Lo Wei

Lo Wei
Lo Wei
Background information
Chinese name 羅維 (traditional)
Chinese name 罗維 (simplified)
Born (1918-12-12)12 December 1918 [1]
Jiangsu Province, China
Died 20 January 1996(1996-01-20) (aged 77)
British Hong Kong
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active 1929-1993
Awards
Golden Horse Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
1997

Lo Wei (sometimes spelled Lo Wai,[2] 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss[3] and Fist of Fury,[4] and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.[3]

Career

After Lee's death it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of Bruceploitation. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triads.[5][6]

Lo ran the production company "Lo Wei Motion Picture Company", which operated until 1977-78 due to heavy cost-cutting measures as a result of Jackie Chan signing a deal with Golden Harvest.

Personal life

On 20 January 1996, Lo died of heart failure in Hong Kong.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Lo Wei". Hong Kong Movie DataBase.
  2. ↑ Avenue of Stars Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Lo Wei". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ Weiler, A. H. "The Chinese Connection (1972) The Screen: A Chinese 'Fist of Fury':Stark Tale of Revenge Opens at Pagoda Shanghai Is Setting for Kung-Fu Combats". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ AllMovie
  6. ↑ Chan, Jackie, and Jeff Yang. I Am Jackie Chan. New York: Ballantine, 1998. Print.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.