Derek Yee Tung-Sing

About

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.

Known for

Memories Beyond HorizonSeries • 2022Everybody Stand BySeries • 2019Viva EroticaMovie • 1996Shinjuku IncidentMovie • 2009Back to the PastMovie • 2025Sword MasterMovie • 2016The Seventh CurseMovie • 1986Time Still Turns the PagesMovie • 2023Double TapMovie • 2000Rob N RollMovie • 2024Full ThrottleMovie • 1995Magnificent WarriorsMovie • 1987Triple TapMovie • 2010ProtégéMovie • 2007OverheardMovie • 2009Buddha's PalmMovie • 1982The Great MagicianMovie • 2011Kung Fu MonsterMovie • 2018C'est La Vie Mon CheriMovie • 1993The Sentimental SwordsmanMovie • 1977The Bullet VanishesMovie • 2012Death DuelMovie • 1977One Nite in MongkokMovie • 2004A Witness Out of the BlueMovie • 2019