FILM DIRECTOR

Corey Yuen

1951 - Today

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Corey Yuen (Chinese: 元奎; pinyin: Yuán Kuí; Cantonese Yale: Yuen4 Kwai1; born Ying Gang-ming (殷元奎); 16 December 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. As an actor, Yuen is perhaps best known as Rubber Legs' student in 1979 kung fu comedy film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Corey Yuen has received more than 556,436 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Corey Yuen is the 721st most popular film director (up from 772nd in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Hong Kong (down from 34th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chinese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Corey Yuens by language

Over the past year Corey Yuen has had the most page views in the with 72,187 views, followed by Chinese (40,690), and German (7,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (93.71%), Romanian (63.78%), and Egyptian Arabic (61.34%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Corey Yuen ranks 721 out of 2,041. Before him are Yasuzo Masumura, Paul Grimault, Steno, Tatyana Lioznova, Charles Vidor, and Otakar Vávra. After him are Maurice Tourneur, Jack Arnold, Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, and Dan O'Bannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Corey Yuen ranks 226. Before him are Rosa Montero, Catherine Hicks, David Vunagi, Tatyana Kazankina, Gordon Liu, and Natsuo Kirino. After him are Oleg Gazmanov, Stephen Tobolowsky, Bernie Marsden, Alexei Uchitel, Muhammed Faris, and Iván Fischer.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Corey Yuen ranks 35 out of 115. Before him are Yuen Wah (1950), Leung Chun-ying (1954), Robin Shou (1960), Johnnie To (1955), Aaron Kwok (1965), and Simon Yam (1955). After him are George Lam (1947), Anthony Wong (1961), Ronny Yu (1950), Wayne Wang (1949), Adrienne Clarkson (1939), and Ringo Lam (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hong Kong

Among film directors born in Hong Kong, Corey Yuen ranks 3. Before him are James Wong (1959), and Johnnie To (1955). After him are Ronny Yu (1950), Wayne Wang (1949), Ringo Lam (1955), Benny Chan (1961), Stanley Tong (1960), and Peter Chan (1962).

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Filmography

Thunderbolt
Director
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic Jackie Chan has to beat a super-criminal street racer.
Sep 8o 19956.417 / 10
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Director
A year after training young Jackie Chan in the Drunken Fist, Sam the Seed discovers he has a son, Foggy. He tries to train Foggy but to no avail. Foggy is then trained in Drunken Fist from his uncle as he must face his father's rival, Rubber Legs, another Drunken Fist master who combines it with Mantis Fist to create a deadly style.
Jun 26o 19797.167 / 10
Fist of Fury
Director
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
Mar 22o 19727.3 / 10