Wai Ka-fai

Wai Ka-Fai
Chinese name	韋家輝 (traditional)
Chinese name	韦家辉 (simplified)
Pinyin	wei2 jiā1 huī4 (Mandarin)
Jyutping	wai4 ga1 fai1 (Cantonese)
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	1962 (age 53–54) Hong Kong
Other name(s)	Wei Jiahui
Occupation	Director, producer
Awards Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film 2004 Running on Karma Best Screenplay 2004 Running on Karma 2008 Mad Detective Golden Bauhinia Awards Best Screenplay 1998 Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Screenplay 2003 Running on Karma 2007 Mad Detective 2009 Written By Film of Merit 1997 Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 2000 Needing You... 2002 Fat Choi Spirit 2003 Running on Karma 2007 Mad Detective 2009 Written By

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

Year	Title	Role
1982	Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils	Writer
1982	Soldier of Fortune	Writer
1983	The Old Miao Myth	Writer
1983	The Return of the Condor Heroes	Writer
1984	The Duke of Mount Deer	Writer
1984	Police Cadet '84	Writer
1985	The Young Wanderer	Writer
1986	The Feud of Two Brothers	Writer
1988	The Final Verdict	Writer
1989	Looking Back in Anger	Producer
1989	War of the Dragon	Producer
1990	Heaven's Retribution	Producer
1992	The Greed of Man	Producer
1993	Racing Peak	Producer
1997	Intruder	Producer
2000	Divine Retribution	Producer
2009	Vengeance	Producer, screenwriter
2012	Drug War	Producer, screenwriter

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)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2001	20th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director	Needing You...	Nominated
2002	21st Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director	Love on a Diet	Nominated
2004	23rd Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director	Running on Karma	Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
2009	28th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Director	Mad Detective	Nominated
		Best Screenplay		Won
2010	29th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Screenplay	Written By	Nominated

External links

• The Limits of Control, interview with Wai Ka-fai, MUBI
• IMDB entry