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Yan Yan MAK |
Yan Yan MAK was born in Hong Kong . She graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998.From 1993 onwards,while still a film student, she had worked for the film industry as a continuity girl, assistant director, production manager, art director and wardrobe designer. Her graduation short film Snapshots won the Distinguish Award at the IFVA(International
Short Film & Video Awards) of Hong Kong in 1998 and was invited to numerous international student film festivals.
After directing various short dramas for RTHK, the Hong Kong government ' s radio and television station, she decided to form her own production company , Hua Lian Zhan Dui Production(Lotus Film), to make her own films. A believer in the school of guerrilla and low-budget filmmaking, Mak embarked on a daring personal mission to western China to make her first independent feature using a very limited budget, a small crew and all non-actors. The result is Gege(Brother), a story about a Hong Kong young man searing for his lost brother and his past in a remote part of Qinghai , China .
Gege won the FIPRESCI Award at the 25 th Hong Kong International Film Festival, the POVEGLIA Award at the International Week of Film Critics of the 58 th Venice Film Festive, the Woosuk Award at Jeonju International Film Festival 2001, as well as Ecumenical Jury Prize at the International Film Festival Bratislava in 2001 and Fribourg International Film Festival 2001.
Filmography of Yan Yan Mak
As Director & Scriptwriter:
Feature
2004 Butterfly
2001 Gege (Brother)
TV Drama
2003 Autumn Story
2004 Sarangi
2001 A Postcard from the Edge
Shorts
1998 Snapshots
1995 100%G
As Producer
Feature
2004 Butterfly
2001 Gege (Brother)
TV Drama
2004 Dream Team Ⅱ (Directed by Amos Wong)
2003 Dream Team (Directed by Amos Wong)
Little Manila (Directed by Amos Wong)
Autumn Story
2002 Sarangi
2001 A Postcard from the Edge
Shorts
2001 Loopline (Directed by Stanley Tam)
2000 Wheelchair (Directed by Eric Lau)
1999 Alice in the Wonderland (Director by Rita Hui)
As Production Designer
Shorts
2004 Wayfarin' Blues (Directed by Eric Lau)
2000 Wheelchair (Directed by Eric Lau)
1999 Zoological Eden (Directed by Stanly Tam)
1994 Blood Make Noise
1992 Zip Code (Director by Terence Lai)
Life via a Mirror (Directed by Betty Wai)
As Production Manager
Feature
2002 Leaving in Sorrow (Directed by Vincent Chui)
1998 Love Will Tear Us Apart (Directed by Nelson Yu)