Au Kin-yee

Au Kin-yee
Au Kin-yee
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, script supervisor
Awards	; Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Screenplay; 2003 Running on Karma; (Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing); Best Screenplay; 2008 Mad Detective; (Shared with Wai Ka-Fai); ; Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Screenplay; 2003 PTU; (Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi); ; Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay; 2004 Running on Karma; (Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing); ; Golden Horse Awards – Best Screenplay; 2003 PTU; (Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi); Best Screenplay; 2003 Turn Left, Turn Right; (Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing); Best Screenplay; 2004 Throw Down; (Shared with Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing); ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	歐健兒
Simplified Chinese	欧健儿
Hanyu Pinyin	Ōu Jiàn Ér
Jyutping	Au1 Gin6 Ji4

Au Kin-yee (simplified Chinese: 欧健儿; traditional Chinese: 歐健兒) is a Hong Kong screenwriter.

She is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To^[1] and/or Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside writers Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing.

Filmography[edit]

Year	Films	Role
2021	Limbo	writer
2016	Sisterhood	writer
2013	Cold Eyes	writer
2011	Life Without Principle	writer
2016	Sisterhood	writer
2009	Written By	writer
2009	Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms	writer
2007	Mad Detective	writer
2007	Triangle	writer
2007	Eye in the Sky	writer
2006	The Shopaholics	writer
2004	Yesterday Once More	writer
2004	Throw Down	writer
2004	Fantasia	writer
2003	Running on Karma	writer
2003	Turn Left, Turn Right	writer
2003	PTU	writer
2003	Love for All Seasons	writer
2002	My Left Eye Sees Ghosts	writer
2002	Fat Choi Spirit	writer
2001	Running Out of Time 2	writer
2001	Love on a Diet	script supervisor
1995	Fatal Assignment	writer

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Award
2003	PTU (2003)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Yau Nai-Hoi)	Golden Horse Film Festival
2003	Turn Left, Turn Right (2003)	Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing	Golden Horse Film Festival
2004	PTU (2003)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Yau Nai-Hoi)	Golden Bauhinia Awards
2004	Throw Down (2004)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing)	Golden Horse Film Festival
2004	Running on Karma (2003)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing)	Hong Kong Film Awards
2004	Running on Karma (2003)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing)	Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
2008	Mad Detective (2007)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Wai Ka-Fai)^[2]	Hong Kong Film Awards
2008	Mad Detective (2007)	Nominated: Best Screenplay (shared with Wai Ka-Fai)	Asian Film Awards
2008	Eye in the Sky (2007)	Nominated: Best Screenplay (shared with Yau Nai-Hoi)	Hong Kong Film Awards
2008	Eye in the Sky (2007)	Won: Best Screenplay (shared with Yau Nai-Hoi)	Asian Film Awards
2010	Written By (2009)	Nominated: Best Screenplay (shared with Wai Ka-Fai)	29th Hong Kong Film Awards
2022	Limbo (2021)	Won: Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Shum Kwan-sin)	59th Golden Horse Awards

References[edit]

^ "戀愛・電影館 Cinematheque・Passion". www.cinematheque-passion.mo. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
^ Shackleton2008-04-14T05:02:00+01:00, Liz. "The Warlords rules the roost at Hong Kong Film Awards". Screen. Retrieved 19 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links[edit]

Au Kin-yee at IMDb

[1] "戀愛・電影館 Cinematheque・Passion". www.cinematheque-passion.mo. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[2] Shackleton2008-04-14T05:02:00+01:00, Liz. "The Warlords rules the roost at Hong Kong Film Awards". Screen. Retrieved 19 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) Intruder (1997) The Odd One Dies (1997) Final Justice (1996) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Sealed with a Kiss (1999) Help!!! (2000) Needing You... (2000) Comeuppance (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Gimme Gimme (2001) Wu yen (2001) Let's Sing Along Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) PTU (2003) Looking for Mister Perfect (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Love for All Seasons (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Trivisa (2016) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Mad Fate (2023)
Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Soi Cheang Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau
Screenwriters	Yau Nai-hoi Au Kin-yee Yip Tin-shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho
Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai
See also	Tactical Unit series

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