Barry Wong | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | Barry Wong Ping-Yiu 20 November 1946 Wuzhou, Guangxi, China | ||||||||||
Died | 16 October 1991 | (aged 44)||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, film producer and actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1980—1991 | ||||||||||
Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Professionalism Award, The 11th Hong Kong Film Awards | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黃炳耀 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄炳耀 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Musical career | |||||||||||
Also known as | B.Y. Wong Berry Wang Huang Bing Yao Wong Ping-Yiu | ||||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Genres | Cinema of Hong Kong | ||||||||||
Barry Wong (20 November 1946 – 16 October 1991), also known as Wong Ping-Yiu (黃炳耀), was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor.[1] 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. Wong died from a heart attack on 16 October 1991 while on a trip to Berlin, Germany.