Heiward Mak Hei-yan (Chinese: 麥曦茵; Jyutping: mak6 hei1 jan1) 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.
Heiward Mak | |
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 Heiward Mak 2014 | |
| Born | August 21, 1984 |
| Occupation(s) | Director, Writer, Producer |
Biography edit
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 edit
| Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Men Suddenly in Black 2 | No | Yes | Co-writer |
| 2008 | High Noon | Yes | Yes | |
| 2010 | Ex | Yes | Yes | |
| Love in a Puff | No | Yes | Co-writer | |
| 2011 | I Love Hong Kong | No | Yes | Co-writer |
| 2012 | Diva | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | Uncertain Relationships Society | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | Golden Job | No | Yes | Co-writer |
| 2019 | Fagara | Yes | Yes | Co-writer |
See also edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ "麥曦茵 MAK Heiward". Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "First Person: Heiward Mak Hei-yan". South China Morning Post. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ "Heiward Mak". About Festival Scope Pro. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Lee, Edmund (7 August 2014). "The Inquisition: Filmmaker Heiward Mak". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2017.