Wai Ka-fai

Wai Ka-fai

  • Birthday: 1962-09-21
  • Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
  • Also know as: 韋家輝

Biography

Wai Ka-fai is a Hong Kong writer, filmmaker, producer and former TV director 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

Boundless

2013

As Self

Production

Written By

2009

As Writer

Written By

2009

As Director

Running on Karma

2003

As Writer

Running on Karma

2003

As Director

Fulltime Killer

2001

As Producer

Fulltime Killer

2001

As Screenplay

Fulltime Killer

2001

As Director

Turn Left, Turn Right

2003

As Director

The Odd One Dies

1997

As Writer

Turn Left, Turn Right

2003

As Writer

Mad Detective

2007

As Director

Fat Choi Spirit

2002

As Writer

Fat Choi Spirit

2002

As Director

Love on a Diet

2001

As Director

Love on a Diet

2001

As Writer

Wu Yen

2001

As Director

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

2002

As Director

Love for All Seasons

2003

As Writer

Love for All Seasons

2003

As Director

Needing You...

2000

As Director

Fantasia

2004

As Producer

Wu Yen

2001

As Writer

Needing You...

2000

As Writer

Fantasia

2004

As Writer

Fantasia

2004

As Director

The Shopaholics

2006

As Writer

The Shopaholics

2006

As Director

Help!!!

2000

As Director

Help!!!

2000

As Writer

Vengeance

2009

As Screenplay

Peace Hotel

1995

As Writer

Peace Hotel

1995

As Director

Expect the Unexpected

1998

As Producer

Where a Good Man Goes

1999

As Story

Drug War

2012

As Writer

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

1997

As Director

The Story of My Son

1990

As Writer

Blind Detective

2013

As Producer

Gun n' Rose

1992

As Writer

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

2014

As Screenplay

Intruder

1997

As Producer

1:99 Shorts

2003

As Director

Himalaya Singh

2005

As Director

Himalaya Singh

2005

As Writer

Young Cops

1985

As Writer

Written By

2009

As Producer

Vengeance

2009

As Producer

Romancing in Thin Air

2012

As Screenplay

A Hero Never Dies

1998

As Producer

Detective vs. Sleuths

2022

As Director

Detective vs. Sleuths

2022

As Writer

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

2002

As Producer

Fat Choi Spirit

2002

As Producer

Chasing Dream

2019

As Writer

The Longest Nite

1998

As Producer

Mad Detective

2007

As Producer

Mad Detective

2007

As Screenplay

Where a Good Man Goes

1999

As Producer

Blind Detective

2013

As Writer

Wu Yen

2001

As Producer

Drug War

2012

As Producer

Help!!!

2000

As Producer

The Odd One Dies

1997

As Producer

Running on Karma

2003

As Producer

Detective vs. Sleuths

2022

As Producer

Believer

2018

As Original Film Writer

Believer 2

2023

As Original Film Writer

It's No Heaven

1988

As Writer

Office

2015

As Writer

Easy Money

1987

As Writer

Love on a Diet

2001

As Producer

Needing You...

2000

As Producer

Chasing Dream

2019

As Producer

Turn Left, Turn Right

2003

As Producer

Love for All Seasons

2003

As Producer

The Shopaholics

2006

As Producer

Detective vs. Sleuths 2

0000

As Director

Detective vs. Sleuths 2

0000

As Producer

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