FrameThrower · Actors · Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen
9 films · 479 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2002–2023
Born 27 July 1963 · Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Donnie Yen Chi-tan is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director. His accolades include three Golden Horse Awards and five Hong Kong Film Awards. He is best known for portraying Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the Ip Man film series, namely Ip Man (2008), Ip Man 2 (2010), Ip Man 3 (2015), and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019). He also served as a co-producer of the spin-off Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018).
Born in Guangdong, Yen developed an interest in martial arts at a young age and began experimenting with various styles, including tai chi and other traditional Chinese martial arts. At age 18, he auditioned for action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping in Hong Kong.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 479 frames · top-billed in 6 · 2002–2023
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2022
- Tatler Most Influential Hong Kong2021
- Golden Bauhinia Awards2007
- Hong Kong Film Awards2006
- Hong Kong Film Awards2004
- Golden Horse Award for Best Action Choreography2003
How their films are shot
Measured across 479 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Donnie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 46% of their frames are night, 42% low key — the look of the work Donnie takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 479 frames from Donnie Yen's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.