Yau Nai-hoi

In this Chinese name, the family name is You.

Yau Nai-hoi
Born	(1968-04-14) 14 April 1968 (age 56) 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
Chinese name
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yóu Nǎi Hǎi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Yau4 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.

Filmography

• Mad Fate (2023) (writer)
• Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) (writer)
• Three (2016) (writer)
• Blind Detective (2013) (writer)
• Drug War (2012) (writer)
• Romancing in Thin Air (2012) (writer)
• Life Without Principle (2011) (writer)
• Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) (writer)
• Tactical Unit – Comrades in Arms (2009) (writer)
• Triangle (2007) (writer)
• Eye in the Sky (2007) (director) (writer)
• Election 2 (a.k.a. Triad Election) (2006) (writer)
• Election (2005) (writer)
• Throw Down (2004) (writer)
• Running on Karma (2003) (writer)
• Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) (writer)
• PTU (2003) (writer)
• Love for All Seasons (2003) (writer)
• My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) (writer)
• Fat Choi Spirit (2002) (writer)
• Running Out of Time 2 (2001) (writer)
• Love on a Diet (2001) (writer)
• Wu yen (2001) (writer)
• Needing You... (2000) (writer)
• Help!!! (2000) (writer)
• The Mission (1999) (writer)
• Running Out of Time (1999) (writer)
• Where a Good Man Goes (1999) (writer)
• A Hero Never Dies (1998) (writer)
• Expect the Unexpected (1998) (writer)
• The Longest Nite (1998) (writer)
• Lifeline (1997) (writer)
• A Moment of Romance III (1996) (writer)
• Loving You (1995) (writer)
• The Bare-Footed Kid (1993) (writer)

Awards

Year	Film	Awards and Nominations	Occasion
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

External links

• Yau Nai-hoi at IMDb