Raymond Chow
Hong Kong film producer (1927–2018)
Raymond Chow Man-wai, OBE, GBS (Chinese: 鄒文懐; 8 October 1927 – 2 November 2018) was a Hong Kong movie producer, and presenter. He was known for promoting martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage.
Raymond Chow Man-wai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Died | 2 November 2018 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Film producer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Film 1986 Police Story Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鄒文懷 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 邹文怀 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chow was the founder of Golden Harvest, he produced some of the biggest stars of the martial arts movie genre, including Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Tsui Hark.
Chow died on 2 November 2018 at the age of 91.[1]
References
change- ↑ 嘉禾创办人邹文怀去世 曾栽培李小龙成龙等巨星 (in Chinese)
Other websites
change- Raymond Chow at HKcinemagic Archived 2018-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- CineAsia 2007 Awards Archived 2012-08-15 at the Wayback Machine