Chan Man Wai | |||||||
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Born | |||||||
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, occasional actor, property master | ||||||
Years active | 1983–present | ||||||
Awards | Shanghai Television Festival Magnolia Award for Best Writing 2014 The Orphan of Zhao | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 陳 文 貴 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 陈 文 贵 | ||||||
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Musical career | |||||||
Also known as | Man Kwai (文龜), Si Ting (思婷), Bo Ren (伯仁), Agui (阿貴) | ||||||
Origin | British Hong Kong | ||||||
Chan Man Wai (born 29 January 1985 [1] ) is a Chinese screenwriter who began his career in Hong Kong. He has written over 40 films and TV series in Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.
Chan was born and grew up in Xiamen. [2] During the Cultural Revolution he laboured as a sent-down youth in the mountains of Yongding in southwestern Fujian. [3] After the Cultural Revolution, he migrated to British Hong Kong in 1978, doing odd-and-end jobs for 3 years before deciding to write fiction. One of his works was published in the magazine Southern Movies (南國電影), run by the renowned Shaw Brothers Studio, which hired him as a screenwriter shortly thereafter. [4]
Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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1983 | Sketch | 血中血 | co-writer, with Wong Chi (黃志) |
Portrait in Crystal | 水晶人 | co-writer, with Wong Ying (黃鷹) | |
Young Heroes | 自古英雄出少年 | writer | |
The Home at Hong Kong | 家在香港 | writer | |
1984 | Yellow Peril | 黃禍 | co-writer, with Lee Dang (李登) |
The Company | 孖襟兄弟 | co-writer, with Lee Dang | |
Shaolin vs Manchu | 還我少林 | writer | |
1986 | On the Red | 紅外線 | writer |
The Haunted Madam | 師姐撞邪 | writer | |
1987 | Toothless Vampires | 無牙殭屍 | co-writer, with Cheung Kwok-yuen (張國源) |
1988 | Ruthless Family | 法律無情 | co-writer, with Bat Fung (畢鋒) |
1989 | Devil Hunters | 獵魔群英 | co-writer, with Lu Chin-ku (魯俊谷) |
1990 | A Woman and Seven Husbands | 販母案考 | co-writer, with Terry Tong (唐基明) |
1992 | China | 燒郎紅 | writer |
1993 | Bloody Revenge | 風塵十三姨 | writer |
1996 | The King of Masks | 變臉 | original story |
2017 | The War of Loong | 龍之戰 | co-wrote with Xing Yuanping |
Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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1992 | The Legend of Liu Bowen | 劉伯溫傳奇 | |
1993 | Justice Pao | 包青天 | |
1994 | The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants | 七俠五義 | |
Brotherhood | 兄弟有緣 | ||
1995 | Justice Pao | 包青天 | |
1997 | The Strange Cases of Lord Shi | 施公奇案 | |
1998 | Gods Are Watching from Above | 舉頭三尺有神明 | |
The Kingdom and the Beauty | 江山美人 | ||
Legends of Earth God | 土地公傳奇 | ||
Old House Has Joy | 老房有喜 | ||
1999 | God of Fortune Arrives | 財神到 | |
Flying Dagger Li | 小李飛刀 | ||
2000 | Long Rope in Hands | 長纓在手 | |
Imperial Aunt Tian Guihua | 皇嫂田桂花 | ||
2002 | The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan | 鐵齒銅牙紀曉嵐 | |
2003 | The Plebeian Emperor | 布衣天子 | |
Wesley the Young Adventurer | 少年王衛斯理 | ||
2005 | The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin | 秦王李世民 | |
2006 | Iron General Agui | 鐵將軍阿貴 | |
The Young Jiaqing Emperor | 少年嘉慶 | ||
Liu Bowen | 神機妙算劉伯溫 | ||
2007 | The Ming Dynasty: Evening Storm | 大明帝國之夜來風雨 | |
I Love Sister Furong | 我愛芙蓉姐 | ||
2008 | Warriors of a New Empire | 壯士出征 | |
2010 | The Invisible General | 隱形將軍 | |
Miracle Doctor Tao | 神醫大道公 | ||
2013 | The Orphan of Zhao | 趙氏孤兒 | Won—Magnolia Award for Best Writing, Shanghai Television Festival |
2014 | Native Place | 原鄉 | |
Prequel to Miracle Doctor Tao | 神醫大道公前傳 |
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