Li Minwei

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Black and white - portrait of Lai Man-Wai (1893－1953)

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 .

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Li is the family name here, Minwei is the first name.
personal data
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