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Ronny Yu was born in Hong Kong, but attended school in England and America. He was a sickly child afflicted with polio, which meant abstinence from sports and childhood capers. He didn't get many friends to play with, because he was a burden to them.

Yu studied marketing at the Ohio University. While still in education, Yu holidayed repeatedly in Hong Kong and hung out with a fellow film-buff and police superintendent. The pair eventually wrote a story, a buddy movie about two cops, one corrupt and one straight. A friend in the garment business lent the pair $90,000 and said, "Why don't you guys make your movie?" Nobody was interested in the project and, in the end, Yu ended up directing. The cop became the leading man and the movie became a summer hit.

After graduation he became a production assistant in Washington D.C for the ABC Evening News. He returned to Hong Kong in 1975 as production manager and became a director in 1979 with The Servant. His Hong Kong directing credits include The Saviour (1980), The Postman Strikes Back (1982), The Trail (1983), The Occupant (1984), China White (1989), Shogun and His Little Kitchen (1992) and Legacy of Rage (1989), which starred the late Brandon Lee. He served as both the producer and director of The Bride with White Hair (1993), which won a host of awards internationally.

His U.S. debut, Warriors of Virtue in 1997 bombed, but Yu bounced back with the Hollywood feature Bride of Chucky(1997). In 2001, Yu directed The 51st State with Samuel L.Jackson. His most recent work is the slasher flick Freddy Vs Jason (2003).

Filmography: Bride of Chucky, Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia), Formula 51, Freddy vs Jason, The Bride With White Hair, The Bride with White Hair 2,

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