Person
Li Minwei
- Specialty
- Directing
- Birth
- September 25, 1893 · 60 years
- Death
- October 26, 1953
- Origin
- Japon
Technical Alias
Lai Man-Wai黎民偉黎民伟Li Minwei Lay Min Wei
Professional Trajectory
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.
