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Corey Yuen is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Action Director and Choreographer Chinois born on 16 december 1951 at Hong Kong (Chine)

Corey Yuen

Corey Yuen
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Birth name Ying Gang-ming
Nationality Chine
Birth 16 december 1951 (72 years) at Hong Kong (Chine)

Corey Yuen (; born Ying Gang-ming 15 February 1951; also credited as Corey Yuen Kwai and Yuen Kwai) is a Hong Kong action director, film director, producer and action choreographer. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. As an actor, Yuen is perhaps best known as Rubber Legs' student in 1979 kung fu comedy film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. As an action director, Yuen gained fame in American cinema beginning with 1998 film Lethal Weapon 4, followed by the 2000 blockbuster X-Men and six of Jet Li's American works: Romeo Must Die, Kiss of the Dragon, The One, Cradle 2 the Grave, War, and The Expendables.

Biography

Alias France Yuen, il était l'un des Seven Little Fortunes, avec notamment Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung et Yuen Biao pendant leur formation à l'Académie d'étude du théâtre chinois. Ils passèrent cette période à s'entrainer durement sous l'enseignement de Maître Yu. À cette époque, France fait office de figurant et de cascadeur dans quelques films, dont La Fureur de vaincre avec Bruce Lee.

France est désormais l'un des réalisateurs de film d'action les plus courus à la fois à Hong Kong et aux États-Unis. En 1985, il est le premier réalisateur hongkongais à apporter le style hongkongais à un film d'action américain : Le Tigre rouge avec Jean-Claude Van Damme.

France Yuen a travaillé avec la plupart des grandes stars chinoises à une époque ou une autre, et il lança notamment les carrières de Michelle Yeoh et Cynthia Rothrock en 1985 avec Yes! Madam, et orienta avec succès la carrière de Stephen Chow vers la comédie en 1990 avec All for the Winner.

Il a aussi dirigé Jackie Chan et Sammo Hung dans Dragons Forever, ainsi qu'Anita Mui, Andy Lau et Aaron Kwok dans Saviour of the Soul.

En 1993, il commence une association et se lie d'amitié avec la star des films d'action Jet Li. Il met en scène certains des meilleurs films de Jet Li en commençant par La Légende de Fong Sai-Yuk et sa suite, et plus tard Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin, My Father Is a Hero et Haute tension. Ils travaillent ensemble pendant plus de 8 ans, et Corey apporte sa touche personnelle dans les scènes d'action de quatre films américains de Jet Li : L'Arme fatale 4, Roméo doit mourir, The One et En sursis. France met également en scène au côté de Jason Statham Le Transporteur et So Close (2002). France choisit volontairement de ne pas réaliser la suite Le Transporteur 2 (2005). Pourtant, son équipe de cascadeurs et d'experts en arts martiaux participe au film. Néanmoins, il retrouve Jason Statham dans Joker de Simon West.

Ses autres films notables sont Righting Wrongs avec Yuen Biao et Cynthia Rothrock, She Shoots Straight avec Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung et Yuen Wah et le film de 1997 Hero (à ne pas confondre avec Hero le film de Zhang Yimou avec Jet Li sorti en 2002) avec Yuen Biao et Takeshi Kaneshiro.

Il a aussi travaillé comme assistant-réalisateur attaché aux scènes d'action sur de nombreux autres films. Son style n'est pas aussi marqué que celui d'autres réalisateurs de films d'action comme Yuen Woo-ping ou Ching Siu-tung, mais est remarquable par sa créativité et sa rapidité. Il se distingue aussi par son talent à mélanger les combats à mains nues et les combats avec armes à feu, deux styles difficiles à mêler avec succès.

