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name: "Yee Chung-Man"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kenneth-yee"
fi1m_id: "kenneth-yee"
imdb_id: "nm0354008"
tmdb_id: 550956
wikidata_id: "Q8051106"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 November 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T13:46:05.898310+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Yee Chung-Man

## Identity

Yee Chung-Man

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kenneth-yee
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kenneth-yee
- **IMDb ID:** nm0354008
- **TMDB ID:** 550956
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8051106
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yee_Chung-man, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8051106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550956

Producer. Born 24 November 1951 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 November 1951, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** Kenneth Yee, Chung Man Yee, Hai Chung-Man,  Xi Zhongwen, 奚仲文, Kenneth Yee Chung-Man, Chung-Man Hai, Chung Man Kei
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 producing, 3 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yee_Chung-man, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8051106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354008/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550956

## Biography

Yee Chung-man, also credited as Kenneth Yee or Chung-Man Yee, is a Hong Kong production designer, art director, costume designer and film director. Born in Hong Kong on 24 November 1951, he trained in design at Hong Kong Polytechnic and later at Parsons School of Design in New York. He began working in advertising and interior design before entering the film industry in 1982 as art director and costume designer on Once Upon a Rainbow.

Yee has contributed to numerous Hong Kong and Chinese productions, including art direction on A Chinese Ghost Story (1987) and Once Upon a Time in China (1991), production design on City Hunter (1993) and The Warlords (2007), and costume design on Curse of the Golden Flower (2006), for which he received an Academy Award nomination and won Best Costume and Make-up Design at the Hong Kong Film Awards. He also served as producer and costume designer on Monster Hunt (2015). Yee has directed three features: Anna Magdalena (1998), And I Hate You So (2000) and Ocean Heaven (2010).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmarchive.gov.hk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Monster Hunt* (2015), Fi1m 58, Costume Design, Costume design, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md)

### Crew (3)

- *The Furious* (2026), Fi1m 82, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)
- *A Chinese Ghost Story* (1987), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/a-chinese-ghost-story.md)

