Ronny Yu

Trivia

• His flair for visually rich narration appealed immediately to broader Western audiences and has been associated mostly with the horror film genre, as he has revived three franchises.
• Never one who confines himself to a genre, Yu is currently working on Fearless, a film starring Jet Li, based on the true story of the martial arts master Huo Yuanjia.
• His flair for visually rich narration appealed immediately to broader Western audiences and has been associated mostly with the horror film genre, as he has revived three franchises - with Bride of Chucky (the fourth film in the Child's Play franchise), which he infused with dark humor; then Freddy VS Jason, ( of the Nightmare on Elm Street; and Friday the 13th franchises, respectively ) where its box office total is more than the two franchises' combined earnings
• Never one who confines himself to a genre, Yu is currently working on Fearless, a film starring Jet Li, based on the true story of the martial arts master Huo Yuanjia
• In 1980s Yu directed and produced many other box office successes in Hong Kong.
• In 1993, the romantic swordplay epic The Bride with White Hair established his signature style of kinetically-paced story-telling through sumptuous imagery.
• Bride was a huge summer hit in Hong Kong, and also became an art house theater favorite in the U.S. and Europe, leading to international critical acclaim.
• In 1995 came the equally ravishing The Phantom Lover, a love story inspired by the original novel of The Phantom of the Opera, and the Chinese movie Songs of Midnight from the 1920s.
• Yu contracted polio, resulting in a long recovery that prevented him from developing an active childhood and had to spend much time in isolation.
• To cope with the loneliness, Yu created fantasy worlds of his own, with furniture as props.