Joe Ma (filmmaker)

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Joe Ma Wai-ho
Born (1964-02-21) 21 February 1964 (age 60) [1]
Hong Kong
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Máh Wáih Hòuh
Jyutping Maa⁵ Wai⁵ Hou⁴

Joseph Ma Wai-ho is a Hong Kong film director, scriptwriter and producer. [2]

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Filmography as director

YearTitleRef(s)
1992Rich Man
1994 Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
1995 The Golden Girls
1996 Till Death Do Us Laugh
Feel 100%
Feel 100%... Once More
1997 He Comes from Planet K
First Love Unlimited
Lawyer Lawyer
1999 Afraid of Nothing: The Jobless King
2001 Feel 100% II
Fighting for Love
Funeral March
Dummy Mommy, Without a Baby
2002 The Lion Roars
Love Undercover
Summer Breeze of Love
2003 Next Station... Tin Hau
Feel 100% 2003
Love Undercover 2: Love Mission
Sound of Colors
2004 Three of a Kind
Hidden Heroes
2005 Embrace Your Shadow
2006 Love Undercover 3
2008 Sasori
2010 My Sassy Girl 2
2011 Stand by Me
2012 The Lion Roars 2
2016 Days of Our Own
2017On Fallen Wings [3]

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References

  1. 演員介紹馬偉豪 [Actor introduction Ma Weihao] (in Chinese). U2MTV.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. 香港著名導演馬偉豪獨家專訪(Part I) [Exclusive interview with famous Hong Kong director Ma Weihao (Part I)] (in Chinese). CineSpot.com. September 2002. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. Kevin Ma (14 May 2014). "Mei Ah takes four to Cannes". Film Business Asia . Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.