Wayne Yip Explained

Wayne Yip
Birth Name:Wayne Che Yip
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Oxford, England[2]
Years Active:2005–present

Wayne Che Yip (born 1981) is a British television director, most notably connected with Utopia, Doctor Who and Amazon Prime's and Fallout.

Early life and education

Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at Dragon School, Abingdon School, D'Overbroeck's College and later studied at Banbury College[1] where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design.[3]

Career

Work with Alex Garcia Lopez

He developed an interest in filmmaking after working in the Phoenix Picturehouse in Jericho and came to prominence when he co-wrote and directed Happy Birthday Grandad with Alex Garcia Lopez, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame BAFTA.[4]

The pair then created the short films Samantha (2008), Be Lucky (2008) and Diego's Story (2009),[5] as well as the episode "Would Like To Meet" (2010) of the Channel 4 anthology series Coming Up.[6]

Following on from this, they went on to direct the first half of the fourth series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2011), starring Billie Piper, three episodes of the third series of Misfits and the second half of the first series of Dennis Kelly's Utopia (2013).[7]

Later work

In 2013, he came back to Misfits to direct the final episode of the show, this time without Garcia Lopez. In 2015, he directed four episodes of Tatau. He then directed two episodes of the series Class, "Detained" and "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did". This was followed by the Doctor Who series 10 episodes "The Lie of the Land" and "Empress of Mars", and the 2019 New Year's Day special episode "Resolution".[8]

In March 2021, Amazon Prime Video announced that Yip would take over directing duties for four episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series, as well as serving as co-executive producer.[9] [10]

He has also directed on many major series in the United States including Salem, Preacher, Into the Badlands, Happy!, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Doom Patrol and Hunters, starring Al Pacino.

Filmography

Television

YearTitleNotes
2010Coming UpEpisode: "Would Like To Meet"
2011Secret Diary of a Call Girl4 episodes
2011–2013Misfits4 episodes
2013Utopia3 episodes
2015Tatau4 episodes
2016SalemEpisode: "The Reckoning"
Class2 episodes:
2017Imposters2 episodes:
  • "Frog-Bikini-Eiffel Tower"
  • "In the Game"
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency2 episodes:
  • "This Is Not Miami"
  • "Little Guy, Black Hair"
Doctor Who2 episodes:
2017–2018Preacher4 episodes
2017–2019Happy!4 episodes
2018Cloak & DaggerEpisode: "Colony Collapse"
2019Doctor WhoEpisode: "Resolution"
Deadly ClassEpisode: "Kids of the Black Hole"
Into the Badlands2 episodes
Doom PatrolEpisode: "Frances Patrol"
Treadstone2 episodes
2020Hunters2 episodes:
2021The Wheel of Time2 episodes:
  • "A Place of Safety"
  • "The Dragon Reborn"
20224 episodes:
2024FalloutEpisode: "The Beginning"

Short films

YearTitleNotes
2007Happy Birthday GranddadCo-written and directed with Alex Garcia Lopez
2008Samantha
Be Lucky
2009Diego's Story
2015Dark Clowns

Notes and References

  1. News: Victory at Baftas. 2007. Oxford Times.
  2. Web site: 1981 Births. Free BMD. 3 February 2020. 10 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910231259/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=266170279:8634&d=bmd_1578958416. live.
  3. Web site: Biography. IMDB. 1 February 2020. 10 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220910231300/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408764/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm. live.
  4. Web site: Film BAFTA/Orange 60 Seconds Of Fame in 2007. BAFTA. 1 February 2020. 24 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190324222127/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/film/bafta-orange-60-seconds-of-fame-award. live.
  5. Web site: Diego's Story. British Film Council. 1 February 2020. 1 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201201110/http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/diegos-story. live.
  6. Web site: Arnold . Lewis . 2020-07-26 . Wayne Che Yip . 2023-02-04 . Directors Now . en-GB.
  7. Web site: 2013-02-05 . Utopia episode 4 review . 2023-02-04 . Den of Geek . en-US.
  8. Web site: Who is Wayne Yip. The Doctor Who Companion. 1 February 2020. 1 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200201201113/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2018/07/10/who-is-wayne-yip-possible-director-of-the-doctor-who-2018-christmas-special/. live.
  9. Web site: Wayne Che Yip is set to direct Amazon's Lord Of The Rings series. 2021-03-25. TV Club. en-us. 24 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210324220640/https://tv.avclub.com/amazon-s-lord-of-the-rings-series-finds-a-new-director-1846547017. live.
  10. Web site: 2021-03-24 . Doctor Who director Wayne Yip signs on as co-director of Lord of the Rings . 2023-02-04 . Stuff . en.