Derek Hui Wang-Yu

Editor

October 29, 1982 (43 years)

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Biography

Derek Hui graduated from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong with a first-class honors degree (2001-2004), and went to Syracuse University in New York as an exchange student (2003-2004).

Filmography

7.1

Goodbye Mr. Loser

A middle-aged loser travels back in time to his high school years to put his life on the right track.

6.8

Bodyguards and Assassins

In 1905, revolutionist Sun Yat-Sen visits Hong Kong to discuss plans with Tongmenghui members to overthrow the Qing dynasty. But when they find out that assassins have been sent to kill him, they assemble a group of protectors to prevent any attacks.

5.8

Skiptrace

A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

6.9

Dragon

A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

5.3

The Founding of a Republic

The tale of one man who fought against the tyranny of a ruler and led his people in battle in the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

6.1

Man of Tai Chi

In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.

6.9

Gezhi Town

A group of Chinese refugees and straggler soldiers, led by a machinist, defend their mountain town, "Gezhi," against a surprise attack by Japanese reconnaissance troops in a desperate fight using civilian ingenuity against a trained military force.

5.5

Iceman

An imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later, they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

4.7

Beginning of the Great Revival

A chronicle of the events that led to the founding of the Chinese Communist Party.

6.8

Once Upon a Time

Bai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy reappears in her life, everything she holds dear is threatened.

7.2

SoulMate

The film spans two decades, as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable, until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.

5.1

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

7.0

A Cool Fish

Two criminals hide in the apartment of a quadriplegic woman after a failed robbery attempt. Her brother, a disgraced officer, exploits the situation to return to the police force.

6.0

Sacrifice

For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TU’AN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When Tu’an Gu learns of the baby’s escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrant’s soldiers arrive at Cheng Ying’s home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the Tu’an Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.

5.4

Love The Way You Are

Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin discovers that Yuke harbors a secret crush for campus beauty, Ruting. Ever the busybody, Lin Lin decides to matchmake Yuke and Ruting, only to find herself gradually falling for Yuke.

7.1

Dearest

A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.

6.5

Iceman: The Time Traveler

The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years later pass and they are defrosted continuing the battle they left behind.

5.0

The One

Funny scramble of an esoteric book of cooking between a guy without feeling, a tough girl, a master out of date, a dark-minded rich man, a emotion-manipulating woman and a OCD-suffering samurai.

4.3

Airpocalypse

Ma Le is a suicide prevention psychologist whose happiness stems from others' misfortune. The God of Longevity comes to earth to prevent a planet shattering disaster but his power is absorbed by Ma Le, so he has to ask Ma Le for help. They find four Gods: Thunder, Lightning, Wind and Rain living on the earth and start the adventure of saving the world.

7.6

Ciao UFO

Wah Fu Estate in Aberdeen is the home of many urban legends, but few were as outlandish as the one that happened in the 1980s: One night, residents turned their heads to the sky and saw a giant UFO hovering above them for five minutes. No one else could prove or explain the odd phenomenon, but it becomes the pivotal event for three young people.