# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wai-ka-fai
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:24.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wai-ka-fai"
name: "Wai Ka-fai"
slug: "wai-ka-fai"
description: "Wai Ka-fai is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Best known for his frequent collaborations with Johnnie To, he co-formed Milkyway Image in 1996, which is now one of the most successful independent film studios in Hong Kong."
tagline: "Hong Kong filmmaker (born 1962)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wai_Ka_Fai_(%E9%9F%8B%E5%AE%B6%E8%BC%9D)_in_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.51502
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906413/"
    handle:    "nm0906413"
sources:
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    title: "韋家輝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "واى كا فاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وای کافای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "وای کافای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-Fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-Fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ワイ・カーファイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wai_Ka-fai"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi_Gia_Huy"
    title: "Vi Gia Huy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%8B%E5%AE%B6%E8%BC%9D"
    title: "韋家輝"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58052"
    title: "Wai Ka-fai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump