In 2004, Tim Yip was the visual designer for the Athens Olympic Games handover ceremony to China. His theatre productions include "Medea", "The Feast of Han Xizai", "The Palace of Eternal Youth", "A Dream of a Dream", "The Peacock", and "Under Siege", working with San Fransisco Opera House, Sadler's Wells Theater London, the Joyce Theater, Palais de Chaillot, Opera-Comique Paris, Opernhaus Graz Austria, Beijing National Center of Performing Arts, and Taipei National Palace Museum among many others, and participating in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Avignon Dramatic Art Festival, Le Biennale de Lyon and a number of other international arts festivals. In the field of theatre, Tim Yip has collaborated with many world-renowned practitioners and groups, including Robert Wilson, Franco Dragone, Akram Khan, Zhang Yimou, Stan Lai, Yang Liping, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Contemporary Legend Theater, Legend Lin Dance Theater, Han Tang Yue Fu, Tai-Gu Tales Dance Theatre, U Theatre and more. His coming work the film series Fengshen Trilogy, the first film of which is expected to be released in 2023. His films include "Red Cliff", "The Banquet", "Back to 1942", "The Message", "The Promise", "Springtime in Small Town", "Ming Ghost", "Rouge", "Temptation of a Monk", “The Palace of Desire”, "Ripening Orange", "Dream of Red Mansions”, the NETFLIX television series "Marco Polo" and many other works, which embody a spirit of creativity and an atmosphere of the culture from which they have sprung, garnering much international attention and acclaim. Since joining his first movie "A Better Tomorrow" in 1986, Tim Yip has created sets and costumes for many films, cooperating with world famous directors such as John Woo, Ang Lee, Feng Xiaogang, Cai Mingliang, Chen Guofu, Guan Jinpeng, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong and more. For “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”, Yip won the Oscar for "Best Art Direction", becoming the first Chinese to be awarded by the Academy, and the British Film and Television Academy award for "Best Costume Design", in 2001. He works widely in contemporary film, theatre, art, literature, and other creative fields. As a world-renowned art director for stage and film, costume designer and visual artist Tim Yip continues to explore and communicate his aesthetic concept "New Orientalism", which is his interpretation of ancient culture to inspire the future.
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