Born in Guangzhou and briefly trained at the China Drama Academy under Master Yu Jim-yuen, Yuen Woo-ping emerged from a family of martial-arts performers, his father being actor Yuen Siu-tien. After a year of study he entered Hong Kong cinema, directing the breakthrough comedies Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master, which propelled Jackie Chan to stardom and sparked a lasting trend of hu…
