Editing Yuen Woo-ping (section)

==Life and career==
Yuen was born in [[Guangzhou, Guangdong]], [[China]]. With a support of [[Ng See-yuen]], he achieved his first directing credit in 1978 on the seminal ''[[Snake in the Eagle's Shadow]]'', starring [[Jackie Chan]], followed quickly by ''[[Drunken Master]]''. The films were smash hits, launching Jackie Chan as a major film star, turning [[Seasonal Film Corporation|Seasonal Films]] into a major independent production company, and starting a trend towards comedy in [[martial arts film]]s that continues to the following two decades.

Yuen went on to helm other [[star vehicles]] for such figures as [[Sammo Hung]] in ''[[Magnificent Butcher]]'' (1979), [[Yuen Biao]] in ''[[Dreadnaught (film)|Dreadnaught]]'' (1981), [[Donnie Yen]] in ''[[Iron Monkey (1993 film)|Iron Monkey]]'' (1993), [[Jet Li]] in ''[[Tai Chi Master (film)|Tai Chi Master]]'' (1993), and [[Michelle Yeoh]] in ''[[Wing Chun (film)|Wing Chun]]'' (1994).

Yuen's works, particularly his action choreography on ''[[Fist of Legend]]'' (1994), attracted the attention of [[the Wachowskis]], who hired him as the martial arts choreographer on ''[[The Matrix]]'' (1999). The success of this collaboration, plus his action choreography on the following year's hit ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', made him a highly sought after figure in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]]. He went on to work on the first two [[The Matrix (franchise)|''Matrix'' sequels]], as well as ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' (2003) and ''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' (2004).

More recent action choreography duties in [[Cinema of Hong Kong|Hong Kong cinema]] have included ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'' (2004), starring [[Stephen Chow]], and ''[[Fearless (2006 film)|Fearless]]'' (2006), starring Jet Li.

Yuen also choreographed the action sequences in ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]'' (2008), a Hollywood martial arts–adventure film, which was the first film to star together two of the best-known names in the martial arts film genre, Jackie Chan and Jet Li. He worked as a fight choreography consultant on ''[[Ninja Assassin]]'' (2009).

In late 2010, Yuen released his first film as director since 1996, ''[[True Legend]]'', starring [[Vincent Zhao]], [[Jay Chou]] and [[David Carradine]] (in a minor role).

Yuen went on to work as stunt co-ordinator in two South Indian films, ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010) and ''[[I (2015 film)|I]]'' (2014), both directed by [[S. Shankar]].

In 2015, Yuen directed ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny]]'',  re-creating many of his signature action choreographies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3017234/matrix-martial-arts-choreographer-yuen-woo-ping-lifetime|title=The Matrix martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping on a lifetime in film, Jet Li's power and drunken kung fu|date=5 July 2019|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=2020-07-14|archive-date=2020-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714184948/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3017234/matrix-martial-arts-choreographer-yuen-woo-ping-lifetime|url-status=live}}</ref>

The annual and highly anticipated Hong Kong International Film Festival was held for its 45th edition in April 2021. Yuen is one of the six veteran Hong Kong filmmakers who contributed segments to the [[Johnnie To]]-produced anthology film ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]''. The other filmmakers who directed segments are [[Sammo Hung]], [[Ann Hui|Ann Hui On-wah]], [[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], [[Tsui Hark]] and [[Ringo Lam]]. The short files were shot entirely on [[35 mm movie film|35mm film]] with each of them touches on a nostalgic and moving story set across different time periods, with every one acting as an ode to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.igafencu.com/r/hong-kong-international-film-festival-2021/|title=Must-watch Chinese film premieres at the 2021 Hong Kong International Film Festival|access-date=2021-04-25|archive-date=2021-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425152655/https://www.igafencu.com/r/hong-kong-international-film-festival-2021/|url-status=dead}}  igafencu.com.   2021-04-07</ref>