FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER

YUEN WO PING recently served as the Fight Choreographer on THE MATRIX RELOADED and on the celebrated Academy Award®-winning Ang Lee film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Prior, Wo Ping collaborated with the Wachowski Brothers and choreographed THE MATRIX, which won him worldwide attention. Wo Ping was born in Guangzhan, China in 1945, the eldest of 10 children. He studied Peking Opera and Kung Fu under the tutelage of his father, Yuen Siu Tin, who was also a father figure to the young Jackie Chan. Yuen Siu Tin brought his son to the attention of the well-known Wong Fei Hung series producers and Wo Ping worked on some of their films during the 1960s. He subsequently worked as a kung fu fighter and stuntman at Shaw Brothers and can be seen in films such as Wang Yu’s The Chinese Boxer. By the age of 26, he had earned his first film choreography credits with the early kung fu hits of Ng See Yuen including Mad Killer, Bloody Fists and Secret Rivals 2. For the Shaw Brothers, Wo Ping arranged the fights for Chu Yuan’s films The Lizard and The Bastard. In 1978 Wo Ping directed his first film, the hugely successful and influential The Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow, starring the now legendary international star Jackie Chan. He went on to direct another Jackie Chan feature, Drunken Master, as well as Dance Of The Drunk Mantis which starred his brother, Sunny Yuen. Wo Ping also worked for Golden Harvest, directing the Wong Fei Hung films Magnificent Butcher and Dreadnought. In 1979 Wo Ping formed his own company and produced and choreographed Tsai Siu Ming’s Buddhist Fist the following year. He directed his protégé, Donnie Yen, in Drunken Tai Chi, followed by Tiger Cage, In The Line Of Duty 4 and Tiger Cage 2. The revival of traditional Kung Fu movies saw Wo Ping work on the fight sequences of Tsui Hark’s Once Upon A Time In China films with Jet Li, and on Wong Ching’s Last Hero In China. His other credits include the Kung Fu epics Tai Chi Master and Wing Chun. In 1993, Wo Ping directed one of his finest films, Iron Monkey, again starring Donnie Yen, and in 1994, he was fight choreographer on the film Fist Of Legend. It was his work on this film that first caught the attention of the Wachowski Brothers. Wo Ping's upcoming projects include Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

FILMOGRAPHY

Danny the Dog (2004) (Action Choreographer)
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) (Fight Choreographer: Kung Fu)
The Matrix: Revolutions (2003) (Action Choreographer)
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) (Fight Choreographer: Kung Fu)
The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) (Action Choreographer)
Black Mask 2: City of Masks (aka Hak hap 2) (2001) (Action Director) (Martial Arts Director)
The Matrix Revisited (2001) (Special Thanks)
Zu Warriors (aka The Legend of Zu) (aka Shu shan zheng zhuan) (2001) (Action Director)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (aka Wo hu cang long)(2000) (Action Choreographer)
The Matrix (1999) (Kung Fu Choreographer)
Black Mask (aka Hak hap) (1996) (Action Director)
Iron Monkey 2 (aka Jie tou sha shou) (1996) (Action Director) (as Yuen Ho Ping)
Tai ji quan (aka Tal Chi Chun) (1996) (Action Director)
The Red Wolf (aka Hu meng wei long) (1995) (Martial Arts Director)
Fist of Legend (aka Jing wu ying xiong) (1994) (Action Director) (Fight Choreographer)
Wing Chun (aka Yong Chun) (1994) (Action Choreographer) (Action Director)
Iron Monkey (aka Siunin Wong Fei-hung tsi titmalau) (1993) (Martial Arts Director)
Deadly China Hero (aka Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung) (1993) (Action Director) (Martial Arts Director)
Double Dragon (aka Shuang long hui) (1992) (Action Director)
Once Upon a Time in China II (aka Wong Fei-hung ji yi: Naam yi dong ji keung) (1992) (Action Director)
Once Upon a Time in China (aka Wong Fei-hung) (1991) (Martial Arts Choreographer)
In the Line of Duty 4 (aka Huang jia shi jie zhi IV: Zhi ji zheng ren) (1989) (Action Director)
The Instant Kung Fu Man (1984) (Martial Arts Choreographer)
Miracle Fighters (aka Qi men dun jia) (1982) (Action Choreographer) (Action Director)
Magnificent Butcher (aka Lin shi rong) (1979) (Action Director)
Drunken Master Part 2 (aka Nan bei zui quan) (1979) (Action Director) (Martial Arts Director)
Way of the Cat (aka She xing diao shou) (1978) (Martial Arts Director)
Born Invincible (aka Tai ji qi gong) (1978) (Action Director)
Drunken Master (aka Zui quan) (1978) (Action Director) (Kung Fu Instructor)
Silver Fox Rivals II (aka Nan quan bei tui dou jin hu) (1977) (Action Choreographer) (Action Director) (Martial Arts Choreographer)
Snuff Bottle Connection (aka Shen tui tie shan gong) (1977) (Action Director) (Martial Arts Choreographer)
From China with Death (aka Lang bei wei jian) (1974) (Action Director)
Rage of Wind (aka Meng hu xia shan) (1973) (Martial Arts Director)
The Awaken Punch (aka Shi po tian jian) (1973) (Action Director)
The Bastard (aka Xiao za zhong) (1973) (Martial Arts Director)
The Bloody Fist (aka Dang kou tan) (1972) (Action Director)
The Good and the Bad (aka E hu kung long) (1972) (Martial Arts Director)
The Lizard (aka Bi hu) (1972) (Martial Arts Director)
Feng kuang sha shou (1971) (Martial Arts Director)