The key staff and editors were Stéphane Jaunin, Arnaud Lanuque, Van-Thuan Ly, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze.

A database of filmographies, identity photos and biographies was soon put in place by team member Jean-Louis Ogé.

In February 2003, along with editors Arnaud Lanuque, Stéphane Jaunin, Philippe Quevillart and David-Olivier Vidouze, Ogé created HKCinemagic2, an encyclopedia of Hong Kong cinema.

After Laurent Henry left the project, HKCinemagic1 and HKCinemagic2 were merged, creating the last incarnation of Hong Kong Cinemagic (hkcinemagic.com).

[12] Hong Kong Cinemagic contained credits for cast and crew members, portrait galleries, screenshots and trailers, as well as reviews written in-house and special notes of information on films.

Past interviewees have included Johnnie To, Patrick Tam, Wong Jing, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Peter Chan, Lawrence Ah Mon, Gordon Liu, Ti Lung, Stanley Kwan and Chen Kuan Tai.

In contrast to databases such as HKMDB and IMDb, Hong Kong Cinemagic does not include the names of the characters that actors played in their films.