As Actor
Keep Rolling
2020
8.0
Derek Yee
Acting
Birth Date
December 28, 1957
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
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.
Complete Filmography
As Director, As Writer
I Am Somebody
2015
6.0
As Writer
Insanity
2015
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Great Magician
2011
6.1
As Director, As Writer
Triple Tap
2010
6.4
As Director, As Writer
Shinjuku Incident
2009
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Protégé
2007
6.8
As Director, As Writer
Drink-Drank-Drunk
2005
5.2
As Director, As Writer
2 Young
2005
6.9
As Director, As Writer
One Nite in Mongkok
2004
6.9
As Director
Lost in Time
2003
7.0
As Writer
Inner Senses
2002
5.8
As Director, As Writer
The Truth About Jane and Sam
1999
5.0
As Director, As Writer
Viva Erotica
1996
6.6
As Director, As Writer
Full Throttle
1995
6.4
As Actor
Wong Fei Hung Series : The Eight Assassins
1995
4.0
As Actor
The True Hero
1994
6.0
As Actor
Victory
1994
5.0
As Actor
How Deep Is Your Love
1994
3.7
As Actor
A Soul Haunted by Painting
1994
5.8