Heiward Mak Hei-yan () is a

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film director, writer and producer. Her work has been featured at various international film festivals including

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and

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. In 2011, she won a

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for her writing on '' Love in a Puff''.

Biography

Mak was born in 1984 and grew up in

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where she attend

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. She received a diploma in graphic design at

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in 2003. After graduation, she worked as a graphic artist before enrolling at

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within the school of Creative Media. Her thesis film ''Lovers’ Lover'' won a Gold Award at the

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in their Open Category section. Her teacher Patrick Tam later showed ''Lovers’ Lover'' to actor

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. This landed Mak a casting job on the comedy film '' Men Suddenly in Black 2'', which Tsang acted in and co-produced. Mak had written a few lines of dialogue for the casting process as the screenplay had not been written that early into production. After Tsang read what Mak had written, he offered her a co-writer position.' She graduated with a BA in Creative Media in 2006. In 2008, Mak made her directorial debut when producer Eric Tsang gave her the opportunity to film a remake of ''

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'' which later became ''

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''. For her work she was nominated for a

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and given a Film of Merit by the

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. After directing the film '' Ex'', she worked alongside to Pang Ho-cheung to make romantic comedy '' Love in a Puff'' which went on to earn her a

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mak, Heiward 1984 births Living people Hong Kong film directors Hong Kong film actresses

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