Edmond Wong

When you start digging into Edmond Wong’s filmography, you’ve gotta talk about the Ip Man series—yeah, the martial arts flicks that basically turned Donnie Yen into a household name. Edmond Wong wrote the scripts for Ip Man (2008), Ip Man 3 (2015), and Ip Man 4 (2019), so if you’re a fan of bone-crunching fight scenes mixed with a bit of old-school honor, you’ve probably seen his work. The first movie? It throws you right into 1930s Foshan, where Ip Man, a ridiculously skilled Wing Chun master, is just trying to live a chill life with his family. Spoiler: it doesn’t stay chill for long. The Japanese invade, and suddenly, Ip Man’s peaceful world gets flipped upside down, forcing him to fight not just for survival, but for his entire community's pride. By the third movie, Wong cranks up the drama—Ip Man’s got to deal with gangsters, a corrupt property developer (played by, of all people, Mike Tyson), and a city that’s changing faster than you can throw a punch. There’s still that classic choreography and humility, but you feel the stakes getting more personal—Ip Man’s family, his legacy, the whole city on his shoulders. Then, in Ip Man 4, the story heads to America. It’s culture clash central. Ip Man tries to help his student Bruce Lee deal with the racism in 1960s San Francisco, all while fighting his own battle with illness and, of course, more martial arts baddies than you can count. Edmond Wong weaves tradition, history, and just enough melodrama to keep you hooked from start to finish.