Chan Man Wai (born April 1, 1948) 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. During the Cultural Revolution he laboured as a sent-down youth in the mountains of Yongding in southwestern Fujian. 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 (), run by the renowned Shaw Brothers Studio, which hired him as a screenwriter shortly thereafter.
Filmography (incomplete) Films YearEnglish titleChinese titleNotes1983Sketch血中血co-writer, with Wong Chi ()Portrait in Crystal水晶人co-writer, with Wong Ying ()Young Heroes自古英雄出少年writerThe Home at Hong Kong家在香港writer1984Yellow Peril黃禍co-writer, with Lee Dang ()The Company孖襟兄弟co-writer, with Lee DangShaolin vs Manchu還我少林writer1986On the Red紅外線writerThe Haunted Madam師姐撞邪writer1987Toothless Vampires無牙殭屍co-writer, with Cheung Kwok-yuen ()1988Ruthless Family法律無情co-writer, with Bat Fung ()1989Devil Hunters獵魔群英co-writer, with Lu Chin-ku ()1990A Woman and Seven Husbands販母案考co-writer, with Terry Tong ()1992China燒郎紅writer1993Bloody Revenge風塵十三姨writer1996The King of Masks變臉original story2017The War of Loong龍之戰co-wrote with Xing Yuanping
TV series YearEnglish titleChinese titleNotes1992The Legend of Liu Bowen劉伯溫傳奇1993Justice Pao包青天1994The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants七俠五義Brotherhood兄弟有緣1995Justice Pao包青天1997The Strange Cases of Lord Shi施公奇案1998Gods 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1999God of Fortune Arrives財神到Flying Dagger Li小李飛刀2000Long Rope in Hands長纓在手Imperial Aunt Tian Guihua皇嫂田桂花2002The Eloquent Ji Xiaolan鐵齒銅牙紀曉嵐2003The Plebeian Emperor布衣天子Wesley the Young Adventurer少年王衛斯理2005The Prince of Qin, Li Shimin秦王李世民2006Iron General Agui鐵將軍阿貴The Young Jiaqing Emperor少年嘉慶Liu Bowen神機妙算劉伯溫2007The Ming Dynasty: Evening Storm大明帝國之夜來風雨I Love Sister Furong我愛芙蓉姐2008Warriors of a New Empire壯士出征2010The Invisible General隱形將軍Miracle Doctor Tao神醫大道公2013The Orphan of Zhao趙氏孤兒Won—Magnolia Award for Best Writing, Shanghai Television Festival2014Native Place原鄉Prequel to Miracle Doctor Tao神醫大道公前傳
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