Wayne Yip
Wayne Yip | |
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| Born | Wayne Che Yip 1981 (age 39–40) [1] |
| Occupation | Film and TV Director |
Wayne Che Yip, also known as Wayne Yip (born 1981) is a British film director, most notably connected with Doctor Who.
Early life and education[]
Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at Dragon School, Abingdon School and later studied at Banbury College [1] where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design.[3]
Career[]
He developed his interest in film after working in the Phoenix Picturehouse in Jericho and came to prominence when he co-directed "Happy Birthday Granddad" with Alex Garcia, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame BAFTA.[1][4]
In 2010 he once gain co-directed with Garcia when making the short film "Diego's Story"[5] and the pair created "Would Like to Meet" which was episode 1 of series 8 of the TV Series Coming Up.
In 2011 he co-directed Secret Diary of a Call Girl and in 2011–13 he directed 4 episodes of Misfits. This was followed by Utopia in 2013 and Tatau in 2015.
Yip then directed two episodes of the series Class – "Detained" and "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did". This was followed by the Doctor Who series 10 episodes "The Lie of the Land" and "Empress of Mars", and the series 11 New Years Special "Resolution".[6]
In March 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that Yip would take over directing duties for four episodes of the Lord of the Rings prequel series, as well as serving as co-executive producer.[7]
He has also directed on many major series in the United States including Salem, Preacher, Into the Badlands, Happy!, Doom Patrol and most recently Hunters.
Credits[]
- "Happy Birthday Granddad" (2007)
- "Diego's Story" (2010)
- Coming Up: "Would Like To Meet" (2010)
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011)
- Misfits (2011-13)
- Utopia (2013-14)
- Tatau (2015)
- Salem (2016)
- Class: "Detained" (2016)
- Class: "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did" (2016)
- Doctor Who: "The Lie of the Land" (2017)
- Doctor Who: "Empress of Mars" (2017)
- Preacher (2017–18)
- Into the Badlands (2019)
- Happy! (2019)
- Doom Patrol (2019)
- Treadstone (2019)
- Doctor Who: "Resolution" (2019)
- Hunters (2020)
- The Wheel of Time (2021)
- The Lord of the Rings (2022)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Victory at Baftas". Oxford Times. 2007.
- ^ "1981 Births". Free BMD.
- ^ "Biography". IMDB.
- ^ "Film BAFTA/Orange 60 Seconds Of Fame in 2007". BAFTA.
- ^ "Diego's Story". British Film Council.
- ^ "Who is Wayne Yip". The Doctor Who Companion.
- ^ "Wayne Che Yip is set to direct Amazon's Lord Of The Rings series". TV Club. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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- Living people
- People educated at Abingdon School
- 1981 births
- People from Oxford
- People associated with Oxford Brookes University