Best films

X-Men (2000)
(Action Director)
The Expendables (2010)
(Fight Choreographer)
Transporter 3 (2008)
(Martial Arts Choreographer)
Transporter 2 (2005)
(Second Unit Director)
The Transporter (2002)
(Director)

Usually with

Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
(31 films)
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
(32 films)
Jeffrey Lau
Jeffrey Lau
(15 films)
Yuen Wah
Yuen Wah
(25 films)
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Corey Yuen (101 films)

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Actor

Soccer Killer
Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Patrick Tam, Stephy Tang, Lam Chi Chung, Li Jing
Roles Qing Song
Rating33% 1.6921351.6921351.6921351.6921351.692135
Dans la dynastie Song, un groupe de patriotes joue au football contre le traître avec une équipe d'ennemis étrangers, de pro-nobles royaux, de bandits, de maîtres en arts martiaux et embrasse la haine du pays pour concourir pour la première fois dans l'histoire du match international de football de la Chine.
Just Another Pandora's Box, 1h32
Directed by Jeffrey Lau
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Gigi Leung, Betty Sun, Eric Tsang, Gillian Chung, Athena Chu, Patrick Tam
Roles General of Cao
Rating46% 2.315642.315642.315642.315642.31564
Rose Fairy is sailing along the river when she suddenly trips on a rope and falls into the water. The trap is set by the bandit Qingyise, who wants to rob her. He steals the Purple Sword from her and plans to sell it. Just then, Joker (the protagonist in A Chinese Odyssey) appears and makes Qingyise unsheathe the sword by pulling away its scabbard. Rose Fairy regains consciousness and mistakenly thinks it was Qingyise who unsheathed the sword. Since she has made a promise to marry the person who unsheathes the sword, she follows Qingyise wherever he goes, leading to a cat-and-mouse chase between the two of them.
Hero
Hero (1997)
, 1h37
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Gangster films
Actors Takeshi Kaneshiro, Yuen Biao, Jessica Hsuan, Yuen Wah, Corey Yuen
Roles Uncle Po
Rating62% 3.148523.148523.148523.148523.14852
At the end of the Qing Dynasty due to poverty and starvation, Ma Wing Jing (Takeshi Kaneshiro) and his older brother Ma Tai Cheung (Yuen Wah) flee from their harsh homeland to the big city of Shanghai to make their fortune. Once they arrive in Shanghai reality sets in and both are only able to secure jobs as coolies (bitter hard manual labor) making chump change. Wing Jing admires the local triad gangster boss Tam Sei's (Yuen Biao) life style. Tam Sei seeing Ma Wing Jing admire his horse carriage challenges Wing Jing to a human versus horse race. Wing Jing accepts his challenge, after seeing Wing Jing's determination, loyalty, fighting skills and athleticism the two strike up a friendship and Tam Sei tells Wing Jing to visit his night club one day if he ever needs help.
The Enforcer, 1h44
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Jet Li, Anita Mui, Mo Tse, Blackie Ko, Collin Chou, Damian Lau
Roles Bartender
Rating65% 3.2502453.2502453.2502453.2502453.250245
Kung Wei, a police officer of the People's Republic of China, is assigned to spy on a group of Hong Kong terrorists. Despite his worries about his sick wife, who suffered severe asthma, and his eight-year-old son Ku Kung, a martial arts student, Wei's duty interferes with his familial relationship.
Thunderbolt, 1h48
Directed by Gordon Chan, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Dante Lam, Frankie Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Auto racing films, Road movies, Kung fu films
Actors Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Michael Wong, Shing Fui On, Chu Yuan, Annie Man
Roles The Doctor
Rating63% 3.1510953.1510953.1510953.1510953.151095
