Karl Maka
- Name: Karl Maka
- Native name: 麦嘉
- Given name: Seung Mak Ka
- Also Known as: Carl Mak, Mak Ka, 麥嘉, 麦嘉尚, 麥嘉尚, Mak Ka Seung
- Nationality: Hong Konger
- Gender: Male
- Born: February 29, 1944
- Age: 80
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.
(Source: HKCM/Yves Gendron) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Title | Rating |
---|---|
No U-Turn | 0.0 |
Director
Title | Rating |
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Chasing Girls | 0.0 |
Iron Fists | 0.0 |
Hello, Late Homecomers | 0.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
His Name is Nobody | 0.0 |
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog | 7.1 |
Winner Takes All | 8.0 |
Producer
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Prison on Fire 2 | 7.4 |
Undeclared War | 0.0 |
Tiger on the Beat 2 | 7.0 |
Kung Hei Fat Choy | 0.0 |
Till Death Do We Scare | 6.5 |
All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution | 5.8 |
Beware of Pickpockets | 0.0 |
Laughing Times | 6.0 |
Crazy Partner | 0.0 |
Odd Couple | 8.0 |
Producing Director
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Crazy Crooks | 0.0 |
Movie
Title | Rating |
---|---|
My Beloved Bodyguard
Chinese Movie, 2016,
[old man at the train station]
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
The Banquet
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Mak, Wai's uncle [Make-up artist]
(Support Role)
|
7.2
|
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Skinny
(Main Role)
|
7.0
|
Aces Go Places 4
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Albert Au
(Main Role)
|
7.1
|
Kung Hei Fat Choy
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
[Grabbing Gold]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Merry Christmas
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Baldy Mak
(Main Role)
|
8.1
|
Aces Go Places 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Albert Au
(Main Role)
|
7.3
|
Aces Go Places 3
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Albert Au
(Main Role)
|
7.2
|
Aces Go Places
Hong Kong Movie, 1982,
Albert Au
(Main Role)
|
7.4
|
Chasing Girls
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
All the Wrong Clues for the Right Solution
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
Capone
(Main Role)
|
5.8
|
Beware of Pickpockets
Hong Kong Movie, 1981,
"Big Nose Pao"
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Laughing Times
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
Master Ting
(Support Role)
|
6.0
|
By Hook or by Crook
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
Sheriff
(Main Role)
|
6.0
|
Crazy Crooks
Hong Kong Movie, 1980,
Kong Koon Chat
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Crazy Partner
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
His Name is Nobody
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
"Baldy'
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Odd Couple
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
[Challenges Cloud Sabre]
(Bit part)
|
8.0
|
Knockabout
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
painter
(Support Role)
|
7.4
|
Iron Fists
Hong Kong Movie, 1979,
[Informant]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Hello, Late Homecomers
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
(Support Role)
|
0.0
|
Dirty Kung Fu
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
(Main Role)
|
0.0
|
Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
(Support Role)
|
7.1
|
He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
Hong Kong Movie, 1977,
[Sheriff]
(Guest Role)
|
0.0
|
Winner Takes All
Hong Kong Movie, 1977,
(Support Role)
|
8.0
|
TV Show
Title | Rating |
---|---|
Celebrity Talk Show Season 2
Hong Kong TV Show, 1989, 17 eps
(Ep. 8)
(Guest)
|
0.0
|
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