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      • Primarily an action choreographer, Yuen has worked on some of the biggest films in modern Hollywood history. His work on The Matrix reinvented action cinema; he brought to life Quentin Tarantino’s “roaring rampage of revenge”, Kill Bill; and the sword fights he helped put together for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon brought wuxia to the West.
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  2. Yuen Woo-ping (Chinese: 袁和平; pinyin: Yuán Hépíng; alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films. He is one of the inductees on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. Yuen is also a son of Yuen Siu-tien, a martial arts film actor.

  3. Jun 23, 2020 · Primarily an action choreographer, Yuen has worked on some of the biggest films in modern Hollywood history. His work on The Matrix reinvented action cinema; he brought to life Quentin...

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  4. Jul 16, 2019 · Hong Kong action choreographer and director extraordinaire Yuen Woo-ping, perhaps best known to Western audiences for his work on The Matrix; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; and Kill Bill,...

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  5. Nov 2, 2016 · Yuen Woo Ping, an influential filmmaker best known for his work in action choreography, is responsible for some of the most memorable fight scenes in the history of cinema. In...

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  6. Jul 12, 2019 · Yuen, 74, who was an honored guest at the New York Asian Film Festival and recipient of the Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award, is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer born in Guangzhou,...

  7. Oct 17, 2023 · Jet Li (left) in Yuen Woo-ping's 1994 film Fist of Legend. (Alamy) “One of the things that was hard for Hollywood, and they tried for a long time, was bringing over these choreographers and wire-work experts from Hong Kong and capturing what was magic about what they did. But it took a lot of false starts,” says Hendrix.

  8. Apr 12, 2019 · Train Station Fight. Hero fights with two people are the most fun to choreograph and probably also the most entertaining to watch. This film was a long time in the making – almost three years. The...

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