Li Minwei
Li Minwei ( Chinese 黎民 偉 / 黎民 伟 , Pinyin Lí Mínwěi , Jyutping Lai 4 Man 4 wai 5 , Cantonese Lai Man-wai ; born September 25, 1893 in Yokohama , Japan , † October 26, 1953 in Hong Kong ) was a Chinese actor , Director and film producer . He is considered the "father of Hong Kong film ".
Life
Born in Japan, Li grew up in Hong Kong and joined Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang party in 1911 . In 1913 he was involved with Li Beihai in the production of the first Hong Kong film "Zhuangzi checks his wife" ( Zhuangzi shi qi , 莊子 試 妻 / 庄子 试 妻 ). Li Minwei took on the role of the wife herself, since women were not yet featured in Chinese films at the time. His wife Yan Shanshan ( 嚴姍姍 / 严姗姗 ) was the first Chinese woman to appear in a feature film in a small role in this film.
From 1921 to 1928 he worked as a film director in Shanghai - the center of the Chinese film industry. In 1923 he founded the Minxin film company in Hong Kong , which later moved to Shanghai. In 1930, the film production company Lianhua , founded together with Luo Mingyou , emerged, which, along with Mingxing, became the most important Chinese film company of the 1930s. In 1938, after the Sino-Japanese War began , Li Minwei returned to Hong Kong and retired.
Choi Kai-kwong directed the documentary Lai Man-wai: Father of Hong Kong Cinema about him in 2001 . Li Minwei was portrayed in Stanley Kwan's 1992 biopic on Ruan Lingyu Center Stage by orphan Lee .
Web links
- Li Minwei in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Li Minwei / Lai Man-Wai [1] in the Chinese Movie Database (Chinese, English)
- Li Minwei / Lai Man-Wai [2] in the Hong Kong Movie Database (Chinese, English)
- Article about Li Minwei with many photos (Chinese)
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SURNAME | Li Minwei |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lai Man-wai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese actor, director and film producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokohama , Japan |
DATE OF DEATH | October 26, 1953 |
Place of death | Hong Kong |