Biography
Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, also known as 黃炳耀, was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday
1993
as James Wong
A young boy's journey to puberty. Awkward first time experiences are a combination of jest and melancholy as only adolescence can ignite.

Operation Scorpio
1992
Writer
Budding comic book artist Yu Shu finds himself living out the fantasies of his alternate world when he saves a young girl from an illegal prostitution...

Miracle 90 Days
1992
In a battle over a magical egg, Sandra Ng and her evil uncle accidentally turn a monkey into a human.

Hard Boiled
1992
Screenplay
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he jo...

Fun and Fury
1992
Screenplay
A martial arts comedy, vacillating between action setpieces and goofy sight gags.

Truant Heroes
1992
as Commissioner Wong
Undercover cop, Kin, infiltrates a Hong Kong school to root out an underworld presence. Things get tricky when he falls for a charming teacher, adding...

Ghost Punting
1992
Writer
The "Five Lucky Stars" attempt to help a restless ghost take revenge on the evil drug gang who took his life. At the same time, they want the ghost to...

Lethal Contact
1992
Writer
Two cops, code name penguin and polar bear, are ordered to assist a visiting policeman from Borneo (Lo Raimy). When their incompetence results in Raim...

Twin Dragons
1992
Writer
Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

A Kid from Tibet
1992
Writer
As the evil sect known as the Black Section of Esoteric Buddhism wreaks havoc on Tibet, a young monk named Wong La (Biao Yuen) is sent to Hong Kong to...

The Banquet
1991
as Man at Table
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

The Banquet
1991
Writer
Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

Slickers vs. Killers
1991
Screenplay
Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss Cheng. One day, Hung witnesses a mob hit. Though the p...

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
1991
as Commissioner Wong
While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

Scheming Wonders
1991
A fun action/comedy movie where Conan Lee & Shing Fui On team up to grab a gang of jewelery robbers with Ben Ng as their leader.

Scheming Wonders
1991
Screenplay
A fun action/comedy movie where Conan Lee & Shing Fui On team up to grab a gang of jewelery robbers with Ben Ng as their leader.

Fight Back to School
1991
as Scissor Legs
Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last ...

Fight Back to School
1991
Writer
Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last ...

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari
1991
Writer
Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ances...

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye
1991
as Barry
Alan and Eric are childhood friends who are separated when Eric moves to America. They are reunited in Hong Kong when Eric finds Alan at the cafe wher...

Against All
1990
as Supt Chow
A love triangle between a singer and two men; one good, the other evil.

The Nocturnal Demon
1990
as Cook
Tow truck driver Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic, serial killer, taxi driver -- and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his...

The Inspector Wears Skirts III
1990
as King of Gamblers
Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung), now married to Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu), has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into ...

Pantyhose Hero
1990
Screenplay
Two policemen must pretend to be a gay couple in order to investigate the murders of homosexuals in Hong Kong.

Family Honor
1990
as ICAC officer
Norman Law directed this Hong Kong gangster film about siblings joined by a common enemy. Tao is a ruthless loan shark, whose brother, Fu Sai Hang, is...

Family Honor
1990
Producer, Writer
Norman Law directed this Hong Kong gangster film about siblings joined by a common enemy. Tao is a ruthless loan shark, whose brother, Fu Sai Hang, is...

Curry & Pepper
1990
as Chief Inspector Chow
Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen tim...

She Shoots Straight
1990
Screenplay
Hong Kong police officer Mina Kao marries Huang Tsung-Pao, who is a member of a law enforcement dynasty. His father and his many sisters are also offi...

Outlaw Brothers
1990
Screenplay
Frankie Chan and Max Mok are high-class car thieves whose sticky fingers get them in trouble with some gangsters, and then some really nasty gangsters...

Encounters of the Spooky Kind II
1990
Story, Writer, Director of Photography
Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherou...

The Fortune Code
1990
Screenplay
Set in China during the Japanese occupation. A young man breaks out of a POW camp to marry his sweetheart, but finds she is now a spy for the resistan...

City Cops
1989
Writer
Cindy is an American FBI agent who is currently in Hong Kong seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organizatio...

Whampoa Blues
1989
Writer
Chung and Kin grow up together at Rennie Mill Area with quite different characters. They were admitted into the Whampoa Military Training School at Ta...

Dragon Fight
1989
Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to def...

Lost Souls
1989
Writer
Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy lik...

Vampire Buster
1989
In ancient China, a demon was defeated in a fierce battle with a priest, who sealed it's evil spirit in a vase. Centuries later, during the cultural r...

