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Au Kin-yee

Hong Kong screenwriter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ4818950 ↗
Source-derived summary

Au Kin-yee (simplified Chinese: 欧健儿; traditional Chinese: 歐健兒) is a Hong Kong screenwriter.

She is a long-time screenwriter for films directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai of Milkyway Image and frequently works alongside writers Wai Ka-Fai, Yau Nai-Hoi and Yip Tin-Shing.

Editorial summary

“Au Kin-yee” enters the record as hong Kong screenwriter. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kin-yee, Hong and Kong can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 42-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1950. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kin-yee, Hong and Kong.
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Why this record matters

“Au Kin-yee” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kin-yee, Hong and Kong provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4818950. VIAF identifies the subject as 34791963. The Library of Congress control number is no2011145761. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Au Kin-yee” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.