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Stephen Yeung currently works at New York University as a Senior Research Scientist.
He was the kid trained by Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, but he went on to become one of Hong Kong's most acclaimed action choreographers.!
Stephen Tung
Hong Kong action choreographer, actor and film director (born 1954)
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Born | Tung Wai (1954-02-02) 2 February 1954 (age 70) Shanghai, China |
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Years active | 1970–present |
Children | 1 |
Stephen Tung Wai (Chinese: 董瑋; born 2 February 1954) is a Hong Kong action choreographer, actor, and film director.
Tung began his career as a stuntman at the age of sixteen and transitioned into action choreography in the 1970s. He has collaborated extensively with directors John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Wong Kar-wai, contributing to films such as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and Hard Boiled (1992) (directed by Woo), The Blade (1995) and The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) (directed by Tsui), and As Tears Go By (1988) and 2046 (2004) (directed by Wong).
He won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Action Choreography seven times with Downtown Torpedos (1997),