Vampire Buster
1989
Screenplay
In ancient China, a demon was defeated in a fierce battle with a priest, who sealed it's evil spirit in a vase. Centuries later, during the cultural r...

The Killer
1989
as Chief Inspector Tu
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, whe...

Mr. Smart
1989
Writer
Smart (Kent Cheng), a sailor, returns from sea to his family to help with the family business and raise money for repairs, also teach people about lov...

Pedicab Driver
1989
Screenplay
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of...

18 Times
1988
Screenplay
Gigi is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every single one of her husbands dies after becoming wea...

In the Blood
1988
Story
About an accident prone policeman.

Walk on Fire
1988
Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick se...

The Haunted Cop Shop II
1988
as Snr. Inspector
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

The Haunted Cop Shop II
1988
Writer
Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

Love Soldier of Fortune
1988
Writer
Love Soldier of Fortune is a Hong Kong Romance directed by Stanley Fung and starring Maggie Cheung.

Eastern Condors
1987
Screenplay
A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a sec...

My Cousin, the Ghost
1987
Producer
Cousin Big returns home from the UK in order to find a wife and settle down. He has previously driven out his illegal immigrant friend Ma from the UK ...

Righting Wrongs
1986
Screenplay
Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante j...

Armour of God
1986
Story
Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious ...

Mr. Vampire II
1986
Writer
Chaos ensues after a team of archaeologists accidentally breaks the seals of a sleeping vampire family, which prevent them from waking up.

Goodbye Mammie
1986
Producer
After her husband's death, Sally takes over. She works and helps educate her 10-year-old son Andy. Andy is rather weak in character. That worries Sall...

Lucky Stars Go Places
1986
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L...

Rosa
1986
Writer
Hsia and Lei Kung are two bumbling cops assigned to protect the gorgeous Rosa, girlfriend to a missing informer named Lee. But Rosa's wanted by more t...

Lucky Stars Go Places
1986
Writer
Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L...

Where's Officer Tuba?
1986
Screenplay
Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in...

Millionaires' Express
1986
Screenplay
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards t...

The Strange Bedfellow
1986
Story
1. IDENTIKIT LOVE Chan has difficulties solving the case since the piece of skull was so incomplete. Chan is inspired to use Winnie's feature for doub...

Yes, Madam!
1985
Screenplay
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking...

Mr. Vampire
1985
Writer
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Tao...

Heart of Dragon
1985
Writer
A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
Screenplay, Story
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective...

Those Merry Souls
1985
Story
Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to t...

Shyly Joker
1985
Producer
Shyly Joker is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Eric Tsang.

Affectionately Yours
1985
Writer
Affectionately Yours is a 1985 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Ying Kit. It stars Eric Tsang, Alan Tam and Maria Chung.

My Lucky Stars
1985
Screenplay, Story
Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protect...

Friendly Ghost
1985
Screenplay
Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to pretend to be obedient in the presence of his friends wh...

Funny Triple
1985
Writer
Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good friends, that until the day Gigi comes to their dep...

Chase a Fortune
1985
Story
Tiger, a fierce champion pro-boxer, is a gentle giant outside the ring. So when he accidentally injures a reporter during an interview, Tiger forswear...

Double Trouble
1984
Screenplay
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with ...

Silent Romance
1984
as Illegal fruit vendor
Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

Silent Romance
1984
Writer
Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

Funny Face
1984
A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

Funny Face
1984
Screenplay
A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

The Other Side of Gentleman
1984
as Father Tam
As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in love with her. Not only does he fall for her, but...

The Other Side of Gentleman
1984
Producer, Writer
As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in love with her. Not only does he fall for her, but...

The Intellectual Trio
1984
Writer
Joyce Ni (Esprit D'Amour) and Sandy Lam play two sisters who pick pockets for a living, and manage to run afoul of a pair of cops (Leslie Cheung and B...

Winners & Sinners
1983
as Roller Skate Race's Emcee
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Se...

Winners & Sinners
1983
Writer
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Se...

A Fist Full of Talons
1983
Writer
Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.

The Dead and the Deadly
1982
Screenplay
Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li help...

Carry On Pickpocket
1982
Writer
Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpoc...

Dragon Lord
1982
Screenplay
Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. Wh...

The Prodigal Son
1981
Writer
A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his op...

The Gold Hunters
1981
Writer
The Gold Hunters is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie action-directed and produced by Jackie Chan

The Mischievous Age
1981
Writer
Fong, a fresh graduate and ardent teacher, starts her career in a secondary school. The school is full of problems: not only are students engaged in g...

Read Lips
1980
Writer
Frankie Chan plays a movie dubber who can read lips.