FILM DIRECTOR

Lo Wei

1918 - 1996

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Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lo Wei is the 409th most popular film director (up from 421st in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from China (up from 589th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lo Wei ranks 409 out of 2,041. Before him are Anthony Minghella, Tom Hooper, Martin Campbell, Jacques Deray, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Jean-Jacques Beineix. After him are Louis Delluc, Roland Joffé, M. Night Shyamalan, Gustav Ucicky, Olivier Assayas, and Jacques Copeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Lo Wei ranks 103. Before him are Huber Matos, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Ben Johnson, William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Henry Calvin, and Abba Kovner. After him are Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Ida Lupino, Borys Paton, Ajahn Chah, and Vasyl Sukhomlynsky. Among people deceased in 1996, Lo Wei ranks 93. Before him are Antonín Mrkos, Muhammad al-Badr, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Virginia Henderson, Ben Johnson, and Hideo Sakai. After him are Jack Nance, Saul Bass, Ai Qing, Karl Frenzel, Emile Habibi, and Károly Grósz.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lo Wei ranks 548 out of 1,610. Before him are Shiing-Shen Chern (1911), Zhong Yao (151), Shen Zhou (1427), Zhu Shijie (1249), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), and Fang Xuanling (578). After him are Cheng Yi (1033), Deng Yingchao (1904), Ouyang Xun (557), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Zheng Zhilong (1604), and Go Seigen (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Lo Wei ranks 8. Before him are John Woo (1946), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Terence Young (1915), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), and Edward Yang (1947). After him are Ann Hui (1947), King Hu (1932), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), Xie Jin (1923), Jia Zhangke (1970), and Zhang Shichuan (1890).

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