Lo Ming Yau
Lo Ming Yau or Luo Mingyou was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and filmmaker, and a pioneer of Chinese cinema. His uncle Lo Wen-kan was a major politician during the early Republican period.
Lo Ming Yau founded the Hwa Peh Film Company in Beijing in 1927. In 1930, Hwa Peh Film Company merged with Lai Man-Wai's China Sun Motion Picture Company and a few other companies in Shanghai to become United Photoplay Service, one of the biggest film studios in China.Selected filmography
- A Spray of Plum Blossoms, producer
- The Peach Girl, producer
- Little Toys, producer
- The Goddess, producer
- Queen of Sports, producer
- National Customs, co-director and scriptwriter
Paul Chang Chung portrays Lo Ming Yau in the 1991 film Center Stage.
