Yau Nai-hoi

Yau Nai-hoi
Born (1968-04-14) 14 April 1968 (age 56)
Hong Kong
Years active1993 – present
Awards
Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Screenplay
2004 Running on Karma
2006 Election
Best New Director
2008 Eye in the Sky

Golden Bauhinia AwardsBest Screenplay
2000 Running Out of Time
2004 PTU

Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardsBest Screenplay
1999 Expect the Unexpected
2004 Running on Karma

Golden Horse AwardsBest Screenplay
2003 PTU
2004 Throw Down
2005 Election

Chinese name
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYóu Nǎi Hǎi
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingYau4 Naai5 Hoi2

Yau Nai-hoi (Chinese: 游乃海; pinyin: You Naihai) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. 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.