Wayne Che Yip (born 1981) is a British television director, most notably connected with Utopia, Doctor Who and Amazon Prime's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Fallout.
Early life and education Yip was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at Dragon School (alongside classmate Tom Hiddleston),https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_School Abingdon School, D'Overbroeck's College 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 Phoenix Picturehouse in Jericho and came to prominence when he co-wrote and directed Happy Birthday Grandad with Alex García López, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame BAFTA.
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 Channel 4 anthology series Coming Up.
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).
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".
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.
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 YearTitleNotes2010Coming UpEpisode: "Would Like To Meet"2011Secret Diary of a Call Girl4 episodes2011–2013Misfits4 episodes2013Utopia3 episodes2015Tatau4 episodes2016SalemEpisode: "The Reckoning"Class 2 episodes: "Detained" "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did"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 Who 2 episodes: "The Lie of the Land" "Empress of Mars"2017–2018Preacher4 episodes2017–2019Happy!4 episodes2018Cloak & DaggerEpisode: "Colony Collapse"2019Doctor WhoEpisode: "Resolution"Deadly ClassEpisode: "Kids of the Black Hole"Into the Badlands2 episodesDoom PatrolEpisode: "Frances Patrol"Treadstone2 episodes2020Hunters2 episodes:
"The Mourner's Kaddish" "While Visions of Safta Danced in His Head"2021The Wheel of Time2 episodes: "A Place of Safety" "The Dragon Reborn"2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power 4 episodes: "Adar" "The Great Wave" "Partings" "Alloyed"2024Fallout Episode: "The Beginning"2025Lazarus 2 episodes: "Episode 1" "Episode 2"
Short films YearTitleNotes2007Happy Birthday GranddadCo-written and directed with Alex Garcia Lopez2008SamanthaBe Lucky2009Diego's Storyhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt1450726/2015Dark Clowns
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