Li Minwei
Directing
Birthday
1893/09/25
Day of death
1953/10/26 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Japon
Also know 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
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.
