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Derek Yee

Dec 28, 1957 (67 years old) in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

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

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Protégé
Miu Chi Wah
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The Seventh Curse
SDU with Bazooka
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Starry Is the Night
Poon Chung-lung
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Jade Tiger
Tang Yu
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Wong Fei Hung Series
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Buddha's Palm
Lung Chien-Fei
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Legend of the Bat
Bat Prince Yuan Suiyun
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Magnificent Warriors
Secret Agent 001
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Shaolin Prince
Wang Zi-Tai
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Death Duel
3rd Master Chi

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