文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

麥嘉

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Karl Maka

1944年–

領域:藝術家 · 作家與觀點論述者

繁體中文

麥嘉,原名麥嘉尚,1944年生於廣東台山,童年隨家人生活於廣州,少年時移居香港。中學畢業後隨父母赴美國,入讀紐約布魯克林理工學院電子工程系,畢業後在電訊公司任電子工程師;因酷愛攝影與電影,他考進紐約大學電影學院攻讀碩士。1973年返港,參與《鐵金剛大戰金槍客》(The Man with the Golden Gun,1974)等西片在港的外景拍攝,由此踏入影壇。1975年,他與吳耀漢、黎應就創辦先鋒電影公司,編導首作《一枝光棍走天涯》(1976),打開光棍喜劇的潮流。1976年在台灣執導《鐵拳》,翌年編導《面懵心精》。1978年,他與洪金寶、劉家榮合組嘉寶影業公司,出品《老虎田雞》《搏命單刀奪命槍》。1979年再與石天、黃百鳴合組奮鬥影業公司,執導並主演《瘋狂大老千》《鹹魚番生》(均為1980)。1980年獲九巴老闆雷覺坤投資,創辦新藝城影業公司;其後主力監製,並延攬曾志偉、徐克、施南生、泰迪羅賓壯大創作班底。1981年監製《鬼馬智多星》,以華麗美術包裝確立公司路線,同年執導的《追女仔》亦大受歡迎。1982年,他與石天聯合監製《最佳拍檔》,引進荷里活動作特技團隊來港助陣,並以高價邀得許冠傑主演,大破香港賣座紀錄,其後發展成共五集的系列(1982至89年)。他持續帶領公司自置片廠、錄音室,並成立模型組與特視組,開業界先河。1986年新藝城改制,分三組運作,他起用林嶺東,以監製身分製作了《龍虎風雲》《監獄風雲》(均為1987)、《學校風雲》(1988)等「風雲」之作,期間自導自演《橫財三千萬》(1987)。幕前演出同樣出色,如在《滑稽時代》(1980)與《鬼馬智多星》(1981)中飾演大反派;在《最佳拍檔》系列飾演滿口台山話的「光頭佬」神探,更深入民心。1983年,他憑《最佳拍檔》與《提防小手》的洪金寶同獲第2屆香港電影金像獎最佳男主角。九十年代初新藝城拆夥,他另組新藝都娛樂有限公司,製作《瘦虎肥龍》《聖戰風雲》(均為1990)、《蠻荒的童話》(1991),其後淡出電影界。2000年,他演出並與黃百鳴聯合監製《大贏家》,翌年主演亞洲電視劇集《濟公傳奇》,之後曾客串《我的特工爺爺》(2016),亦醉心粵劇藝術,與黃百鳴合演戲曲音樂劇《一代天嬌》。

English

Karl Maka, born Mak Kar-sheung in Taishan, Guangdong in 1944, moved to Hong Kong as a child and emigrated to the United States with his parents after secondary school. He studied electrical engineering at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and, drawn to photography and film, went on to postgraduate study at New York University's film school. He returned to Hong Kong in 1973, working on location shoots for Western productions such as The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), which brought him into the industry. In 1975 he founded Pioneer Films with Wu Yao-han and Lai Ying-chau, writing and directing his debut, The Good, the Bad and the Loser (1976). In 1980, backed by bus magnate Lui Kok-kwan, he co-founded Cinema City, serving mainly as producer and recruiting Eric Tsang, Tsui Hark, Nansun Shi and Teddy Robin to expand its creative team. Aces Go Places (1982), which he co-produced with Dean Shek, broke Hong Kong box-office records and grew into a five-film series (1982-89). He also expanded the company with its own sound stages and effects units. As an actor he was best known as the Taishanese-speaking bald detective in the Aces Go Places series, and in 1983 shared the Best Actor prize at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards. After Cinema City disbanded in the early 1990s he formed his own company and later withdrew from filmmaking.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

監製、導演、編劇、演員

年期Active period

1944年–

代表作Notable works

《鐵金剛大戰金槍客》《一枝光棍走天涯》《鐵拳》《面懵心精》《老虎田雞》《搏命單刀奪命槍》

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

第2屆香港電影金像獎最佳男主角(1983)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1976

編導首部長片《一枝光棍走天涯》,開拓光棍喜劇潮流。

Wrote and directed his debut feature in 1976, opening a trend of bachelor comedies.

1980

與石天、黃百鳴合組奮鬥影業公司,同年獲雷覺坤投資創辦新藝城影業公司。

Co-founded Warriors Film Company and, with Lui Kok-kwan's backing, the Cinema City studio.

1982

與石天聯合監製《最佳拍檔》,大破香港賣座紀錄,其後發展為五集系列。

Co-produced Aces Go Places, which shattered Hong Kong box-office records and became a five-film series.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

麥嘉以監製為核心,把新藝城由小型製作公司推向香港電影黃金年代的一線陣營,《最佳拍檔》系列證明本地喜劇結合荷里活式特技與明星號召力,足以創造破紀錄的票房。他推動片廠自置,並設立模型組與特視組,令香港商業電影的製作規格追上國際水平,也帶動了八十年代喜劇與動作片的類型分工。

English

As a producer at the heart of Cinema City, Maka helped turn a small outfit into one of the leading forces of Hong Kong cinema's golden age, and the Aces Go Places series showed that local comedy fused with Hollywood-style stunts and star power could set box-office records. By building the company its own studio and effects units, he raised the production standards of Hong Kong commercial cinema and encouraged a sharper division of genres in 1980s comedy and action.

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