Director

Li Minwei

Directing

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Beginning to build directing work.

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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1129898

IMDb ID: nm0508483

Known for: Directing

Born: September 25, 1893

Died: October 26, 1953

Age: 60

Place of birth: Japon

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1913 - 1941

Years active: 29

Wikidata: Q360583

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 • +5 more

Frequent jobs

Director (1)Production Manager (4)Producer (3)

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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.

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