Li Minwei

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1893-09-25

Deathday 1953-10-26 (60 years old)

Place of Birth Japon

Also Known As Lai Man-Wai, 黎民偉, 黎民伟, Li Minwei, Lay Min Wei, Lay Min-Wei, Li Min-wei, Manwai Lai , Minwei Lay , Лай Ман-вай, Манвай Лай , Манвэй Лай, Лай Ман-вэй, Ли Мин-вэй, Минвэй Ли

Li Minwei

Biography

Lai Man-wai, also romanised as Lay Min-wei or M.W. Ray, considered the "Father of Hong Kong Cinema", was the director of the first Hong Kong film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife in 1913. In the film, Lai played the role of the wife, partly due to the reluctance of women to participate in show business at the time.

Known For

Director

淞沪抗战纪实

as Director

1941
A Page of History

as Director

Producer

1936
1935
National Customs

as Production Manager

1931
Love and Duty

as Production Manager

1931
A Spray of Plum Blossoms

as Production Manager

1930
The Dream of the Ancient Capital

as Production Manager

1927
Way Down West

as Producer

1927
The Reviving Rose

as Producer

1913

Actor

1913
Zhuangzi Tests His Wife

as Chuang Tsi's Wife

Crew

1930

Writer