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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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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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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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By Hook Or By Crook |
1980 |
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Chasing Girls |
1981 |
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Crazy Crooks |
1980 |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
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Good, The Bad And The Loser, The |
1976 |
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His Name Is Nobody |
1979 |
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Iron Fists |
1979 |
Director |
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It Takes Two |
1982 |
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Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The |
1986 |
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Winner Takes All |
1977 |
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Abracadabra |
1986 |
Producer |
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Aces Go Places |
1982 |
Producer |
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Aces Go Places IV |
1986 |
Producer |
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All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution |
1981 |
Producer |
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Beware Of Pickpockets |
1981 |
Producer |
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By Hook Or By Crook |
1980 |
Producer |
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Can't Stop The War |
1982 |
Producer |
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Chasing Girls |
1981 |
Producer |
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Crazy Crooks |
1980 |
Producer |
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Crazy Partner |
1979 |
Producer |
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Cupid One |
1985 |
Producer |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
Producer |
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Esprit d’Amour |
1983 |
Producer |
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Family Affair, A |
1984 |
Producer |
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Happy Ghost 2 |
1985 |
Producer |
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He Lives By Night |
1982 |
Producer |
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Kung Hei Fat Choy |
1985 |
Producer |
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Laughing Times |
1981 |
Producer |
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Life After Life |
1981 |
Producer |
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Magnificent Scoundrels, The |
1991 |
Producer |
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No U-Turn |
1981 |
Producer |
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Occupant, The |
1984 |
Producer |
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Odd Couple |
1979 |
Producer |
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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing |
1983 |
Producer |
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Prison On Fire II |
1991 |
Producer |
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Run Tiger Run |
1984 |
Producer |
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Send In The Clowns |
1983 |
Producer |
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Spooky Kookies |
1981 |
Producer |
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Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The |
1986 |
Producer |
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Tiger On The Beat 2 |
1990 |
Producer |
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Victim, The |
1980 |
Producer |
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Winner Takes All |
2000 |
Producer |
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Executive producer |
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All The Wrong Spies |
1983 |
Executive producer |
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City On Fire |
1987 |
Executive producer |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
Executive producer |
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Aces Go Places IV |
1986 |
Writer |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
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Good, The Bad And The Loser, The |
1976 |
Writer |
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Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The |
1986 |
Writer |
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Winner Takes All |
1977 |
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Winner Takes All |
2000 |
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Aces Go Places |
1982 |
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Aces Go Places II |
1983 |
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Aces Go Places III : Our Man From Bond Street |
1984 |
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Aces Go Places IV |
1986 |
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Aces Go Places V : The Terracotta Hit |
1990 |
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All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution |
1981 |
Actor |
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Beware Of Pickpockets |
1981 |
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Bodyguard, The |
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By Hook Or By Crook |
1980 |
Actor |
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Can't Stop The War |
1982 |
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Crazy Crooks |
1980 |
Actor |
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Dirty Kung Fu |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
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Good, The Bad And The Loser, The |
1976 |
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu |
1977 |
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Hello, Late Homecomers |
1978 |
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His Name Is Nobody |
1979 |
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It Takes Two |
1982 |
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Knockabout |
1979 |
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Laughing Times |
1981 |
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Lucky Stars Go Places |
1986 |
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Magnificent Scoundrels, The |
1991 |
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Merry Christmas |
1984 |
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No U-Turn |
1981 |
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Odd Couple |
1979 |
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Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon |
1990 |
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Thirty Million Dollar Rush, The |
1986 |
Actor |
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Winner Takes All |
2000 |
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Brief appearance |
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All The Wrong Spies |
1983 |
Brief appearance |
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Iron Fists |
1979 |
Brief appearance |
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Victim, The |
1980 |
Brief appearance |
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Cameo |
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Chasing Girls |
1981 |
Cameo |
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Eighth Happiness, The |
1988 |
Cameo |
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Kung Hei Fat Choy |
1985 |
Cameo |
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Original Story |
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All The Wrong Clues For The Right Solution |
1981 |
Original Story |
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Lucky Stars Go Places |
1986 |
Original Story |
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No U-Turn |
1981 |
Original Story |
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Planning |
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Lucky Stars Go Places |
1986 |
Planning |
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Presenter |
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Aces Go Places II |
1983 |
Presenter |
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Aces Go Places III : Our Man From Bond Street |
1984 |
Presenter |
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Aces Go Places IV |
1986 |
Presenter |
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Aces Go Places V : The Terracotta Hit |
1990 |
Presenter |
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Chicken a la Queen |
1990 |
Presenter |
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For Your Heart Only |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Ghost Bustin' |
1983 |
Presenter |
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Happy Ghost |
1984 |
Presenter |
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Happy Ghost 3 |
1986 |
Presenter |
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Heaven Can Help |
1984 |
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In The Lap of God |
1991 |
Presenter |
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It Takes Two |
1982 |
Presenter |
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Lifeline Express |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Mummy Dearest |
1985 |
Presenter |
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Prison On Fire |
1987 |
Presenter |
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Run Tiger Run |
1984 |
Presenter |
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Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon |
1990 |
Presenter |
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Super Citizen |
1986 |
Presenter |
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Till Death Do We Scare |
1982 |
Presenter |
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Triads - The Inside Story |
1989 |
Presenter |
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Undeclared War |
1990 |
Presenter |
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Executive Director |
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Aces Go Places V : The Terracotta Hit |
1990 |
Executive Director |
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