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Wilson Yip

Wilson Yip

Film director · 4 films (2008–2019)

Wilson Yip is a director whose work here spans Ip Man (2008) to Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019), across drama and action. The work runs wide — 35% of frames across the 4 films indexed here, against 20% library-wide. All 222 frames from 4 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.

Wilson Yip Wai-Shun (Chinese: 葉偉信) is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker and screenwriter.

Born 23 October 1963 · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Directing style

Wilson Yip constructs a tense visual atmosphere primarily within interior day scenes, balancing medium shots and wide compositions captured almost exclusively from eye-level or high angles. His lighting relies on a mix of fluorescent fixtures, window light, and direct sun, which illuminates a split palette of cool, desaturated tones and warm, earthy hues. The spatial rendering is evenly split between shallow focus that isolates performers and deep staging that preserves the geometry of the environment.

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Films directed by Wilson Yip

About Wilson Yip

When was Wilson Yip born?

Wilson Yip was born on 23 October 1963 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China].

What films has Wilson Yip directed?

FrameThrower holds stills from 4 of them: Ip Man (2008), Ip Man 2 (2010), Ip Man 3 (2015) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019).

Search every frame of Wilson Yip’s films

All 222 indexed frames from 4 films directed by Wilson Yip — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.