Heiward Mak
Mak in 2010
Born (1984-08-21) August 21, 1984
Tai Wai, Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Director, Writer, Producer

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.

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 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

References

  1. ↑ "麥曦茵 MAK Heiward". Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "First Person: Heiward Mak Hei-yan". South China Morning Post. 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Heiward Mak". About Festival Scope Pro. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Lee, Edmund (7 August 2014). "The Inquisition: Filmmaker Heiward Mak". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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