Yau Nai-hoi (Chinese: 游乃海; pinyin: You Naihai) is a Hong Kong screenwriter and director. He is best known as a frequent screenwriter for films produced by the independent Hong Kong production company Milkyway Image, notably films directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai. Yau often collaborates with fellow Milkyway Image writers Wai Ka-Fai, Szeto Kam-Yuen, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing. His directorial debut arrived with the 2007 film Eye in the Sky.
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Born | (1968-04-14) 14 April 1968 (age 54) Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Years active | 1993 – present | ||||||||||
Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Screenplay 2004 Running on Karma 2006 Election Best New Director 2008 Eye in the Sky Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Screenplay 2000 Running Out of Time 2004 PTU Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards – Best Screenplay 1999 Expect the Unexpected 2004 Running on Karma Golden Horse Awards – Best Screenplay 2003 PTU 2004 Throw Down 2005 Election | ||||||||||
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Year | Film | Awards and Nominations | Occasion |
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1999 | The Longest Nite (1998) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen | Hong Kong Film Awards |
1999 | Expect the Unexpected | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen and Chow Hin-Yan | Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards |
1999 | Expect the Unexpected | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Szeto Kam-Yuen and Chow Hin-Yan | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2000 | Running Out of Time (1999) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Laurent Courtiaud and Julien Carbon | Golden Bauhinia Awards |
2000 | Running Out of Time (1999) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Laurent Courtiaud and Julien Carbon | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2000 | Needing You... (2000) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2003 | PTU (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | 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 Au Kin-Yee | Golden Bauhinia Awards |
2004 | Throw Down (2004) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Golden Horse Film Festival |
2004 | Running on Karma (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2004 | Running on Karma (2003) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Wai Ka-Fai, Au Kin-Yee and Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards |
2005 | Election (2005) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Golden Horse Film Festival |
2006 | Election (2005) | Won: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2007 | Election 2 (2006) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Yip Tin-Shing | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Won: Best New Director | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Director | Hong Kong Film Awards |
2008 | Eye in the Sky (2007) | Nominated: Best Screenplay Shared with Au Kin-Yee | Asian Film Awards |
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