Lo Wei

Lo Wei
Born(1918-12-12)12 December 1918 [1]
Died20 January 1996(1996-01-20) (aged 77)
Other namesLaw Wai, Lo Wai, Loh Wei, Luo Wei, William Lowe
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, actor
Years active1929–1993
AwardsGolden Horse AwardsLifetime Achievement Award
1997

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese羅維
Simplified Chinese罗維
Transcriptions

Lo Wei ([2] 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[3] and Fist of Fury,[4] and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury.[3]

  1. ^ "Lo Wei". Hong Kong Movie DataBase.
  2. ^ Avenue of Stars Archived 5 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Sandra Brennan (2009). "Lo Wei". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009.
  4. ^ Weiler, A. H. (8 November 1972). "The Chinese Connection (1972) The Screen: A Chinese 'Fist of Fury':Stark Tale of Revenge Opens at Pagoda Shanghai Is Setting for Kung-Fu Combats". The New York Times.

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