Английская Википедия:Heiward Mak
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Heiward Mak Hei-yan (Шаблон:Zh) is a Hong Kong film director, writer and producer. Her work has been featured at various international film festivals including Singapore, Bratislava and Fribourg. In 2011, she won a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay for her writing on Love in a Puff.
Biography
Mak was born in 1984 and grew up in Tai Wai, Hong Kong where she attend Sha Tin Government Secondary School. She received a diploma in graphic design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2003. After graduation, she worked as a graphic artist before enrolling at City University of Hong Kong within the school of Creative Media. Her thesis film Lovers’ Lover won a Gold Award at the IFVA in their Open Category section.[1] Her teacher Patrick Tam later showed Lovers’ Lover to actor Eric Tsang. This landed Mak a casting job on the comedy film Men Suddenly in Black 2, which Tsang acted in and co-produced. Mak had written a few lines of dialogue for the casting process as the screenplay had not been written that early into production. After Tsang read what Mak had written, he offered her a co-writer position.[2]
She graduated with a BA in Creative Media in 2006.[3]
In 2008, Mak made her directorial debut when producer Eric Tsang gave her the opportunity to film a remake of Winds of September which later became High Noon. For her work she was nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director and given a Film of Merit by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society.
After directing the film Ex, she worked alongside to Pang Ho-cheung to make romantic comedy Love in a Puff which went on to earn her a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Men Suddenly in Black 2 | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Co-writer |
| 2008 | High Noon | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | |
| 2010 | Ex | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | |
| Love in a Puff | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Co-writer | |
| 2011 | I Love Hong Kong | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Co-writer |
| 2012 | Diva | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | |
| 2014 | Uncertain Relationships Society | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | |
| 2018 | Golden Job | Шаблон:No | Шаблон:Yes | Co-writer |
| 2019 | Fagara | Шаблон:Yes | Шаблон:Yes | Co-writer |
See also
- Wong Chun—Hong Kong director and fellow City University alumni who got his start in the industry working with Eric Tsang
- Jun Li (director)—Hong Kong director; Mak was the editor for his film Drifting
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