Yip Tin-shing

Hong Kong screenwriter
Yip Tin-shing
Chinese: 葉天成
Born (1965-10-20) October 20, 1965 (age 58)
Hong Kong
OccupationScreen writer

Yip Tin-shing (simplified Chinese: 叶天成; traditional Chinese: 葉天成; pinyin: Yè Tiānchéng; born 20 October 1965) is a Hong Kong screenwriter.

Career

Yip is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and/or Wai Ka-fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside screenwriters Szeto Kam-yuen, Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi and Au Kin-yee.

Filmography

Writer

  • Bachelor Party (2012)
  • Turning Point 2 (2011)
  • Life Without Principle (2011)
  • 72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)
  • Turning Point (2009)
  • Newsmakers (2009)
  • Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) (TV movie)
  • Triangle (2007)
  • Exiled (2006)
  • Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) (2006)
  • Election (2005)
  • Throw Down (2004)
  • Breaking News (2004)
  • Running on Karma (2003)
  • Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
  • Love for All Seasons (2003)

Awards and nominations

Year Film Award Occasion
2004 Throw Down (2004) Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing Golden Horse Film Festival
2004 Running on Karma (2003) Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee Hong Kong Film Awards
2004 Running on Karma (2003) Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2005 Election (2005) Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi Golden Horse Film Festival
2006 Election (2005) Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi Hong Kong Film Awards
2007 Election 2 (2005) Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi Hong Kong Film Awards

External links

  • Yip Tin-shing at IMDb
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Films
FilmmakersScreenwritersCrewSee also
  • Tactical Unit series