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Alan Mak

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Alan Mak Siu Fai was born in Hong Kong in 1965. In 1986, he studied in the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performance Arts. Upon graduation in 1990, he started his movie career. Mak made his directorial debut in 1997, with his first film being Nude Fear, which was written and produced by Joe Ma... See full bio »

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2012 The Silent War (writer)
 
2011 Overheard 2
 
2011 The Lost Bladesman
 
2009 Overheard (written by)
 
2008 Lady Cop & Papa Crook (written by)
 
2006 Confession of Pain (written by)
 
2006 The Departed (2002 screenplay Mou gaan dou)
 
2005 Ching yi ngor sum gi
 
2003 Infernal Affairs 3 (characters - uncredited / written by)
 
2003 Infernal Affairs II (characters - uncredited / written by)
 
2002 Infernal Affairs (written by)
 
2000 A War Named Desire
 
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2009 All's Well, Ends Well 2009
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
 
2007 Hei wong ji wong
Director Alan Mak
 
2002 Love Undercover
 
2001 Hung bou yit sin ji Dai tao gwai ying
Officer Mak
 
2001 Fighting for Love
Officer Mak
 
1999 Dak ging san yan lui
Correctional Officer
 
1998 Jui hung 20 nin
 
1996 Chung fung dui liu feng gaai tau
Police officer
 
1995 Jiu shi shen gun
 
1995 Loving You
 
1997 Lawyer Lawyer (assistant director)
 
1996 Chung fung dui liu feng gaai tau (assistant director)
 
1992 Sex Racecourse (assistant director)
 
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2010 Once a Gangster (producer)
 
2001 Oi gwan yue mung (associate producer)
 
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2006 The Departed (director: Infernal Affairs)
 
1992 Sex Racecourse (script supervisor)
 
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2004 Infernal affairs 1: Origines d'une saga (video documentary short)
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Alternate Names:

Alan Mak Siu Fai | Mak Siu Fai | Siu Fai Mak
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Around 1998, I saw Face/Off, and I really liked that movie. For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood is based on a producer system, it is difficult for a director to express himself using his own style of filmmaking. In this case, John Woo had the right to the final cut... See more »

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Frequently colaborates writer/director with Felix Chong See more »

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Capricorn