Derek Yee

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Derek Yee
爾冬陞
Born	Yee Tung-sing (1957-12-28) 28 December 1957 (age 63) Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor, Film Producer
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Juihsia Wang ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 1996)​ Mandy Law ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2017)​
Children	1 daughter, with unknown Chinese girlfriend[1]
Parent(s)	Yee Kwong (father) Hung Wei (mother)
Relatives	Paul Chun (half-brother) David Chiang (half-brother) Yim Wai (half-sister)
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
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	爾冬陞
Simplified Chinese	尔冬升
showTranscriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ěr Dōngshēng
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Derek Yee Tung-sing (simplified Chinese: 尔冬升; traditional Chinese: 爾冬陞; pinyin: Ěr Dōng Shēng) is a film producer, director and a former Shaw Brothers actor from Hong Kong.

Early life[]

Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in Hong Kong in 28 December 1957,^[2] the son of Yee Kwong (尔光), a film producer from Tianjin, and Hung Wei (红薇), an actress of half Manchu, half Mongol ethnicity.^[2][3] Yee's elder half-brothers Paul Chun and David Chiang as well as his elder half-sister Yim Wai were also actors.^[2]

Career[]

In 1977, Yee became an actor for Shaw Brothers Studio in Hong Kong.

Yee has starred in over 40 movies in Hong Kong. This was between 1975 and 1986, during the time when Shaw Brothers Studio were still producing movies.

Yee became a screenwriter and film director. Yee is known for the 2004 film One Night in Mongkok,^[4] which won multiple awards. Yee's other notable films include C'est la vie, mon chéri, Viva Erotica and The Truth About Jane and Sam and Protégé.

In 2017, Yee became the chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association.^[5]

Filmography[]

As director and screenwriter[]

As actor[]

See also[]

• Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director

References[]

External links[]

• Derek Yee at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Derek Yee at IMDb
• Hong Kong Film Awards Association
• Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild