Mai Jia (1February 29th, 944-), formerly known as Mai Jiashang, whose English name is Karl, was born in Taishan, Guangdong, China. He is a Hong Kong film director, actor and screenwriter. He is good at shooting comedies. His bald image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he is known as "the bald guy" and "the bald detective". He once owned his horse Thunder.

Chinese name: Mai Jia.

English name: Karl Maka.

Role: director, actor, screenwriter

Performance:

The Big Winner (2000)

Thin tiger and fat dragon (1990)

Best Partner V Terracotta Warriors (1989)

Best Partner Four: Saving Poor Women from Drunk Driving Fu Anzhi Li Qianjiu Chai Po (1987).

Best Lucky Star (1986)

Best Partner 4 (1986)

A windfall of 30 million, (1985)

Ace Go (1984), the best partner.

Secret Order of Best Partner Queen Zuijia to Pay Ang's Slave Huang Miling (1984)

Merry Christmas (1984)

Ace Go Places II( 1983), the best partner II.

Best Partner 2 (1982)

All the wrong clues (198 1)

Laugh all over (198 1)

Best partner 1 (198 1)

Xi 'an Sheng, a coward (1980)

Directed works:

A windfall of 30 million, (1985)

He is my brother Nanxiong Nan Di (1982).

Chasing girls (198 1)

Crazy liar Feng Kuangdao (1980)

Xi 'an Sheng, a coward (1980)

Rana tigris (1978)

Winner takes all (1975)

Screenplay works:

Best Partner Four: Saving Poor Women from Drunk Driving Fu Anzhi Li Qianjiu Chai Po (1987).

Rana tigris (1978)

Producer's works:

Hupugeng Ⅱ (1990)

Best Partner V Terracotta Warriors (1989)

Take the wrong bus (1983)

Producer's works:

Jihad (1990)

Thin tiger and fat dragon (1990)

Happy chicken (1990)

My days in the underworld (1989)

Best Partner V Terracotta Warriors (1989)

Resume:

China Hongkong film and television actor, director, screenwriter and producer. Formerly known as Maijiashang.

1944 was born in Taishan, Guangdong on February 29th.

1958 moved to Hong Kong. Completed secondary school studies at Chongxin English College in Hong Kong.

1963 The whole family moved to new york. I studied in new york Bulun University of Technology, majoring in electronic engineering.

1969 Engineer of new york Telephone Company.

197 1 Studied in the Film Department of new york University. Learning 16 mm film making.

1972 was admitted to the Fine Arts Department of new york University.

1973 After returning to Hong Kong, he successively established Pioneer Film Company, Garbo Film Company, Struggle Film Company and Art Nouveau Film Company with many young filmmakers such as Richard Ng, Guy Lai,,, and so on. In the meantime, he participated in many blockbusters, including the best partner series and the 30 million windfall. As an assistant director, he participated in the production of three American films, such as Golden Needle1973, 007 and 007 The Man with the Golden Gun 1974.

1975 promoted to director.

65438-0976 directed "Walking the World Alone" and moved to Hong Kong and Taiwan as a producer, director and actor. After 1978, he successively participated in the establishment of film companies such as Garbo, Struggle and Art Nouveau. A wave of new comedy films has set off in Hong Kong film industry. He also works as a planner and producer. He created Mr. Unknown series films, Longfei Crossing the River series films, Best Partner series films and so on. He participated in the planning and directing of the romantic story 1987, he is my brother, he is not heavy, he is my father 1982 and so on. The film has been well received in Hong Kong film industry, and achieved excellent box office income.

Aces Go Places, starring in "Best Partner" 1982, won the Best Actor Award in the Second Hong Kong Academy Awards.

1986 worked closely with Hong Kong's cutting-edge film writers, worked as producers for writers such as Lin Lingdong, Wong Kar-wai and John Woo, and planned many business cards in Hong Kong's film history.

199 1 year, with the disintegration of the new art city, Mai Jia faded out of the film industry.

In 2000, Mai Jia made a guest appearance in the movie "The Big Winner" and starred in the TV series "The Legend of Jigong" in Chinese mainland.

On 200 1, Mai Jia, together with David Henry Hwang and Luo Jiaying, hosted the bald talk show "Three Baldheaded Guys" for Asian TV (Luo Jiaying and Mai Jia were bald originally, but David Henry Hwang suffered from hair loss due to chemotherapy of lung cancer, but it was hidden in the name of the program. )

Personal honor:

1982 Best Actor "Best Partner" in the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards (and Sammo Hung became the best twin actor in the history of the Awards).

Details:

Bald Mai Jia is not bald. When he was young, he had a long shawl, a full face of beard and a hippie style. He has never been eager to make movies since he was a child. His major is electronic engineering. He only went to Chinatown to watch Hong Kong movies every day when he was studying in America. He always thinks that the things made by those filmmakers are not satisfactory, and he thinks it is better to shoot them himself! After working as an engineer in the telephone company for several years, Mai Jia went back to college to study film, participated in the production of several American films, and then returned to Hong Kong with 1000 yuan to start a business and enter the film industry!

Yes 1973, Maijia 29. At that time, the Hong Kong film industry was completely dominated by Shaw and Jiahe. Bruce Lee has just died, Kung Fu films are in the ascendant, and Cantonese films are fully revived. Mai Jia has successively established Pioneer Film Company, Garbo Film Company and Struggle Film Company with several groups of like-minded young filmmakers, such as Richard Ng, Guy Lai,, and so on, and produced some low-cost films with unique creativity, with good results. 1980, Struggle Film Company was appreciated by Lei Juekun, the owner of Golden Princess Cinema, and joined Golden Princess, and changed its name to "New Art City Film Company". Three bosses, Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming, took two guys to live in a new office with an area of less than 1000 meters. At that time, they didn't even think that in this office, New Art City opened a brand-new era of Hong Kong movies.

