Wayne Che Yip (born 1981) is a British film director, most notably connected with ''

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'', ''

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'' and Amazon Prime’s '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''.

Early life and education

Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at

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Abingdon School Abingdon School is a day and boarding independent school for boys in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The twentieth oldest independent British school, it celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006. The school was described as "highly ...

, D’Overbroeck’s and later studied at Banbury College where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design.

Career

He developed his interest in film after working in the

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and came to prominence when he co-directed "Happy Birthday Granddad" with Alex Garcia, which won the 2007 Sixty Seconds of Fame BAFTA. In 2010 he once gain co-directed with Garcia when making the short film "Diego's Story" and the pair created "Would Like to Meet" which was episode 1 of series 8 of the TV Series ''Coming Up''. In 2011 he co-directed ''

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'' and in 2011–13 he directed 4 episodes of ''

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''. This was followed by ''Utopia'' in 2013 and ''Tatau'' in 2015. Yip 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 "

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" and "

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", and the series 11 New Years Special "Resolution". In March 2021,

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announced that Yip would take over directing duties for four episodes of the ''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!'', ''Doom Patrol'' and most recently ''Hunters''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yip, Wayne Living people People educated at Abingdon School 1981 births People from Oxford People associated with Oxford Brookes University