Alan Mak

Alan MAK (1965, Hong Kong) is a filmmaker known as a director, screenwriter and producer whose work has played a major role in contemporary Hong Kong cinema. A graduate of the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, he made his directorial debut with Nude Fear (1998) before gaining wide acclaim with the Infernal Affairs Trilogy (2002-2003). The film series became a landmark in Hong Kong crime cinema and earned major awards, including Best Film, Best Director (shared) and Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards, as well as Best Feature Film and Best Director (shared) at the Golden Horse Awards. Mak has continued to collaborate frequently with Lau, Chong and other leading figures while directing a diverse body of commercially and critically successful films.

Filmography

Nude Fear (1998), Rave Fever (1999), A War Named Desire (2000), Final Romance (2001), Stolen Love (2001), Infernal Affairs (2002, co-dir), 1:99 Shorts (2003, short), Infernal Affairs II (2003, co-dir), Infernal Affairs III (2003, co-dir), Initial D (2005, co-dir), Moonlight in Tokyo (2005, short), Confessions of Pain (2006, co-dir), Lady Cop & Papa Crook (2008, co-dir), Overheard (2009, co-dir), The Lost Bladesman (2011, co-dir), Overheard 2 (2011, co-dir), The Silent War (2012, co-dir), Overheard 3 (2014, co-dir), Extraordinary Mission (2017, co-dir), Integrity (2019, co-dir), The Procurator (2023), The Outsider (2025)

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