After the establishment of New Art City, the first work was Funny Times directed by John Woo, which was a big box office. Later, John Woo recommended his friend Tsui Hark to join the New Art City to direct the comedy Ghost, and also won the box office title in the same period. In addition, Shi Nansheng, Ceng Zhiwei, teddy robin and other filmmakers have also settled in the New Art City, forming a famous creative group of "Seven Eccentrics of the New Art City". These seven people are all known workaholics. Among them, Mai Jia is nicknamed "Asian Iron Man". He often plunges into the workshop called "Struggle Room" and stays awake for 24 hours! These seven experts are all open-minded, dare to think and do, can synthesize collective wisdom, carefully analyze the needs of the audience, and constantly explore new ideas, which is full of surprises. One of the most amazing achievements is probably the best partner produced by 1982.

The original idea of "Best Partner" came from Mai Jia. I have participated in the filming of "007" series movies, and have a special liking for spy adventure stories. I plan to make it into a Hong Kong-style modern detective comedy. At first, it was decided that Mai Jia would play Chow Yun Fat, but Brother Fa couldn't get the film because of the scheduling problem, so New Art City found Samuel Hui again. At that time, Samuel Hui was a great figure in the Hong Kong art world, not only a master of Cantonese pop music, but also a god of songs who was popular in the music world. It is also the natural protagonist in Xu Guanwen's comedy films and the guarantee of box office sales. This time, the New Art City invested a lot of money, and Samuel Hui was invited out with a record salary and bonus of 2 million yuan, which caused a sensation in the workshop! On the other hand, Samuel Hui lived up to his mission and showed great value. He not only played this role brilliantly, but also wrote many theme songs for the almost popular Best Partner series, and was nominated for the best movie song at the Academy Awards.

After the release of Best Partner, the annual box office reached more than 26 million, making it the first film in Hong Kong to break through 20 million. This figure also means that more than 3 million people went to the cinema to watch movies, accounting for nearly 60% of Hong Kong's population at that time. If converted by today's ticket price, it will have an astronomical box office of 230 million, ranking first among the highest-grossing films in Hong Kong since its release. The second and third places in this relative box office list are the sequels and re-sequels of "Best Partner" released later. If the current ticket price is converted, the box office will also exceed 200 million. Of course, this conversion to box office is unreasonable, but it also shows the important position of the Best Partner series in the history of Hong Kong movies to some extent.

There are many reasons for the success of "Best Partner": the collective wisdom of the creative team of "Seven Monsters in New Art City", the unprecedented Hollywood blockbuster pattern in Hong Kong film industry, capital investment regardless of cost, imaginative humor, super-efficient stunt production, wonderful action scenes ... and wonderful interpretations by several leading actors. Mai Jia, who plays the bald detective, proved himself to be not only a successful filmmaker, but also an excellent comedian with his wonderful performance. Together with Sammo Hung, Leslie Cheung, Wai-Man Chan and George Lam, he was nominated for best actor in the second Hong Kong Film Awards. When the nomination election system was first implemented, the evaluation process took a lot of twists and turns. In the end, the best actor was awarded to Mai Jia and Sammo Hung at the same time, making him the unparalleled twin best actor in the history of the Academy Awards.

In recent ten years, the New Art City, headed by Mai Jia, has been constantly innovating, and many films produced have achieved great success: He is my brother, Taking the wrong bus, Happy Ghost, Merry Christmas, Eight Stars Good News, Why Do You Have Me, A-lang's Story ... and of course, Hero and Dragon and Tiger. Some critics say: If the 1960s was Shao's era and the 1970s was Jiahe's era, then the 1980s was the era of New Art City. Mai Jia himself not only made great contributions to the rise of New Art City, but also influenced the career trajectory of many young filmmakers. He is a boss with great affinity and courage, and actively encourages his subordinates to "engage in new ideas". The success of famous directors such as John Woo, Ceng Zhiwei and Lin Lingdong is related to the support of Mai Jia.

Our ancestors told us: "All good things must come to an end." After entering the 1990s, Hong Kong's film industry declined and overseas markets shrank rapidly. Mai Jia, Shi Tian, Huang Baiming and others also have different creative ideas and go their separate ways. The New Art City was closed on 199 1. At that time, Hong Kong's real estate business was booming, and Mai's family withdrew from the entertainment industry to concentrate on speculation and make a fortune. Later, he believed in fortune telling and geomantic omen and entered the stock market under the guidance of fortune tellers, but he lost all his money. Tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars went up in smoke overnight, and the Mai family was so depressed that they almost wanted to commit suicide. In the following years, Mai Jia successively invested in entertainment cities and other businesses, and suddenly lost money, but it also made him gradually open up: "Artists invest in other industries, 100% will fail. This is a matter of character. Who has the patience to stay there every day? "

In recent years, Mai Jia has also returned to the entertainment industry to play with tickets. He has acted in movies such as The Big Winner and TV series such as The Legend of Jigong, and hosted talk shows such as The Three Baldheaded Men, James J.S.Wong and Luo Jiaying on TV. In fact, the idea of "three bald guys" is because David Henry Hwang has cancer and chemotherapy leads to hair loss, in order to avoid outside suspicion. However, the appearance of these three comedy characters, which are deeply loved by the audience, has formed the viewing guarantee, and the bald head of Mai family has become an allusion, which is of great significance. Until now, there are still bald detectives in cartoons, movies and spoken English in Hong Kong. Mai Jia's achievements and brilliance have also left an indelible mark on the history of Hong Kong movies and the hearts of the audience.