Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

and

film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), ...

best known for launching the

martial arts film Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature numerous martial arts combat between characters. These combats are usually the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often are a method of storytelling and character expres ...

careers of both

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines th ...

, in '' The Big Boss'' and '' Fist of Fury'', and

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

, in '' New Fist of Fury''.

Career

Lo began his entertainment career as an actor in the Second World War. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948. During the 1950's Lo became a popular matinee idol. After Lee's death it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of

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. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triads. 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

signing a deal with Golden Harvest. Lo is credited with over 135 films as an actor, over 60 films as a director, over 30 films as a writer, and over 45 films as a producer.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films. * ''Chun lei'' (1949) * ''Chun cheng hua luo'' (1949) * ''Da liang shan en chou ji'' (1949) * ''Hai shi'' (1949) - Ku San * ''Wang Kui yu Gui Ying'' (1952) - Wang Kuei * ''Wu shan meng'' (1953) - Mingde * ''Nie hai qing tian'' (1953) - Song Siqing * ''Ge nu Gong Lingyan'' (1953) * ''Ming nu ren bie zhuan'' (1953) * ''Xiao feng xian'' (1953) * ''Dang fu qing chi'' (1953) - Wen Lung * ''Yuan yang jie'' (1953) * ''Mei gui mei gui wo ai ni'' (1954) * ''Bi xue huang hua'' (1954) * ''Yang e'' (1955) * ''Xiao bai cai'' (1955) * ''Xiao feng xian xu ji'' (1955) * ''Jin sang zi'' (1955) * ''Cha hua nu'' (1955) * ''Ying du yan ji'' (1955) * ''Ju zi gu niang'' (1955) * ''Tao hua jiang'' (1956) - Li Ming * ''Hong chen'' (1956) - Hong Dalong * ''Xue li hong'' (1956) * ''Lian zhi huo'' (1956) * ''Jing hun ji'' (1956) - Ma Churen * ''Mang lian'' (1956) - Lung Meng-tang * ''Shui xian'' (1956) - Kuang Yung-Li * ''Wo xin chang dan'' (1956) * ''Hu die fu ren'' (1956) - Wu Chiao * ''Xian mu dan'' (1956) * ''Duo qing he'' (1957) - Ah-Ching * ''Jiu se cai qi'' (1957) * ''Ai yu zui'' (1957) - Zhang Long * ''Chun guang wu xian hao'' (1957) * ''Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu'' (1957) - King of Cambodia * ''Diao Chan'' (1958) - Tung Chuo * ''Xiao qing ren'' (1958) * ''Shan hu'' (1958) - Chang Da Shun * ''Hai wang zi'' (1958) * ''Xiang ru fei fei'' (1958) * ''Jin feng huang'' (1958) * ''Long xiang feng wu'' (1959) * ''Man tang hong'' (1959) * ''Sha ren de qing shu'' (1959) * ''Gui wu ge sheng'' (1959) - Kuan Li-Chi * ''Jia you xi shi'' (1959) - Feng Gengtang * ''Tao wang 48 xiao shi'' (1959) * ''Ye hua xiang'' (1959) - Shang Ching Cheng * ''Er nu ying xiong chuan'' (1959) * ''Kuer liulang ji'' (1960) * ''Gong lou dian ying'' (1960) * ''Tao hua lei'' (1960) - Hua Mingchun * ''Zhi fen jian die wang'' (1960) * ''Hei hu die'' (1960) * ''Mi yue feng bo'' (1960) - Chang Ying-Wei * ''Ti yu huang hou'' (1961) - Guo Sue's Father * ''Yuan nu Meng Li Si'' (1961) * ''Wu yu wen can tian'' (1961) - Ho Ji-Ching * ''Zei mei ren'' (1961) * ''Shou qiang'' (1961) * ''Zao sheng gui zi'' (1962) * ''Yi duan qing'' (1962) * ''Jin jian meng'' (1963) * ''Wu Ze Tian'' (1963) * ''He hua'' (1963) * ''Die hai si zhuang shi'' (1963) * ''Bao lian deng'' (1964) - Prime Minister Qin * ''Luan feng he ming'' (1964) - Juying's Father * ''Shen gong yuan'' (1964) - Dorgan * ''Sheng si guan tou'' (1964) * ''E yu he'' (1965) * ''Nu hai qing chou'' (1965) - Master Ting * ''Qi qi gan si dui'' (1965) * ''Jin pu sa'' (1966) * 1967 ''Angel With The Iron Fists'' - Chief Inspector. Also as director. * 1967 ''Madame Slender Plum'' - Wang Xue Bin. Also as Director. * 1967 ''Summons to Death'' - Gin Te-Biu. Also as screenwriter and director. * 1967 ''Cui ming fu'' * ''Jin shi qing'' (1968) - Liu Yi-Jen * ''Nu xia hei hu die'' (1968) - Chief Gai Tian Lui * ''Tie guan yin yong po bao zha dang'' (1968) - Professor Hsiung * ''Duan hun gu'' (1968) - Chao Yun Yang * ''Jurang bahaya'' (1968) - Mr. King * ''Bayangan ajal'' (1968) - Mr. King * ''Du long tan'' (1969) * ''Hu dan'' (1969) * ''Long men jin jian'' (1969) - Pai Chen-Tung * '' Brothers Five'' (1970, Director) * ''Gui tai jian'' (1971) - The King * ''Ying zi shen bian'' (1971) - Chief Yang * ''Gui liu xing'' (1971) * '' The Big Boss'' (1971, Director) * ' (1971, Director) - Shen Dun * ''Jin Xuan Feng'' (1972) * '' Fist of Fury'' (1972) - Inspector * '' The Black Tavern'' (1972) * 1973 '' A Man Called Tiger'' - Director. Also as Nakatami / Moriyuki. * ''Ma lu xiao ying xiong'' (1973) - Tram passenger victim * ''Hai yuan chi hao'' (1973) - Noodle shop boss * '' Kung Fu Girl'' (1973, Director) - Commissioner Wu * '' Yellow Faced Tiger'' (1974, Director) * '' Naughty, Naughty'' (1974, Director) * ''Chuo tou zhuang yuan'' (1974) * ''Jin fen shen xian shou'' (1975) * 1976 '' Shaolin Wooden Men'' - Director, producer. * 1976 '' New Fist of Fury'' - Inspector (cameo). Also as Director, screenwriter, and producer. * '' The Killer Meteors'' (1976, Director) * ''

