Heiward Mak Hei-Yan

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Birthday 1984-08-21 (40 years old)

Place of Birth Hong Kong, China

Also Known As 麥曦茵, 麦曦茵, Heiward Mak

Heiward Mak Hei-Yan

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.

Known For

Writer

2019
Fagara

as Writer

2018
Golden Job

as Screenplay

2012
Diva

as Screenplay

2011
2010
Love in a Puff

as Writer

2010
Ex

as Screenplay

2008
High Noon

as Writer

2006
Lovers’ Lover

as Writer

Director

2019
Fagara

as Director

2016
Good Take, Too!

as Director

2012
Diva

as Director

2010
Ex

as Director

2010
Quattro Hong Kong

as Director

2008
High Noon

as Director

2006
Lovers’ Lover

as Director

Editor

2021
Drifting

as Editor

2019
Fagara

as Editor

2010
Amphetamine

as Editor

Producer

2021
Fire Room

as Producer

2020
Take Us to the Island

as Executive Producer

2016
Mad World

as Producer

Actor

2021
Depths of Night

as Woman (Voice)