Huang Yiyu

Huang Yiyu

Huang Yiyu was born in Hong Kong, China in 1959. At the age of 10, his family immigrated to San Diego, California. Chinese American director, screenwriter and producer.

In 1985, he wrote the youth comedy "the boy next door"; in 1987, he wrote the crime series "dragon and tiger youth team" for the first time; in 1993, he participated in the production of science fiction TV series "X-Files"; in 1996, he participated in the script creation of science fiction crime series "Millennium pursuit"; in 2000, he wrote and directed the thriller suspense film "death is coming", which won 112 million US dollars worldwide In 2001, he supervised and directed the sci-fi action film "cosmic pursuit"; in 2003, he supervised and produced the comedy "rat control freak"; in 2006, he directed the thriller suspense film "death comes 3", which eventually won a global box office of $117 million; in 2009, he made the Fantasy action film "seven dragon balls"; in 2010, he participated in the supervision and preparation of the sci-fi suspense drama "shocking the world"; in 2006, he directed the thriller suspense film "death comes 3", which eventually won a global box office of $117 million; In 2011, he was the executive producer of the Horror Series American horror story and participated in the script writing; in 2014, he participated in the script writing of the horror mini series Rosemary's baby; in 2015, he supervised the production of the campus horror comedy Scream Queen.

Early experience

Huang Yiyu was born in Hong Kong, China in 1959. At the age of 10, he immigrated with his family to San Diego, California, where he spent his primary and secondary school days. Growing up in the United States, he could only barely understand Cantonese, but he did not know Chinese at all.

Huang Yiyu was very fond of watching movies when he was in middle school. The most popular type of movies in the United States in the 1970s were science fiction movies, so his favorite movies during this period were "2001 Space Odyssey" and "Star Wars". At the same time, the horror elements in American movies and entertainment literature also made Huang Yiyu have a strong interest.

At the beginning, Huang Yiyu did not plan to work in the film industry in the future, and there was no Chinese position in Hollywood at that time. Huang originally planned to study for a bachelor's degree in engineering. However, Huang Yiyu's young friend Glen Morgan dissuades him, hoping that Huang Yiyu can switch to the major of film research, because Glen Morgan hopes to engage in the career of film screenwriter in the future. The two people have similar anecdotes. Since they are good friends' advice, Huang Yiyu finally chose the major of film research at Loyola marimont University.

Acting experience

In the mid-1980s, after graduating from college with his classmate and good friend Glen Morgan, Huang Yiyu began to seek a position in the film and television industry. At first, Huang Yiyu worked as a production assistant for a period of time, and then went to a number of troupes to do chores. After a period of busy work, he used his spare time to write several screenplays with Glen Morgan, and then continuously promoted these screenplays to the production companies script. After numerous rebuffs, Huang Yiyu's youth comedy named "the boy next door" was finally bought by a production company. Because of its low cost, the film has made a lot of profits after it was released. Later, Huang Yiyu and his partner Morgan were named StephenJ.Cannell After entering Cannell production company, Huang Yiyu and Morgan have successively compiled for the company such commercial films and dramas as "devil's World dancer" and "Dragon Tiger youth team", which are basically works for the youth market.

In 1993, due to the relatively low salary and the lack of work, Huang Yiyu was unable to maintain his daily expenses, so he chose to write scripts in the TV station to earn a living. Huang Yiyu is responsible for the project of science fiction TV series "X-Files". In addition to participating in the script creation, he also served as the director of the first episode to the fourth episode.

In 1995, Huang Yiyu participated in the writing of science fiction TV series beyond the universe, and in 1996, he participated in the script writing of science fiction crime series thousand years after the murderer.

In 2000, Huang Yiyu directed the thriller suspense movie "death is coming" starring Devon Savart, Ali lat, Sean William Scott and others. The film invested 20 million US dollars and finally won 112 million US dollars at the global box office, which became a turning point in Huang Yiyu's film life.

In 2001, Huang Yiyu supervised and directed the sci-fi action film "the pursuit of the universe" starring Daley Lindo and Jet Li, but the film failed to achieve the expected success.

In 2003, Huang Yiyu supervised the production of the comedy "rat Troll" written by his good friend and partner Glenn Morgan.

In 2006, he directed the thriller suspense film "death comes 3", starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan morriman and others. The film finally won $117 million at the global box office, reappearing its broad box office strength.

In 2009, he filmed the fantasy action film "seven dragon balls" adapted from the cartoon of the same name of Niaoshan Ming. The film was supervised by Stephen Chow and played a supporting role by Chow Yun fat.

On September 20, 2010, Huang Yiyu played the role of screenwriter and producer of the science fiction suspense drama amazing the world, starring Sarah Romer and Jason Reiter.

On October 5, 2011, the Horror Series "American horror story" directed by Ryan Murphy premiered in the United States. In addition to acting as an executive producer, Huang Yiyu also participated in the script writing.

In 2014, Huang Yiyu participated in the script creation of the horror mini series Rosemary's baby starring Zoe soldana and Patrick J. Adams.

In 2015, Huang Yiyu supervised the production of the campus horror comedy "Scream Queen" starring Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Leia Michelle.

Main works

Directing works

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Screenwriter's works

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Supervised production

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Huang Yiyu is a playwright who knows how to save money. He has precise control over the script and is good at creating fierce dramatic conflicts with small scenes. (Tencent Entertainment review), "X-Files" and "death is coming" series established his position in Hollywood horror film and television industry. (review of Yangcheng Evening News)

Huang Yiyu prefers science fiction and horror. After shooting death, he became a more influential Chinese director in Hollywood. Through the release of "death comes 3" in 2006, Huang Yiyu's directing level was recognized again.

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