, My Love
1995Wong Fei Hung Series : The Eight AssassinsEight Assassins 1
1995Wong Fei Hung Series
1994A Soul Haunted by PaintingPan Zanhua
1994Master of ZenPuti Dharma
1994How Deep Is Your Love
1994Hello! Who Is It?Supt [cameo]
1994The True HeroPrincipal Chun
1994VictoryMa Chi
1992Empress Da Yu Er
1992Ann Hui with the Famous尔冬升
1991This Thing Called LoveJohn
1991Fatal Mission
1991Sisters of the World UniteJohnny
1990Kawashima YoshikoAmakasu Masahiko / Wong Ka Hung
1990Goodbye HeroTony
1989Little CopNarcotic Policeman
1989Gift from HeavenAlbert
1989Four LovesChing Chen-Yu
1988Dirty Girl
1988Starry Is the NightPoon Chung-lung
1988Guests in the HouseB / Chung Chu-Hsiung
1988King of Stanley MarketNam
1988Vengeance is MineKao Wing Keung
1987Magnificent WarriorsSecret Agent 001
1987The Goofy Gang
1986The Seventh CurseSDU with Bazooka
1986The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
1985My Mind, Your Body
1985How to Choose a Royal BrideEmperor Kangxi / Kang Tian Ci
1985Love with the Perfect StrangerAh Bo / Yu Siao Bo
1985Let's Make Laugh IIAh Sun
1985Seven Foxes
1985飞燕惊龙杨梦寰
1984The Hidden Power of the Dragon SabreZhang Wu Ji
1984The Supreme SwordsmanYan Bei
1984My Darling GenieCheng
1984Be Careful Sweetheart
1983Shaolin IntrudersLei Xun
1983Descendant of the SunShue Sang / Yuen Ying
1982Buddha's PalmLung Chien-Fei
1982Shaolin PrinceWang Zi-Tai
1982Hell Has No BoundaryCheung
1981Black LizardLong Fei
1981Return of the Sentimental SwordsmanA fei
1981The Battle for the Republic of China
1980Bat Without WingsXiao Qi
1980Heroes Shed No TearsZhou Tung Lai
1979Full Moon ScimitarDing Peng
1979Young LoversChiu Jun Ming
1978Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre IIChang Wu Ji
1978Heaven Sword and Dragon SabreChang Wu Ji
1978Legend of the BatBat Prince Yuan Suiyun
1977The Sentimental SwordsmanAh Fei
1977Death Duel3rd Master Chi
1977The Jade TigerTang Yu
1977Pursuit of VengeanceFei
1977Lady Exterminator
1969Glass Eyeball
Production
2024Rob N RollProducer
2023Time Still Turns the PagesProducer
2023In Broad DaylightProducer
2019Guilt by DesignProducer
2019A Witness Out of the BlueProducer
2018Kung Fu MonsterProducer
2018Somewhere Beyond the MistProducer
2015InsanityProducer
2015Shanghai NoirProducer
2015The Vanished MurdererProducer
2012The Bullet VanishesProducer
2009OverheardProducer
2005Crazy n' the CityProducer
2005Electric ShadowsProducer
2002Inner SensesProducer
2002July RhapsodyProducer
2000A Fighter's BluesProducer
2000Double TapProducer
1998Till Death Do Us PartProducer
1997My Dad Is a JerkProducer
-AfterpieceProducer
Directing
2022In Search of Lost TimeDirector
2016Sword MasterDirector
2015I Am SomebodyDirector
2011The Great MagicianDirector
2010Triple TapDirector
2009Shinjuku IncidentDirector
2008C'est La Vie, Mon ChériDirector
2007ProtégéDirector
2005Drink-Drank-DrunkDirector
20052 YoungDirector
2004One Nite in MongkokDirector
2003Lost in TimeDirector
1999The Truth About Jane and SamDirector
1996Viva EroticaDirector
1995Full ThrottleDirector
1993C'est La Vie Mon CheriDirector
1989The Bachelor's Swan SongDirector
1987People's HeroDirector
1986The LunaticsDirector
Writing
2022In Search of Lost TimeScreenplay
2016Sword MasterScreenplay
2015InsanityScreenplay
2015I Am SomebodyWriter
2011The Great MagicianWriter
2010Triple TapScreenplay
2009Shinjuku IncidentWriter
2007ProtégéWriter
2005Drink-Drank-DrunkWriter
20052 YoungWriter
2004One Nite in MongkokScreenplay
2002Inner SensesWriter
2000Double TapStory
1999The Truth About Jane and SamWriter
1996Viva EroticaWriter
1995Full ThrottleWriter
1993C'est La Vie Mon CheriWriter
1989The Bachelor's Swan SongScreenplay
1987People's HeroWriter
1986The LunaticsWriter
1981The Legend of the OwlWriter
Crew
2025Back to the PastThanks