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Chinese name
  
韋家輝 (traditional)

Name
  
Wai Ka-fai

Chinese name
  
韦家辉 (simplified)

Role
  
Screenwriter


Origin
  
Hong Kong

Siblings
  
Ka-Hung Wai

Other name(s)
  
Wei Jiahui

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Pinyin
  
wei2 jia1 hui4 (Mandarin)

Jyutping
  
wai4 ga1 fai1 (Cantonese)

Awards
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, Asian Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Nominations
  
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director

Movies and TV shows
  
The Greed of Man, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2, Blind Detective, Drug War

Similar People
  
Johnnie To, Yau Nai‑hoi, Sean Lau, Lam Suet, Sammi Cheng

Organizations founded
  
Milkyway Image

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Wai Ka-Fai is a Hong Kong screenwriter, producer, film director, and former TV screenwriter and producer.

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Wai Ka-fai The Limits of Control An Interview with Wai Kafai on Notebook MUBI

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.

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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)

    • References

    Wai Ka-fai Wikipedia
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