Runje Shaw
Production
- Born
- January 1, 1896
- Died
- February 17, 1975 (age 79)
Runje Shaw (1896–1975), also known as Shao Zuiweng (C.W. Shaw) and Shao Renjie, was a Chinese film entrepreneur, producer and director. The eldest of the Shaw brothers, in 1925 he founded Tianyi Film Company (also called Unique Film Productions) in Shanghai, which became one of the top three film production companies in pre-WWII Republic of China, and the beginning of the Shaw Brothers media empire.
Under Runje's leadership, his younger brothers Runde, Runme, and Run Run established branches of Tianyi in Hong Kong and Singapore. Runje retired from filmmaking after Tianyi's Shanghai base was destroyed in 1937 during the Japanese invasion, but his younger brothers, particularly Sir Run Run, rebuilt Tianyi's offshoots in Hong Kong and Singapore, of which Shaw Brothers Studio came to dominate filmmaking in Hong Kong. (Wikipedia)
Known for
Behind the camera24
- 1938The Flying General Writer, Director
- 1937The Deadly Rose Director, Writer
- 1936Compassion Director
- 1936A Patriotic Woman Director
- 1936A Woman of Guangzhou Director
- 1935Burning of the Efang Palace Director
- 1935The Butterfly Lovers (Part 2) Director
- 1935The Butterfly Lovers (Part 1) Director
- 1935The Country Bumpkin Tours the City (Part 3) Director
- 1935The Country Bumpkin Tours the City (Part 2)