
Wai Ka-Fai
Writer
Born: September 21, 1962 (63 years old)
Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Biography
Wai Ka-Fai is a Hong Kong writer, filmmaker, producer 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 (39)
- Boundless (2013, ★ 7.7)
- Turn Left, Turn Right (2003, ★ 7.2)
- Mad Detective (2007, ★ 7.1)
- Believer (2018, ★ 7.2)
- The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983, ★ 7.6)
- The Greed of Man (1992, ★ 7.9)
- Running on Karma (2003, ★ 6.5)
- Wu Yen (2001, ★ 6.4)
- Fulltime Killer (2001, ★ 6.8)
- The Odd One Dies (1997, ★ 6.3)
- Love on a Diet (2001, ★ 6.1)
- Fat Choi Spirit (2002, ★ 6.4)
- Love for All Seasons (2003, ★ 6.9)
- Needing You... (2000, ★ 6.3)
- My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002, ★ 6.3)
- Fantasia (2004, ★ 6.6)
- The Shopaholics (2006, ★ 6.1)
- Help!!! (2000, ★ 5.9)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011, ★ 6.4)
- Vengeance (2009, ★ 6.6)
- Peace Hotel (1995, ★ 5.9)
- Expect the Unexpected (1998, ★ 6.4)
- Where a Good Man Goes (1999, ★ 6.6)
- Drug War (2012, ★ 6.9)
- Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997, ★ 6.7)
- Blind Detective (2013, ★ 6.2)
- Gun n' Rose (1992, ★ 5.4)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014, ★ 5.7)
- Intruder (1997, ★ 6)
- Believer 2 (2023, ★ 6.7)