Chan Foh To (Jackie Chan) is a junkyard mechanic and a part-time race car driver who helps the Hong Kong Police Force in their crackdown on illegal street racing in the country. One night, while helping news reporter Amy Yip (Anita Yuen) and Kong (Ken Lo) after their Mitsubishi FTO runs out of gasoline, Chan commandeers the car with Amy inside to chase after a speeding black Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 driven by the dangerous criminal driver Warner "Cougar" Kaugman (Thorsten Nickel). In the high speed car chase's climax, Chan traps Cougar in a police roadblock and has him apprehended. However, due to a lack of evidence and a warrant for arrest, Cougar is immediately released from police custody. Chan continues to be harassed by Amy, who wants to do a cover story of him.
High Risk
High Risk (1995)
, 1h41
Directed by Corey Yuen, Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Charlie Yeung, Billy Chow, Wu Ma
Roles Wai
Rating61% 3.055683.055683.055683.055683.05568
Kit Li, a cop on the Hong Kong Police bomb squad, responds to a call at a local school, where a terrorist group led by the Doctor, has taken a school bus hostage. He soon discovers his wife and son are on board the explosives-rigged bus. Kit sends a subordinate to disarm the bomb, but matters are complicated due to the intricate setup of the bomb, which eventually explodes, killing everyone on the bus, including Kit's family. As a result, he leaves the bomb squad, and for years, Kit serves as a stunt double for martial arts action star Frankie Lone. However, Helen, a tabloid reporter, filmed the stunt, and later discovers the bait-and-switch. She decides to use it to boost her show's ratings.
The Saint of Gamblers, 1h38
Directed by Wong Jing
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Chingmy Yau, Ng Man-tat, Natalis Chan, Donnie Yen, Shing Fui On, Ashton Chen
Roles Shing
Rating50% 2.5288052.5288052.5288052.5288052.528805
Lui est le « Tyran du jeu » de Macao. Il met en avant un joueur masqué appelé le « Saint du jeu » pour le remplacer au casino. Pendant ce temps, Oncle Sam (Ng Man-tat) a perdu son gagne-pain depuis que le véritable « Saint du jeu » (Stephen Chow) a pris sa retraite, alors il part à la recherche d'un remplaçant. Il découvre « Dieu vous bénisse » (Eric Kot ), qui possède des pouvoirs extraordinaires, et le prend sous son aile. Ce nouveau joueur rencontre Ho (Chingmy Yau), la « Déesse du jeu » de Thaïlande, et apprend qu'elle a prévu de tuer Yuen et son frère cadet, Lung. Lui, sachant que « Dieu vous bénisse » est amoureux de Yuen, l'enlève afin qu'il soit trop déprimé pour bien jouer dans le tournoi qui s'annonce.
The Bodyguard from Beijing, 1h32
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Jet Li, Christy Chung, Collin Chou, Joey Leung, Corey Yuen
Roles Shopper in mall
Rating64% 3.2007453.2007453.2007453.2007453.200745
Allan is one of the most promising members of an elite corp of international bodyguards based in China. He is known for using highly unorthodox and anti-trust building methods, from helping a VIP escape assassination in a pool, to forcing a VIP to ride on a car with explosives and detonated near him, but his decisions are right. He is hired by James, a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, to protect his girlfriend Michelle Leung, who is the only surviving witness to a mob murder. However, Michelle and Allan clash with one another almost immediately because she feels like she is under house arrest, while Allan is equally fed up because he is refused to join the Chinese Premier's bodyguard detail in China due to his duties to watch over Michelle.
The Legend II, 1h35
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Josephine Siao, Jet Li, Adam Cheng, Michelle Reis, Amy Kwok, Corey Yuen
Roles Li Kwok Bon
Rating68% 3.4448653.4448653.4448653.4448653.444865
Fong Sai-yuk and his wife, Ting-ting, are now full-fledged members of the Red Flower Society, which is led by Fong's godfather, Chan Ka-lok, who intends to groom Fong to become his successor. Chan's deputy, the ruthless Yu Chun-hoi, stands in Fong's way and tries to harm him. The society's members are unaware that Chan is actually the younger brother of the Qianlong Emperor, and might renounce their loyalty to him if they discover his true identity. Meanwhile, some Japanese rōnin find evidence of Chan's background and attempt to pass it to the Qianlong Emperor.
