Li Minwei

Li Minwei

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1893-09-25
Deathday: 1953-10-26 (60 years old)

Biography

Lai Man-wai (Chinese: 黎民偉; pinyin: Li Minwei; September 25, 1893 – October 26, 1953), also romanised as Lay Min-wei or M.W. Ray, considered the "Father of Hong Kong Cinema", was the director of the first Hong Kong film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913. In the film, Lai played the role of the wife, partly due to the reluctance of women to participate in show business at the time. Born in Yokohama, Japan, of Xinhui, Guangdong origin and raised in Hong Kong, he joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang party in 1911 and helped make anti-warlord movies. He was an active director during the golden years of the Shanghai movie industry from 1921 to 1928. In 1923, he founded the China Sun Motion Picture Company with his brother, Lai Pak-hoi, in Hong Kong which later relocated to Shanghai. In 1930, he co-founded one of the "Big Three" studios of the 1930s, Lianhua Film Company, with Lo Ming-yau. Lianhua, together with other leading Shanghai studios, was destroyed when the Empire of Japan attacked Shanghai in 1937. Lai returned to Hong Kong in 1938 and retired.

He was married to Lim Cho-cho, a Vancouver-born actress. His daughter Lai Suen and granddaughter Gigi Lai are both actresses.

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1893-09-25

Deathday
1953-10-26 (60 years old)

Birth Place
Japon

Children
Lai Hang

Citizenships
Imperial China

Also Known As
Lai Man-Wai, 黎民偉, 黎民伟, Li Minwei, Lay Min Wei, Lay Min-Wei, Li Min-wei, Manwai Lai , Minwei Lay , Лай Ман-вай, Манвай Лай , Манвэй Лай, Лай Ман-вэй, Ли Мин-вэй, Минвэй Ли

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