Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
October 14, 1947
Place of Birth:
Wuhan, Hubei, China
Yonfan is a Hong Kong film director and photographer. He was born in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China. As the Yang family emigrated from mainland China, they lived first in Hong Kong for 3 years, and then moved to Taiwan when Yonfan was 5 years old.
He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Taichung, Taiwan, and returned to Hong Kong in 1964 as a 17-year-old man to work as a photographer, but left for the United States in 1968 to study film. After a couple of years travelling through the United States, France and Britain, he returned to Hong Kong in 1973, and became a photographer noted for his celebrity portraits.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Crossing Years | Himself |
| 2020 | Keep Rolling | |
| 2009 | Prince of Tears | Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 | Peony Pavilion | Dance Tutor |
| 1991 | The Banquet | |
| 1990 | Promising Miss Bowie | Mr. Yeung |
| 1989 | Mr. Coconut | Annoyed Customer at Buffet |
| 1988 | Last Romance | Photographer |
| 1987 | Double Fixation | Jacky's Assistant |
| 1986 | Immortal Story |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Be My Guest | |
| 1997 | 星空下的傾情 |