Yau Nai-hoi
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Yau Nai-hoi | |||||||||||
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| Born | 14 April 1968 Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1993 – present | ||||||||||
| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Screenplay 2004 Running on Karma 2006 Election Best New Director 2008 Eye in the Sky Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Screenplay 2000 Running Out of Time 2004 PTU Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay 1999 Expect the Unexpected 2004 Running on Karma Golden Horse Awards – Best Screenplay 2003 PTU 2004 Throw Down 2005 Election | ||||||||||
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Yau Nai-hoi (Chinese: 游乃海; pinyin: You Naihai) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. He is best known as a frequent screenwriter for films produced by the independent Hong Kong production company Milkyway Image, notably films directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. Yau often collaborates with fellow Milkyway Image writers Wai Ka-Fai, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing. His directorial debut arrived with the 2007 film Eye in the Sky.
Filmography
[edit]- Mad Fate (2023) (writer)
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) (writer)
- Three (2016) (writer)
- Blind Detective (2013) (writer)
- Drug War (2012) (writer)
- Romancing in Thin Air (2012) (writer)
- Life Without Principle (2011) (writer)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) (writer)
- Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms (2009) (writer)
- Triangle (2007) (writer)
- Eye in the Sky (2007) (director) (writer)
- Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) (2006) (writer)
- Election (2005) (writer)
- Throw Down (2004) (writer)
- Running on Karma (2003) (writer)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) (writer)
- PTU (2003) (writer)
- Love for All Seasons (2003) (writer)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) (writer)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002) (writer)
- Running Out of Time 2 (2001) (writer)
- Love on a Diet (2001) (writer)
- Wu yen (2001) (writer)
- Needing You... (2000) (writer)
- Help!!! (2000) (writer)
- The Mission (1999) (writer)
- Running Out of Time (1999) (writer)
- Where a Good Man Goes (1999) (writer)
- A Hero Never Dies (1998) (writer)
- Expect the Unexpected (1998) (writer)
- The Longest Nite (1998) (writer)
- Lifeline (1997) (writer)
- A Moment of Romance III (1996) (writer)
- Loving You (1995) (writer)
- The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) (writer)
Awards
[edit]| Year | Film | Awards and Nominations | Occasion |
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| 1999 | The Longest Nite (1998) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 1999 | Expect the Unexpected | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen and Chow Hin-Yan | Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards |
| 1999 | Expect the Unexpected | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen and Chow Hin-Yan | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2000 | Running Out of Time (1999) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Laurent Courtiaud and Julien Carbon | Golden Bauhinia Awards |
| 2000 | Running Out of Time (1999) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Laurent Courtiaud and Julien Carbon | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2000 | Needing You... (2000) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2003 | PTU (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Golden Horse Film Festival |
| 2003 | Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Golden Horse Film Festival |
| 2004 | PTU (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Golden Bauhinia Awards |
| 2004 | Throw Down (2004) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Golden Horse Film Festival |
| 2004 | Running on Karma (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2004 | Running on Karma (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards |
| 2005 | Election (2005) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Golden Horse Film Festival |
| 2006 | Election (2005) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2007 | Election 2 (2006) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Won: Best New Director | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Director | Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Asian Film Awards |
External links
[edit]- Yau Nai-hoi at IMDb
