Wai Ka-fai
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Wai Ka-Fai | |||||||||||||
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Chinese name | 韋家輝 (traditional) | ||||||||||||
Chinese name | 韦家辉 (simplified) | ||||||||||||
Pinyin | wei2 jiā1 huī4 (Mandarin) | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | wai4 ga1 fai1 (Cantonese) | ||||||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Hong Kong |
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Other name(s) | Wei Jiahui | ||||||||||||
Occupation | Director, producer | ||||||||||||
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Wai Ka-Fai is a Hong Kong screenwriter, producer, film director, and former TV director and producer.
Wai is best known for his frequent collaborations with Johnnie To, another former TV turned film director and producer. In 1996, they formed Milkyway Image, which is now one of the most successful independent film studios in Hong Kong. The films that the two have made together as directors and producers include Needing You..., Fat Choi Spirit, Love on a Diet, Help!!!, Love for All Seasons, Fulltime Killer, Turn Left, Turn Right and Running on Karma.
Two of his films were released in the US theatrically: Fulltime Killer and Mad Detective.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role |
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1982 | Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils | Writer |
1982 | Soldier of Fortune | Writer |
1983 | The Old Miao Myth | Writer |
1983 | The Return of the Condor Heroes | Writer |
1984 | The Duke of Mount Deer | Writer |
1984 | Police Cadet '84 | Writer |
1985 | The Young Wanderer | Writer |
1986 | The Feud of Two Brothers | Writer |
1988 | The Final Verdict | Writer |
1989 | Looking Back in Anger | Producer |
1989 | War of the Dragon | Producer |
1990 | Heaven's Retribution | Producer |
1992 | The Greed of Man | Producer |
1993 | Racing Peak | Producer |
1997 | Intruder | Producer |
2000 | Divine Retribution | Producer |
2009 | Vengeance | Producer, screenwriter |
2012 | Drug War | Producer, screenwriter |
Filmography as director
- Written By (2009)
- Mad Detective (2007) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- The Shopaholics (2006)
- Himalaya Singh (2005)
- Fantasia (2004)
- Running on Karma (2003) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Love for All Seasons (2003) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Fulltime Killer (2001) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Love on a Diet (2001) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Wu yen (2001) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Needing You... (2000) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Help!!! (2000) (co-directed with Johnnie To)
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997)
- The Peace Hotel (1995)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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2001 | 20th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Needing You... | Nominated |
2002 | 21st Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Love on a Diet | Nominated |
2004 | 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Running on Karma | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Won | |||
2009 | 28th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Director | Mad Detective | Nominated |
Best Screenplay | Won | |||
2010 | 29th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Screenplay | Written By | Nominated |
External links
- The Limits of Control, interview with Wai Ka-fai, MUBI
- IMDB entry
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