{{Short description|British film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Wayne Yip | image = | caption = | birth_name = Wayne Che Yip | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1981}}<ref name=OxTimes>{{cite news|title=Victory at Baftas|year=2007|newspaper=Oxford Times}}</ref> | birth_place = Oxford, England<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=266170279:8634&d=bmd_1578958416|title=1981 Births|website=Free BMD|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910231259/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=266170279:8634&d=bmd_1578958416|url-status=live}}</ref> | occupation = {{hlist|Television director|producer}} | years_active = 2005–present }}
'''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 == Wayne was born in Oxford in 1981 and was educated at Dragon School (alongside classmate Tom Hiddleston)<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_School</ref>, Abingdon School, D'Overbroeck's College and later studied at Banbury College<ref name=OxTimes/> where he graduated in 2004 with a degree in graphic design.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408764/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Biography|website=IMDB|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=10 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910231300/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408764/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|url-status=live}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name="OxTimes" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/film/bafta-orange-60-seconds-of-fame-award|title=Film BAFTA/Orange 60 Seconds Of Fame in 2007|website=BAFTA|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=24 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324222127/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2007/film/bafta-orange-60-seconds-of-fame-award|url-status=live}}</ref>
The pair then created the short films ''Samantha'' (2008), ''Be Lucky'' (2008) and ''Diego's Story'' (2009),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/diegos-story|title=Diego's Story|website=British Film Council|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201201110/http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/diegos-story|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the episode "Would Like To Meet" (2010) of the Channel 4 anthology series ''Coming Up''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Lewis |date=2020-07-26 |title=Wayne Che Yip |url=https://www.directorsnow.com/wayne-che-yip/ |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Directors Now |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2013-02-05 |title=Utopia episode 4 review |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/utopia-episode-4-review/ |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== 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".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2018/07/10/who-is-wayne-yip-possible-director-of-the-doctor-who-2018-christmas-special/|title=Who is Wayne Yip|website=The Doctor Who Companion|date=10 July 2018 |access-date=1 February 2020|archive-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201201113/https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2018/07/10/who-is-wayne-yip-possible-director-of-the-doctor-who-2018-christmas-special/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wayne Che Yip is set to direct Amazon's Lord Of The Rings series|url=https://www.avclub.com/amazon-s-lord-of-the-rings-series-finds-a-new-director-1846547017|access-date=2021-03-25|website=TV Club|language=en-us|archive-date=24 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324220640/https://tv.avclub.com/amazon-s-lord-of-the-rings-series-finds-a-new-director-1846547017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-24 |title=Doctor Who director Wayne Yip signs on as co-director of Lord of the Rings |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/300261368/doctor-who-director-wayne-yip-signs-on-as-codirector-of-lord-of-the-rings |access-date=2023-02-04 |website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":0" />
== Filmography ==
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" !'''Year''' !'''Title''' !'''Notes''' |- |2010 |''Coming Up'' |Episode: "Would Like To Meet" |- |2011 |''Secret Diary of a Call Girl'' |4 episodes |- |2011–2013 |''Misfits'' |4 episodes |- |2013 |''Utopia'' |3 episodes |- |2015 |''Tatau'' |4 episodes |- | rowspan="2" |2016 |''Salem'' |Episode: "The Reckoning" |- |''Class'' | 2 episodes: * "Detained" * "The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did" |- | rowspan="3" |2017 |''Imposters'' |2 episodes:
* "Frog-Bikini-Eiffel Tower" * "In the Game" |- |''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' |2 episodes:
* "This Is Not Miami" * "Little Guy, Black Hair" |- |''Doctor Who'' | 2 episodes: * "The Lie of the Land" * "Empress of Mars" |- |2017–2018 |''Preacher'' |4 episodes |- |2017–2019 |''Happy!'' |4 episodes |- |2018 |''Cloak & Dagger'' |Episode: "Colony Collapse" |- | rowspan="5" |2019 |''Doctor Who'' |Episode: "Resolution" |- |''Deadly Class'' |Episode: "Kids of the Black Hole" |- |''Into the Badlands'' |2 episodes |- |''Doom Patrol'' |Episode: "Frances Patrol" |- |''Treadstone'' |2 episodes |- |2020 |''Hunters'' |2 episodes:
* "The Mourner's Kaddish" * "While Visions of Safta Danced in His Head" |- |2021 |''The Wheel of Time'' |2 episodes: * "A Place of Safety" * "The Dragon Reborn" |- |2022 |''The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' | 4 episodes: * "Adar" * "The Great Wave" * "Partings" * "Alloyed" |- |2024 |''Fallout'' | Episode: "The Beginning" |- |2025 |''Lazarus'' | 2 episodes: * "Episode 1" * "Episode 2" |}
=== Short films === {| class="wikitable" !'''Year''' !'''Title''' !'''Notes''' |- |2007 |''Happy Birthday Granddad'' | rowspan="4" |Co-written and directed with Alex Garcia Lopez |- | rowspan="2" |2008 |''Samantha'' |- |''Be Lucky'' |- |2009 |''Diego's Story''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1450726/</ref> |- |2015 |''Dark Clowns'' | |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|3408764}}
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