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Chinese name
  
游達志 (traditional)

Chinese name
  
游达志 (simplified)


Name
  
Patrick Yau

Role
  
Film director


Pinyin
  
You2 Da2 Zhi4 (Mandarin)

Jyutping
  
Yau4 Daat6 Ji3 (Cantonese)

Born
  
January 1, 1964 (age 60) (
1964-01-01
)

Nominations
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director

Movies
  
The Longest Nite, Expect the Unexpected, Odd One Dies, X3 Trouble, The Loser's Club

Similar People
  
Yau Nai‑hoi, Wai Ka‑fai, Szeto Kam‑Yuen, Johnnie To, Ruby Wong

Patrick Yau's Visual Effects - Quantum Parking


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.

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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.

References

Patrick Yau Wikipedia


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