Biography
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.
Filmography
all 20
Movies 20
Director 10
Producer 3
Writer 3
Voice 1
Screenplay 1
Depths of Night (2021)
Fire Room (2021)
Drifting (2021)
Take Us to the Island (2020)
Fagara (2019)
Golden Job (2018)
Mad World (2016)
Good Take, Too! (2016)
Uncertain Relationships Society (2014)
Diva (2012)
Ex (2010)
Amphetamine (2010)
Quattro Hong Kong (2010)
High Noon (2008)
Lovers’ Lover (2006)
幸福的旁邊 Beside(s), Happiness
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Known ForWriting
GenderFemale
Birthday1984-08-21 (40 years old)
Birth PlaceTai Wai, China
CitizenshipsHong Kong
Also Known As麥曦茵, 麦曦茵, Heiward Mak
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