Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
film director and
film actor best known for launching the
martial arts film 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, 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 Bruceploitation
Bruceploitation (a portmanteau of "Bruce Lee" and "exploitation") is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, where filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast Bruce ...
. 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 Jackie Chan 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 l