Yip started racing for fun in the 1950s at the wheel of a Jaguar XK120. In 1962 he and several partners (one of them was his own brother-in-law, Stanley Ho) formed the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau with a monopoly to run all casino operations and many other leisure activities in Macau, including the local lotteries, ferries and hotels. Teddy Yip along with Stanley Ho (the brother of his wife Susie Ho) and their two other partners (Yip Hon and Henry Fok), then established the Casino Lisboa. Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau turned Macau into a major tourist center. Yip was the force behind the Macau Grand Prix which is today one of the biggest motor racing events in the world outside Formula One.
In 1979, Yip helped to fund Ensign but the car was not a success. The car was driven by Derek Daly, Patrick Gaillard, and Marc Surer but there were no points scored. At the end of 1978 and through 1979 Teddy also funded a British F1 programme with Wolfs WR3, WR4 and WR6 for David Kennedy who finished runner up in the series. His British F1 programme also ran Desiré Wilson in Wolf WR4 to a famous win at Brands Hatch in 1980.
Kennedy moved to Shadow in 1980 with, initially, Stefan Johansson and later Geoff Lees as team mate but the team was chronically underfunded and using a very poorly engineered DN11 chassis. After a few races Yip took over ownership from founder Don Nicholls and introduced a DN12 chassis which also proved a failure. In June after a brace of non-qualifications at the French Grand Prix in Paul Ricard Yip closed down the Shadow team. Yip rethought his involvement in racing and ended most of his other activities in order to concentrate on F1.
With Sid Taylor and Julian Randles he established Theodore Racing Ltd. and recruited Tony Southgate and team manager Jo Ramirez. The new car was dubbed the TY01 and was driven by Tambay at the start of 1981. In the mid-season Tambay was lured away by Ligier and Yip gave the drive Marc Surer. The same car was developed in 1982 and it became obvious that small teams could not easily survive in the turbo era. Yip merged Theodore with Ensign and used the Nigel Bennett-designed Ensign N183 design as a Theodore. The team hired Johnny Cecotto and Roberto Guerrero but at the end of that season the team shut down and Mo Nunn moved to America, where he enjoyed great success as a race engineer through the 1980s and into the 1990s and eventually set up a successful team of his own in CART.
Yip had long run a team each year at the Macau GP and in 1983 was behind the switch from Formula Atlantic rules to Formula Three. The result was a huge success and Theodore Racing has won the event many times, notably with Ayrton Senna.
Yip faded into retirement as a car enthusiast in the late 1980s and finally sold his share of his company in Macau to his brother-in-law.
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| Name | Corey Yuen |
|---|---|
| Tradchinesename | 元奎 |
| Birthdate | 1951 |
| Birthplace | Hong Kong |
| Hongkongfilmwards | Best Action Choreography 1994 Fong Sai-yuk |
| Goldenhorseawards | Best Action Choreography 1993 Fong Sai-yuk 1995 Thunderbolt |
Yuen is now one of the top action directors to hit both Hong Kong and the United States. In 1985, he was the first Hong Kong director to successfully bring Hong Kong style action to an American film with No Retreat, No Surrender, with the soon to be famous actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. He has worked with most of Hong Kong's top stars at one time or another, and began Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock's career in 1985 with Yes! Madam and boosting Stephen Chow's with 1990s All for the Winner and 1991's Top Bet. He has also directed Jackie Chan with Sammo Hung in Dragons Forever, and directed Anita Mui, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok in Saviour of the Soul.
Once Li gained stardom in American cinemas beginning with 1998's Lethal Weapon 4, Yuen's action direction also received fame in the West. He worked in the 2000 blockbuster X-Men as an action director, and he would also handle the martial arts and action sequences in six of Li's other American works: Romeo Must Die, Kiss of the Dragon, The One, Cradle 2 the Grave, War, and The Expendables.
He also partially directed The Transporter and So Close, released in late 2002. He opted not to return to direct the sequel Transporter 2, released in 2005. However, his team of stuntmen and martial artists are featured in the film, and Yuen was the fight choreographer and second-unit director. Other notable films include Righting Wrongs with Yuen Biao and Cynthia Rothrock, She Shoots Straight with Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung and Yuen Wah and 1997's Hero (not to be confused with the Zhang Yimou-directed, Jet Li- starring 2002 film of the same name) starring Yuen Biao and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
His style of action is not as distinct as that of other Hong Kong action directors like Yuen Woo Ping and Ching Siu Tung, but is noted for its speed, creativity, and higher emphasis on offense. He is also distinguished in his ability to mix hand-to-hand combat and gunfighting, two styles of fighting that are not often used together successfully in Hong Kong action films.
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