
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
as Director
as Director
Producer
as Producer
as Production Manager
as Production Manager
as Production Manager
as Production Manager
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Actor
as Chuang Tsi's Wife
Crew
as Cinematography
Writer
as Writer