Lo Ming-yau

Lo Ming-yau (1900–1967) or Luo Mingyou was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and filmmaker, and a pioneer of Chinese cinema. His uncle Lo Wen-kan (羅文榦, Luo Wengan) was a major politician during the early Republican period.

Lo Ming-yau founded the Hwa Peh Film Company (華北電影公司) in Beijing in 1927. In 1930, Hwa Peh Film Company merged with Lai Man-Wai's China Sun Motion Picture Company and a few other companies in Shanghai to become United Photoplay Service, one of the biggest film studios in China.

In 1936 Lo Ming-yau was forced to withdraw from United Photoplay Service and later made his living as a Christian priest.

Selected filmography

 * A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931), producer
 * The Peach Girl (1931), producer
 * Little Toys (1933), producer
 * The Goddess (1934), producer
 * Queen of Sports (1934), producer
 * National Customs (1935), co-director and scriptwriter

In popular culture
Paul Chang Chung portrays Lo Ming-yau in the 1991 film Center Stage.