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Corey Yuen Kwai (Chinese: 元奎; pinyin: Yuán Kuí; Cantonese Yale: Yuen4 Kwai1; born 15 February 1951) is a Hong Kong film director, film producer, action choreographer, and former actor. Yuen was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes.
Corey Yuen was born on 15 February 1951 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and director, known for Righting Wrongs (1986), Red Cliff (2008) and The Transporter (2002).
Real name: Ying Gang-Ming. Yuen Kwai joined Sifu Yu Jim Yuen's Chinese Drama and Opera Academy in his childhood. He learned peking opera and martial arts with his fellow classmates including Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao and were collectively called the Seven Little Fortunes.
Born Ying Gang-Ming, Corey Yuen began as one of the famous "Seven Little Fortunes", the children Peking Opera troupe with the young Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. As troupe disbanded, the youngsters became stuntmen in the studio.
Mar 31, 2012 · Corey Yuen has action-directed countless films, but also directed quite a few, generally falling into two categories : chick-action flicks (Yes Madam!, So Close, Dead or Alive...) or Jet Li vehicles (The Enforcer, The Defender, the Fong Sai Yuk films...).
Sep 2, 2015 · Learn about the directorial debut and early works of Corey Yuen, a martial arts legend who choreographed The Transporter and Jet Li's movies. Discover his creative and showy style, his star-studded casts and his innovative action scenes.
Biography. Real name: Ying Gang-Ming. Yuen Kwai joined Sifu Yu Jim Yuen's Chinese Drama and Opera Academy in his childhood. He learned peking opera and martial arts with his fellow classmates including Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao and were collectively called the Seven Little Fortunes.
