Ronny Yu

Ronny Yu Yan-Tai is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and movie writer.

He has worked on both Hong Kong and American films.

Early films include The Servant (1979), The Saviour (1980), and The Occupant (1984).

In 1982, Yu directed The Postman Strikes Back.

The film stars Bryan Leung as the titular protagonist who is sent on a mission to deliver a cargo of four mysterious cases to a rebel leader.

The film co-stars Chow Yun-fat, Eddy Ko, Cherie Chung, etc.

In 1986, Yu directed the Hong Kong action crime thriller Legacy of Rage. It was Brandon Lee's first lead role.

Yu said that he and Lee did not get along during shooting.

In the film, Lee plays a young man blamed for a crime he did not commit.

Lee was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer in this role.

While the conception of a movie for a crossover film with a fight between Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees dates back to 1987, it was later review in the late 90s which led to its production.

Made on a budget of $30,000,000, it grossed domestically in the USA $82,622,655 adding up $116,632,628 worldwide.

The conception began after the release of Child's Play 3 in 1991.

Producers Don Mancini and David Kirschner decided that the series required a new direction.

This was due to ongoing interest on Lee's film, due to his early passing in 1993.

The film has been described as stylistic and fast-paced, with a good performance by Lee.

Some critics considered it to be Lee's best genre film.

In 1994, Yu directed both The Bride with White Hair and its sequel.

Also that year, Yu was credited as executive producer on the film Chunggamsuk.

Work on the film began in 1996, inspired by the release of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Yu was hired to direct the film after Kirschner and Mancini were impressed by his film The Bride with White Hair, and accepted in exchange for greater creative freedom and the ability to hire his collaborators Peter Pau and David Wu.

It grossed $11.8 million on its opening weekend, for a North American total of $32.4 million and another $18.3 million internationally.

It is the highest-grossing film and the US second most financially successful of the Chucky franchise The film has a 49% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60 out of 10.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Bride of Chucky is devoid of any fright and the franchise has become tiresomely self-parodic, although horror fans may find some pleasure in this fourth entry's camp factor."

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

He is mostly known for his work in the American horror genre, such as Bride of Chucky (1998) and Freddy vs. Jason (2003).

Yu was born in Hong Kong and graduated from Ohio University.

In May of the following year, it was a critical success at the Cannes Film Festival and commercial success in Japan. In 1998, Legacy of Rage was released directly to video in the U.S. and Australia the next year.

In 1998 Bride of Chucky opened in the USA.

Yu directed a cast that consist of Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, John Ritter, Katherine Heigl, and Nick Stabil.

In 2002, Sony Pictures released The 51st State, directed by Yu, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Walters and Meat Loaf.

In 2003, Freddy vs. Jason, directed by Yu, has its opening in the USA.

In 2006, Yu directed Fearless, starring Jet Li.

In Hong Kong it grossed an exceptional HK$30,201,600, making it the highest-grossing domestic film of the territory of 2006.

He was once attached to direct Snakes on a Plane (2006) and he was aboard the project when Samuel L. Jackson, whom he directed in The 51st State, signed on.

Before shooting began, however, he was replaced by David R. Ellis.

In 2009, Yu directed the Fear Itself episode, "Family Man" which starred Clifton Collins Jr.. Also that year, Yu was a credited screenwriter and producer on Blood: The Last Vampire directed by Chris Nahon.

In North America, in its opening weekend, it placed 2nd at the box office, grossing US$10,590,244.

The film went on to gross US$24,633,730 by the end of its North American run—making it the sixth highest-grossing non-English language foreign film in the United States to date —and its total worldwide gross US$68,072,848.

The film holds a rating of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus being, "Fearless is a brilliantly choreographed, beautifully filmed endcap to Li's quarter-decade of epic martial arts glory."