Chan Man-kwai (born 1 April 1948[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 Man-kwai
Born (1948-04-01) April 1, 1948 (age 76)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, occasional actor, property master
Years active1983–present
AwardsShanghai Television Festival
Magnolia Award for Best Writing
2014 The Orphan of Zhao
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Wénguì
Musical career
Also known asMan Kwai (文龜), Si Ting (思婷), Bo Ren (伯仁), Agui (阿貴)
OriginBritish Hong Kong

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]

Filmography (incomplete)

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Films

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Year English title Chinese title Notes
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

TV series

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Year English title Chinese title Notes
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

References

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  1. ^ 作家簡介 [Biographical Notes on the Authors]. HK Authors (in Chinese).
  2. ^ Liu Yun (刘筠) (2008-11-28). 想把苏厝街拍进电视剧 [He Wants to Include Sucuo Street in a Television Drama]. Xiamen Daily News (in Chinese).
  3. ^ Chan Man-kwai (2011-12-10). 永定,当年我插队的地方。 [Yongding, where I was sent down to.]. Sina Weibo (in Chinese).
  4. ^ Li Qiao (李乔) (2013-05-06). 陈文贵:说故事的隐者 [Chan Man-kwai: The Invisible Storyteller]. Circle Magazine (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
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