---
name: "Wayne Che Yip"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wayne-che-yip"
fi1m_id: "wayne-che-yip"
imdb_id: "nm3408764"
tmdb_id: 1420295
wikidata_id: "Q15853761"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T22:22:05.393027+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."
---

# Wayne Che Yip

## Identity

Wayne Che Yip

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wayne-che-yip
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wayne-che-yip
- **IMDb ID:** nm3408764
- **TMDB ID:** 1420295
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15853761
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yip, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15853761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1420295

Director. Born 1 January 1981 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1981, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lawrence Gough](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gough.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (2), 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4, Action & Adventure 3, Comedy 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Yip, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15853761, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1420295

## Coming up

- *Neuromancer* (2027-01-21), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Utopia*](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fallout*](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80)
- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)

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## Biography

Wayne Che Yip is a British television director. Born in Oxford in 1981, he graduated with a degree in graphic design from Banbury College in 2004.

He began directing short films and music videos before working on British series including *Misfits* (2009–2013), *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2011) and *Utopia* (2013). His later credits include episodes of *Doctor Who* (2017–2019), *Preacher* (2016–2018), *Happy!* (2017–2019), *The Wheel of Time* (2021), *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022) and the *Fallout* (2024) episode 'The Beginning'. He also served as co-executive producer on *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Utopia* (2013), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Neuromancer* (2027), series, Director
- *Harlan Coben's Lazarus* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Fallout* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* (2022), series, Co-Executive Producer, Director
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening* (2022), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Wheel of Time* (2021), series, Director
- *Hunters* (2020), series, Director
- *Treadstone* (2019), series, Director
- *Doom Patrol* (2019), series, Director
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Director
- *Doctor Who: Resolution* (2019), Director
- *Marvel's Cloak & Dagger* (2018), series, Director
- *HAPPY!* (2017), series, Director
- *Imposters* (2017), series, Director
- *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (2016), series, Director
- *Class* (2016), series, Director
- *Preacher* (2016), series, Director
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), series, Director
- *The Hook* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Tatau* (2015), series, Director
- *Salem* (2014), series, Director
- *Utopia* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/utopia.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Secret Diary of a Call Girl* (2007), series, Director
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Coming Up* (2003), series, Director

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