## Complete filmography (131)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Furious* (2026), Costume Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-furious.md)
- *Sons of the Neon Night* (2025), as Art Direction
- *The Dumpling Queen* (2025), Costume Design
- *Go For Broke* (2024), Costume Design
- *A Guilty Conscience* (2023), Costume Design
- *My Blue Summer* (2022), Costume Design
- *The Whistleblower* (2019), as Art Direction
- *Jade Dynasty* (2019), Costume Design
- *Guilt by Design* (2019), Costume Design
- *Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy* (2019), Costume Design
- *Push and Shove* (2019), Costume Design
- *Wake Up Dreaming 张学友醒着做梦音乐会* (2018), Creative Director
- *Monster Hunt 2* (2018), Producer
- *The Wasted Times* (2016), as Art Direction
- *Line Walker* (2016), Costume Design
- *Finding Mr. Right 2* (2016), as Art Direction
- *From Vegas to Macau III* (2016), Costume Design
- *Keeper of Darkness* (2015), as Art Direction
- *She Remembers, He Forgets* (2015), as Art Direction
- *Cairo Declaration* (2015), Costume Design
- *Monster Hunt* (2015), Producer, Costume Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/monster-hunt.md)
- *From Vegas to Macau II* (2015), as Art Direction
- *Shanghai Noir* (2015), as Art Direction
- *Horseplay* (2014), as Art Direction
- *The Monkey King* (2014), Costume Design
- *Tales from the Dark 2* (2013), as Art Direction
- *Tales from the Dark 1* (2013), Production Design
- *Finding Mr. Right* (2013), Production Design
- *The Last Tycoon* (2012), as Art Direction
- *The Assassins* (2012), Costume Design
- *The Great Magician* (2011), Makeup Designer, Costume Design
- *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* (2011), as Art Direction
- *Dragon* (2011), Production Design
- *Mr. & Mrs. Incredible* (2011), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Shaolin* (2011), as Art Direction
- *Ocean Heaven* (2010), Production Design
- *Like a Dream* (2010), as Art Direction
- *Crossing Hennessy* (2010), Producer
- *Confucius* (2010), Costume Design
- *72 Tenants of Prosperity* (2010), as Art Direction
- *True Legend* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Storm Warriors* (2009), Production Design, Costume Design
- *The Treasure Hunter* (2009), as Art Direction
- *Empire of Silver* (2009), as Art Direction
- *If You Are the One* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Claustrophobia* (2008), Producer, Art Direction
- *Connected* (2008), as Art Direction
- *An Empress and the Warriors* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Kung Fu Dunk* (2008), Costume Design
- *The Warlords* (2007), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Protégé* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Happy Birthday* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Curse of the Golden Flower* (2006), Costume Design
- *Perhaps Love* (2005), Production Design, Costume Design
- *b420* (2005), Producer
- *Three... Extremes* (2004), Production Design
- *Dumplings* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Elixir of Love* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Silver Hawk* (2004), Production Design
- *Magic Kitchen* (2004), Costume Design
- *Golden Chicken 2* (2003), as Art Direction
- *The Twins Effect* (2003), as Art Direction
- *Golden Chicken* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Just One Look* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Mighty Baby* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Three* (2002), Production Design
- *So Close* (2002), Costume Design
- *Three: Going Home* (2002), Production Design
- *Merry-Go-Round* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Bakery Amour* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Lavender* (2000), as Art Direction
- *And I Hate You So* (2000), Director
- *Tokyo Raiders* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Prince Charming* (1999), Costume Design
- *Gorgeous* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Accident* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Hot War* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Anna Magdalena* (1998), Director
- *First Love: The Litter on the Breeze* (1997), Production Design
- *Viva Erotica* (1996), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Comrades, Almost a Love Story* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Floating Life* (1996), Production Design
- *Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1996), Costume Design
- *Dr. Wai in the Scripture with No Words* (1996), Production Design
- *Full Throttle* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Xiu Xiu* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Peace Hotel* (1995), as Art Direction
- *God of Gamblers' Return* (1994), Costume Design
- *He's a Woman, She's a Man* (1994), Writer, Art Direction
- *Treasure Hunt* (1994), as Art Direction
- *C'est La Vie Mon Cheri* (1993), as Art Direction
- *All's Well End's Well, Too* (1993), as Art Direction
- *City Hunter* (1993), Production Design
- *Royal Tramp 2* (1992), Costume Design
- *Royal Tramp* (1992), Costume Design
- *Crossing the World With Ease* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Saviour of the Soul* (1991), as Art Direction
- *The Banquet* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Slickers vs. Killers* (1991), Costume Design
- *Once Upon a Time in China* (1991), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-china.md)
- *Zodiac Killers* (1991), as Art Direction
- *An Eternal Combat* (1991), Costume Design
- *God of Gamblers II* (1990), Costume Supervisor, Costume Design
- *Pantyhose Hero* (1990), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Song of the Exile* (1990), as Art Direction
- *A Terra-Cotta Warrior* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Mr Vampire Saga 4* (1988), Costume Design
- *On the Run* (1988), as Art Direction
- *The Greatest Lover* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Chicken and Duck Talk* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Picture of a Nymph* (1988), Costume Designer
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II* (1988), as Art Direction
- *Golden Swallow* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Easy Money* (1987), as Art Direction
- *A Chinese Ghost Story* (1987), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/a-chinese-ghost-story.md)
- *The Legend of Wisely* (1987), as Art Direction
- *The Strange Bedfellow* (1986), as Art Direction
- *Yes, Madam!* (1985), Costume Design
- *The Island* (1985), as Art Direction
- *For Your Heart Only* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Happy Ghost II* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Welcome* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Merry Christmas* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Hong Kong 1941* (1984), as Art Direction
- *The Happy Ghost* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Banana Cop* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Esprit D'amour* (1983), as Art Direction
- *All the Wrong Spies* (1983), as Art Direction
- *It Takes Two* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Once Upon a Rainbow* (1982), Writer, Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2007: Best Costume Design (nominated), for *Curse of the Golden Flower*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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