A renowned Hong Kong art and costume director. He has won multiple times for Best Art Direction, Best Costume & Make Up Design at the Hong Kong Film Awards, as well as the Golden Horse Award for Best Art Direction. His works for Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) earned him a nomination for Best Costume Design at the 79th Academy Awards and the Costume Designers Guild Awards for Excellence in Period Film in the United States.
Since 1980s, Yee has been participating in the production of films, including A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Saviour of the Soul (1991), Once Upon a Time in China (1991), He’s a Woman, She’s a Man (1994), Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996), Golden Chicken 2 (2003), Perhaps Love (2005), The Warlords (2007), and Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), to name just a few.
In addition, Yee directed Anna Magdalena (1998) and And I Hate You So (2000). His art direction is also featured in theatres, advertisements and music albums, which includes the musical Snow.Wolf.Lake (1997).