Heiward Mak

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
Born (1984-08-21) August 21, 1984
Tai Wai, Hong Kong
OccupationDirector, Writer, Producer

Biography

Mak was born in 1984 and grew up in Tai Wai, Hong Kong where she attend Sha Tin Government Secondary School. After studying graphic design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University she enrolled at City University of Hong Kong within the school of Creative Media. As part of her course she produced a student film a called Lovers’ Lover which later won a Gold Award at the IFVA in their Open Category section.[1] Her aptitude for film-making led the university to recommend her to take part in the writing and directing of comedy sequel Men Suddenly in Black 2 and its making-of feature.[2]

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 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.[3]

References
  1. "Heiward Mak". About Festival Scope Pro. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. "麥曦茵 MAK Heiward". Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. Lee, Edmund (7 August 2014). "The Inquisition: Filmmaker Heiward Mak". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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