Lo Ming Yau
Lo Ming Yau (1900–1967) or Luo Mingyou was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and filmmaker, and a pioneer of Chinese cinema. His uncle Lo Wen-kan (羅文榦, Luo Wengan) was a major politician during the early Republican period.
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| Born | 1900 |
| Died | 1967 (aged 66–67) British Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Peking University |
Lo Ming Yau founded the Hwa Peh Film Company (華北電影公司) in Beijing in 1927. In 1930, Hwa Peh Film Company merged with Lai Man-Wai's China Sun Motion Picture Company and a few other companies in Shanghai to become United Photoplay Service, one of the biggest film studios in China.
Selected filmography
Key people of United Photoplay Service studio (L-R): Lai Man-Wai, Lo Ming Yau, Lim Cho Cho, Mei Lanfang, Ruan Lingyu, Sun Yu, and Jeffrey Y.C. Huang (黃漪磋).
- A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931), producer
- The Peach Girl (1931), producer
- Little Toys (1933), producer
- The Goddess (1934), producer
- Queen of Sports (1934), producer
- National Customs (1935), co-director and scriptwriter
In popular culture
Paul Chang Chung portrays Lo Ming Yau in the 1991 film Center Stage.
References
- Fu, Poshek (2005). "Rewriting Lo Ming-yau: Between China and Hong Kong". The Hong Kong – Guangdong Film Connection. Hong Kong Film Archive.
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