Derek Yee
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.
Acting (60 movies)
Buddha's Palm
1982
Dirty Girl
1988
My Mind, Your Body
1985
I Am Somebody
2015
Shaolin Intruders
1983
A Soul Haunted by Painting
1994
The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre
1984
Black Lizard
1981
Descendant of the Sun
1983
Full Moon Scimitar
1979
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II
1978
Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre
1978
Legend of the Bat
1978
Shaolin Prince
1982
Bat Without Wings
1980
Heroes Shed No Tears
1980
The Supreme Swordsman
1984
Kawashima Yoshiko
1990
The Sentimental Swordsman
1977
Master of Zen
1994
Starry Is the Night
1988
Return of the Sentimental Swordsman
1981
This Thing Called Love
1991
My Darling Genie
1984
Magnificent Warriors
1987
Lover's Tears
1996
How Deep Is Your Love
1994
The Seventh Curse
1986
Protégé
2007
Death Duel
1977
Hello! Who Is It?
1994
I Am Nobody
2016
Wong Fei Hung Series : The Eight Assassins
1995
The Story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen
1986
Hell Has No Boundary
1982
How to Choose a Royal Bride
1985
Love with the Perfect Stranger
1985
The Jade Tiger
1977
Let's Make Laugh II
1985
Little Cop
1989
Guests in the House
1988
Gift from Heaven
1989
Fatal Mission
1991
Four Loves
1989
The Goofy Gang
1987
Young Lovers
1979
Be Careful Sweetheart
1984
Seven Foxes
1985
King of Stanley Market
1988
Pursuit of Vengeance
1977
Lady Exterminator
1977
The True Hero
1994
Vengeance is Mine
1988
Goodbye Hero
1990
Victory
1994
Stooge, My Love
1996
Sisters of the World Unite
1991
Keep Rolling
2020
Glass Eyeball
1969
The Battle for the Republic of China
1981
Directing (18 movies)
Shinjuku Incident
2009
One Nite in Mongkok
2004
Protégé
2007
Lost in Time
2003
Drink-Drank-Drunk
2005
Triple Tap
2010
The Lunatics
1986
The Great Magician
2011
Full Throttle
1995
2 Young
2005
C'est La Vie Mon Cheri
1993
Viva Erotica
1996
People's Hero
1987
The Truth About Jane and Sam
1999
In Search of Lost Time
2022
I Am Somebody
2015
The Bachelor's Swan Song
1989
Sword Master
2016