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Heiward Mak Hei-Yan (b. 1984)

Alias:
Heiward Mak
麥曦茵
麦曦茵

Birthplace:
Hong Kong, China

Born:
August 21, 1984

Biography from TheMovieDB

Heiward Mak majored in design studies at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, but became interested in filmmaking after she graduated in 2003. She entered the creative media program at the City University of Hong Kong and began making short films. Her graduation short won an award at the IFVA Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards, attracting the attention of actor-producer Eric Tsang. She was promptly hired to work alongside veteran Aubrey Lam on the script to Men Suddenly in Black 2 (2006), the sequel to Pang Ho-cheung’s popular comedy.  At the time, Tsang was involved in the production of a trilogy of films about high school students, set in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China, respectively. The trilogy was entitled Winds of September, after the Taiwanese installment, and Tsang hired Mak to write and direct the Hong Kong episode. Mak was only in her early twenties at the time, and her film High Noon (2008) received critical accolades as an energetic and unhackneyed look at Hong Kong’s disaffected youth. It also won her a nomination as Best New Director at the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2008  High Noon
2010  Ex
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2019  Fagara

Editor:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2008  High Noon
2010  Amphetamine
2010  Ex
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2019  Fagara
2021  Drifting

Executive Producer:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2008  High Noon
2010  Amphetamine
2010  Ex
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2019  Fagara
2020  Take Us to the Island
2021  Drifting

Producer:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2008  High Noon
2010  Amphetamine
2010  Ex
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2016  Mad World
2019  Fagara
2020  Take Us to the Island
2021  Drifting
2021  Fire Room

Screenplay:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2008  High Noon
2010  Amphetamine
2010  Ex
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2016  Mad World
2018  Golden Job
2019  Fagara
2020  Take Us to the Island
2021  Drifting
2021  Fire Room

Writer:
2006  Lovers’ Lover
2006  Men Suddenly in Black 2
2008  High Noon
2010  Amphetamine
2010  Ex
2010  Love in a Puff
2010  Quattro Hong Kong
2011  I Love Hong Kong 2011
2011  We Might As Well Be Strangers
2012  Diva
2014  Uncertain Relationships Society
2016  Good Take, Too!
2016  Mad World
2018  Golden Job
2019  Fagara
2020  Take Us to the Island
2021  Drifting
2021  Fire Room

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