Patrick Yau
Patrick Yau | |||||||||||
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Born | (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 59) | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | film director, and assistant director | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 游達志 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 游达志 | ||||||||||
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Patrick Yau Tat-Chi is a Hong Kong film director and assistant director best known for making independent films for Milkyway Image, the production company owned by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai.
Career
Yau joined TVB when he was 21 and became Johnnie To's assistant director two years later. He became a television producer for TVB in 1991, but left in 1994 to work for To, as an associate director for his fire-fighting film Lifeline. In 1997, Yau made his directorial debut with his first film, The Odd One Dies and continued to direct films produced by Milkyway Image, such as The Longest Nite and Expect the Unexpected. Yau has now returned to his roots, directing television serials for TVB.[1]
Filmography
Year | Film | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Set Me Free! | 我要逃亡 | Assistant director | |
1989 | The Iron Butterfly | 特警90 | Assistant director | |
1990 | The Iron Butterfly II | 特警90 II 之亡命天涯 | Actor | |
1997 | The Odd One Dies | 兩個只能活一個 | Director | |
Lifeline | 十萬火急 | Assistant director | ||
1998 | The Longest Nite | 暗花 | Director Actor: Police Officer | |
Expect the Unexpected | 非常突然 | Director | ||
1999 | Where a Good Man Goes | 再見阿郎 | Assistant director | |
2001 | The Loser's Club | 廢柴同盟 | Director | Also known as The Losers' Club |
2008 | Kung Fu Chef | 功夫廚神 | Director | |
2012 | 3xTrouble | 行x踏錯 | Director |
Awards and nominations
Hong Kong Film Awards | ||||
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Year | Film | Result | Category | |
1999 | The Longest Nite | Nominated | Best Director |
References
- ^ subway cinema | expect the unexpected | credits
External links
- Patrick Yau at IMDb
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- Beyond Hypothermia (1996)
- Intruder (1997)
- The Odd One Dies (1997)
- Final Justice (1996)
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
- The Longest Nite (1998)
- Expect the Unexpected (1998)
- A Hero Never Dies (1998)
- Where a Good Man Goes (1999)
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- The Mission (1999)
- Sealed with a Kiss (1999)
- Help!!! (2000)
- Needing You... (2000)
- Comeuppance (2000)
- Love on a Diet (2001)
- Fulltime Killer (2001)
- Running Out of Time 2 (2001)
- Gimme Gimme (2001)
- Wu yen (2001)
- Let's Sing Along
- Second Time Around (2001)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002)
- PTU (2003)
- Looking for Mister Perfect (2003)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
- Running on Karma (2003)
- Love for All Seasons (2003)
- Breaking News (2004)
- Throw Down (2004)
- Yesterday Once More (2004)
- Election (2005)
- 2 Become 1 (2006)
- Election 2 (2006)
- Exiled (2006)
- Eye in the Sky (2007)
- Triangle (2007)
- Hooked on You (2007)
- Mad Detective (2007)
- Linger (2008)
- Sparrow (2008)
- Tactical Unit - The Code (2008)
- Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008)
- Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008)
- Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009)
- Tactical Unit - Partners (2009)
- Accident (2009)
- Vengeance (2009)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011)
- Punished (2011)
- Life Without Principle (2011)
- Drug War (2012)
- Blind Detective (2013)
- A Complicated Story (2014)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014)
- Office (2015)
- Trivisa (2016)
- Three (2016)
- Chasing Dream (2019)
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020)
- Mad Fate (2023)
- Dennis Law
- Cheng Siu-Keung
- Martin Chappell
- May Mok
- Patrick Tam
- Lai Yiu-fai
- Tactical Unit series
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