Wayne Che Yip (born 1981) is a British

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, most notably connected with ''

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'', ''

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'' and

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's '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' and ''

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''.

Early life and education

Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at

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Abingdon School Abingdon School is an independent day and boarding school in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. It is the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, twentieth oldest Independent School (UK), independent British school. In May 202 ...

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and later studied at Banbury College where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design.

Career

Work with Alex García López

He developed an interest in filmmaking after working in the

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and came to prominence when he co-wrote and directed ''Happy Birthday Grandad'' with

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, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame

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. The pair then created the short films ''Samantha'' (2008), ''Be Lucky'' (2008) and ''Diego's Story'' (2009), as well as the episode " Would Like To Meet" (2010) of the

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series ''Coming Up''. Following on from this, they went on to direct the first half of the fourth series of ''

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'' (2011), starring

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, three episodes of the third series of ''

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'' and the second half of the first series of

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's ''Utopia'' (2013).

Later work

In 2013, he came back to ''

'' 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 ''

'' series 10 episodes " The Lie of the Land" and " Empress of Mars", and the 2019

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special episode " Resolution". In March 2021,

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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. He has also directed on many major series in the United States including ''Salem'', ''Preacher'', ''Into the Badlands'', ''Happy!'', ''

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'', ''Doom Patrol'' and ''Hunters'', starring

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Filmography

Television

Short films

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yip, Wayne Living people 1981 births English people of Chinese descent English television directors People associated with Oxford Brookes University People educated at Abingdon School People educated at The Dragon School Mass media people from Oxford