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Statistics : 11630 Movies 19215 People 1448 Studios 29 Articles 73 Interviews 12 DVD Reviews 32452 Screenshots 3722 Videos
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Other names : |
麦嘉 Mai4 Jia1 Mak Ga Mak Kais Mak Kar Karl Mak Kar Maka Carl
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China |
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Hong Kong |
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Director (10), Producer (32), Executive producer (3), Writer (6), Actor (28), Brief appearance (3), Cameo (3), Original Story (3), Planning (1), Presenter (21), Executive Director (1) |
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Biography |
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He moved to HK in 1958 and then five years later he emigrated to New York City where he studied as an engineer. It is difficult to ascertain whether he got his sense of humor on the streets of New York or later when he was working for the telephone company in New Jersey! At some point though he realized this wasn’t for him and returned to HK in 1973 with his American styled humor well in tow. He quickly got into the film business – first as an assistant director and then in 1976 directed his first film.
It was in 1980 though when he formed the film company Cinema City along with Raymond Wong and Dean Shek that Maka was fully able to put his Western influenced comedic imprint upon his films. In 1982, Maka made the first Aces Go Places film with Sam Hui and Sylvia Chang (who he was married to but has since divorced) and these films were tremendously popular in Hong Kong. During the first part of the 80’s, Cinema City was extremely successful – producing a number of comedies that did well and introducing many stars to the public. They also acted as the producers for Tsui Hark’s production company, Film Workshop, and therefore are partly responsible for such classics as Shanghai Blues, Peking Opera Blues and A Better Tomorrow and they also produced films such as Ringo Lam’s On Fire series. Towards the end of the 80’s though Cinema City fell upon hard times when a number of their films collapsed at the box office with Dragon from Russia (1990) being the final nail in their financial coffin. Maka pretty much left the film industry by 1991 and began focusing on the real estate business – but the downturn in the real estate sector during the Asian crash of the late 90’s generated large financial losses for Maka.
In 2000 Maka returned to the film business with his old partner Sam Hui in the geared for the Chinese New Year film Winner Takes All 2000 – but it unfortunately did not fare well at the box office and Maka admitted that perhaps his style of family comedy is no longer popular.
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Bodyguard, The |
2016 |
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Winner Takes All |
2000 |
Producer, Writer, Actor |
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In The Lap of God |
1991 |
Presenter |
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Magnificent Scoundrels, The |
1991 |
Producer, Actor |
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Prison On Fire II |
1991 |
Producer |
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Aces Go Places V : The Terracotta Hit |
1990 |
Actor, Presenter, Executive Director |
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Chicken a la Queen |
1990 |
Presenter |
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Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon |
1990 |
Actor, Presenter |
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Tiger On The Beat 2 |
1990 |
Producer |
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Undeclared War |
1990 |
Presenter |
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Triads - The Inside Story |
1989 |
Presenter |
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Eighth Happiness, The |
1988 |
Cameo |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
Executive producer |
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City On Fire |
1987 |
Executive producer |
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Prison On Fire |
1987 |
Presenter |
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Abracadabra |
1986 |
Producer |
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Aces Go Places IV |
1986 |
Producer, Writer, Actor, Presenter |
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Happy Ghost 3 |
1986 |
Presenter |
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Lucky Stars Go Places |
1986 |
Actor, Original Story, Planning |
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Super Citizen |
1986 |
Presenter |
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Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The |
1986 |
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor |
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Cupid One |
1985 |
Producer |
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For Your Heart Only |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Happy Ghost 2 |
1985 |
Producer |
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Kung Hei Fat Choy |
1985 |
Producer, Cameo |
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Lifeline Express |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Mummy Dearest |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Aces Go Places III : Our Man From Bond Street |
1984 |
Actor, Presenter |
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Family Affair, A |
1984 |
Producer |
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Happy Ghost |
1984 |
Presenter |
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Heaven Can Help |
1984 |
Presenter |
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Merry Christmas |
1984 |
Actor |
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Occupant, The |
1984 |
Producer |
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Run Tiger Run |
1984 |
Producer, Presenter |
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Aces Go Places II |
1983 |
Actor, Presenter |
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All The Wrong Spies |
1983 |
Executive producer, Brief appearance |
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Esprit d’Amour |
1983 |
Producer |
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Ghost Bustin' |
1983 |
Presenter |
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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing |
1983 |
Producer |
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Send In The Clowns |
1983 |
Producer |
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Aces Go Places |
1982 |
Producer, Actor |
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Can't Stop The War |
1982 |
Producer, Actor |
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He Lives By Night |
1982 |
Producer |
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It Takes Two |
1982 |
Director, Actor, Presenter |
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Till Death Do We Scare |
1982 |
Presenter |
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All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution |
1981 |
Producer, Actor, Original Story |
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Beware Of Pickpockets |
1981 |
Producer, Actor |
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Chasing Girls |
1981 |
Director, Producer, Cameo |
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Laughing Times |
1981 |
Producer, Actor |
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Life After Life |
1981 |
Producer |
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No U-Turn |
1981 |
Producer, Actor, Original Story |
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Spooky Kookies |
1981 |
Producer |
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By Hook Or By Crook |
1980 |
Director, Producer, Actor |
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Crazy Crooks |
1980 |
Director, Producer, Actor |
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Victim, The |
1980 |
Producer, Brief appearance |
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Crazy Partner |
1979 |
Producer |
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His Name Is Nobody |
1979 |
Director, Actor |
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Iron Fists |
1979 |
Director, Brief appearance |
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Knockabout |
1979 |
Actor |
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Odd Couple |
1979 |
Producer, Actor |
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Dirty Kung Fu |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor |
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Hello, Late Homecomers |
1978 |
Actor |
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu |
1977 |
Actor |
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Winner Takes All |
1977 |
Director, Writer |
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Good, The Bad And The Loser, The |
1976 |
Director, Writer, Actor |
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