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin ''Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin'' () is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Chen Chi Hwa and starring Jackie Chan. It was released by the Lo Wei Motion Picture Company, a subsidiary of Golden Harvest. Along with Tu Wi Ho, Chen was also the ...

'' (1977, Producer) * '' To Kill with Intrigue'' (1977, Director) * ''

Spiritual Kung Fu ''Spiritual Kung Fu'' () (Quan Jing) is a 1978 Hong Kong action martial arts film directed and produced by Lo Wei, and starring Jackie Chan and James Tien. The film also features Yuen Biao as one of the ''Master of the Five Fists'' martial arts ...

'' (1978, Director) * '' Dragon Fist'' (1979, Director) * '' Fearless Hyena Part II'' (1983, Writer) * ''Long hu zhi duo xing'' (1988) * ''Haam ging bin yuen'' (1988) * ''Shen xing tai bao'' (1989) * ''Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive'' (1989) - The Boss * ''Gong woo jui hau yat goh dai lo'' (1990) - (final film role)

Personal life

On 20 January 1996, Lo died of heart failure in

References

External links

*
Lo Wei at fareastfilms.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lo, Wei 1918 births 1996 deaths Film directors from Jiangsu Hong Kong male film actors Hong Kong film directors Male actors from Jiangsu 20th-century Hong Kong male actors Hong Kong screenwriters Screenwriters from Jiangsu 20th-century screenwriters Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong