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Yip Tin-shing
Chinese: 葉天成
Born	(1965-10-20) October 20, 1965 (age 59) Hong Kong
Occupation	Screen writer

Yip Tin-shing (simplified Chinese: 叶天成; traditional Chinese: 葉天成; pinyin: Yè Tiānchéng; born 20 October 1965) is a Hong Kong screenwriter.

Career

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Yip is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and/or Wai Ka-fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside screenwriters Szeto Kam-yuen, Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-hoi and Au Kin-yee.

Filmography

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Writer

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Bachelor Party (2012)
Turning Point 2 (2011)
Life Without Principle (2011)
72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)
Turning Point (2009)
Newsmakers (2009)
Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) (TV movie)
Triangle (2007)
Exiled (2006)
Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) (2006)
Election (2005)
Throw Down (2004)
Breaking News (2004)
Running on Karma (2003)
Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)
Love for All Seasons (2003)

Awards and nominations

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Year	Film	Award	Occasion
2004	Throw Down (2004)	Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing	Golden Horse Film Festival
2004	Running on Karma (2003)	Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee	Hong Kong Film Awards
2004	Running on Karma (2003)	Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Au Kin-Yee	Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2005	Election (2005)	Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi	Golden Horse Film Festival
2006	Election (2005)	Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi	Hong Kong Film Awards
2007	Election 2 (2005)	Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi	Hong Kong Film Awards

External links

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Yip Tin-shing at IMDb

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Films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) Intruder (1997) The Odd One Dies (1997) Final Justice (1996) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Sealed with a Kiss (1999) Help!!! (2000) Needing You... (2000) Comeuppance (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Gimme Gimme (2001) Wu yen (2001) Let's Sing Along Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) PTU (2003) Looking for Mister Perfect (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Love for All Seasons (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Trivisa (2016) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Mad Fate (2023)
Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Soi Cheang Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau
Screenwriters	Yau Nai-hoi Au Kin-yee Yip Tin-shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho
Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai
See also	Tactical Unit series