Season Ma

Season Ma
Season Ma
Chinese: 馬斯晨
Other names	Season Ma Si San, Si San Ma, See San Ma, Ma Si San, Ma Shut-San
Occupation(s)	Actress, assistant director
Years active	1982–1989
Known for	Best New Performer in Boat People

Season Ma (Chinese: 馬斯晨) is a Chinese actress and assistant director from Hong Kong. Ma was the 1983 winner of Best New Performer.

Career

In 1982, Ma started her acting career. Ma is known for her role as Cam Nuong, a 14-year-old girl, in Boat People, a 1982 drama film about Vietnamese refugees that is directed by Ann Hui. Ma won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer. Ma appeared as Bonnie Leung in The Owl vs Bombo, a 1984 action comedy film directed by Sammo Hung. In 1985, Ma debuted as an assistant director with director Stanley Kwan in Women, a drama film. This film was also a directorial debut for Stanley Kwan, who was nominated for Best Director at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards, but did not win. In 1987, Ma was a Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominee in Silent Love, a 1986 film for her role as Heung Gite. Ma's last film as assistant director was Full Moon in New York, a 1989 drama film directed by Stanley Kwan. By 1989, Ma was credited with 4 films as assistant director and over 10 films as an actress.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

1982 Boat People (Chinese: 投奔怒海) – Cam Nuong.^[5]^[6]
1982 Coolie Killer
1983 Last Affair – Mei-Lan
1984 Double Trouble – Ma's daughter
1984 The Owl and Bombo (aka The Owl vs Bombo) (Chinese: 貓頭鷹與小飛象) – Bonnie Leung ^[2]^[7]
1985 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars – Tour girl in Thailand ^[8]
1985 Women – Assistant director
1986 Silent Love – Heung Gite / Heung Siu Kwai.^[9]^[10]
1986 Armour of God – Assistant director
1986 The Lunatics – Teacher
1987 Mr. Handsome – Assistant director ^[11]
1988 Double Fattiness – Assistant director
1988 In the Line of Duty III – Waitress who delivers flower
1988 Let's Rage the Gangland ^[12]
1989 The First Time Is the Last Time – Ma Yuk-fung, Inmate 7144 ^[13]
1989 A Fishy Story – Communist demonstrator
1989 Full Moon in New York – Assistant director ^[14]

^ "Season Ma Si-San". hkmdb.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "The Owl and Bombo". hkmdb.com. December 12, 1984. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ "The 5th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". lovehkfilm.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.(Note: Stanley Kwan, nominated for Best Director)
^ ^a ^b "6th Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". lovehkfilm.com. 1987. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Boat People (1982)". imdb.com. October 13, 1982. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2nd Annual Hong Kong Film Awards". lovehkfilm.com. 1983. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ "The Owl vs. Bumbo (1984)". imdb.com. December 12, 1984. Retrieved October 10, 2020. (Note:The title "The Owl vs Bombo" is correct. The title in imdb is incorrect, but it is accurate according to movie poster in imdb.)
^ "Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars". hkmdb.com. 1985. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ "Silent Love (1986)". imdb.com. 1986. Retrieved October 10, 2020. (credited as See San Ma)
^ "Silent Love". hkmdb.com. March 6, 1986. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ "Mr. Handsome (1987)". imdb.com. October 29, 1987. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ "Let's Rage the Gangland". hkmdb.com. 1988. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ "The First Time Is the Last Time (1989)". imdb.com. April 15, 1989. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ "Full Moon in New York". hkmdb.com. 1989. Retrieved November 4, 2020.