Birth of the Dragon (2016)
2016 film directed by George Nolfi
- Released
- 2016
- Country
- United States, People's Republic of China, Canada
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- George Nolfi
- Screenplay
- Christopher Wilkinson
- Producer
- Michael London, Christopher Wilkinson
- Cinematography
- Amir Mokri
- Starring
- Philip Ng, Xia Yu, Billy Magnussen, Terry Chen
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Set in
- San Francisco
Birth of the Dragon is a 2016 American martial arts action film depicting a fictional account on the supposedly true story revolving around Bruce Lee who, as a young martial artist, challenged kung fu master Wong Jack-man in 1964 in San Francisco. The film was directed by George Nolfi, and written by Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele. Philip Wan-lung Ng portrays Lee, starring alongside Xia Yu, Jin Xing, Qu Jingjing, Ron Yuan, and Billy Magnussen.
Principal photography began in Vancouver, Canada on November 17, 2015. Birth of the Dragon was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in select theaters on August 25, 2017, by OTL Releasing, BH Tilt and WWE Studios. The film received negative reviews from critics.
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Facts from Wikidata Q21527490 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.