A Kid from Tibet, 1h37
Directed by Yuen Biao
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Fantasy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Yuen Biao, Michelle Reis, Yuen Wah, Wu Ma, Nina Li Chi, Roy Chiao
Rating60% 3.0036553.0036553.0036553.0036553.003655
When the evil "Black Section of Esoteric Buddhism" had tried to invade Tibet years ago, the Tibetan monks used a powerful magical item, the "Babu Gold Bottle" to expel them. The Tibetan master (Wu Ma) has the bottle's cap and wishes to reunite it with the bottle as the Black Section are stirring once more. He sends a young monk, Wong La (Yuen Biao) to Hong Kong to recover the sacred bottle, which is in the possession of a crippled lawyer.
The Master
The Master (1992)
, 1h32
Directed by Tsui Hark
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Combat libre, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Yuen Wah, Jerry Trimble, Jr., George Kee Cheung, Corey Yuen, Steven Ho
Rating57% 2.8623952.8623952.8623952.8623952.862395
The story occurs in Los Angeles, where a fight between Master Tak (Yuen Wah) and Johnny (Jerry Trimble) destroys Tak's herbal medicine store. Johnny is prevented from killing Tak when Anna (Anne Rickets) comes to save him. During his recovery he stays in Anna's camper van.
Saviour Of The Soul II, 1h32
Directed by Corey Yuen
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Romance, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Wuxia films
Actors Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Corey Yuen, Shirley Kwan
Roles Doctor
Rating49% 2.4805352.4805352.4805352.4805352.480535
The hero Ching-yan has been dreaming of a beautiful woman every night for 28 years and he vows to find his dream girl. He travels to the Snowy Mountain in search of her together with his godson and a mad doctor. Business in the Last-Stop-in-Life Hotel at the base of the mountain has been good, as many people have ventured to the mountain in search of the legendary Ice Maiden, but none have returned. The innkeeper develops a crush on Ching-Yan and pretends to be the Ice Maiden to entice him, but Ching-Yan does not believe her and insists on going up the mountain to look for the real Ice Maiden. On the way, he angers the Devil King and is rescued by the Ice Maiden. In doing so, the Ice Maiden ages 200 years overnight, but Ching-Yan still wants to marry her even though the Devil King does not allow them to leave. Eventually, the innkeeper sacrifices herself for Ching-Yan, allowing Ching-Yan to engage the Devil King in one final battle. Ching-Yan emerges victorious and is finally together with his dream lover.
Fist of Fury 1991 II, 1h33
Directed by Corey Yuen
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Stephen Chow, Josephine Siao, Sharla Cheung, Natalis Chan, Yuen Wah, Ku Feng
Rating64% 3.2353553.2353553.2353553.2353553.235355
Après la défaite finale de Kwok Wai (Wan Yeung-ming ) contre Lau Ching (Stephen Chow), son frère Cheung Wan-to (Yuen Wah) et sa bande veulent se venger. Lorsque Ching et son élève Ngou Pi (Natalis Chan) sont attaqués dans la rue, ils sont sauvés par une femme masquée. Ching se réfugie dans la maison de Ngou Pi et rencontre sa sœur, Ngou Chat (Josephine Siao), qui se révélera plus tard être la femme mystérieuse. Ils sont ensuite invités par Wan-to à l'affronter en combat honorable pour régler leur différent, ce qui oblige Ching à rechercher de nouvelles compétences martiales, telles que le poing électrique.
Legend of the Dragon, 1h36
Directed by Danny Lee, Lee Lik-chi
Origin Hong kong
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Stephen Chow, Teresa Mo, Yuen Wah, Bryan Leung, Corey Yuen, Lung Fong
Roles Policeman
Rating63% 3.19693.19693.19693.19693.1969
Chow plays a naive young kung fu student, who leaves his rural home on a small island to find his fortune in Hong Kong under the dubious guidance of his uncle (Bryan Yeung Kar Yan), who cons him into using his natural skills as a snooker player for the uncle's financial gain. The film also stars real world six-time world snooker finalist Jimmy White as Chow's final opponent.