Luo Mingyou

Lo Ming Yau was a Hong Kong film director and entrepreneur.

Biography

Originally from Panyu, Guangdong, Lo was born in Hong Kong in 1900. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Peking University. In 1927, he founded the North China Film Company. In 1930, he co-founded Lianhua Film Company by merging with Lai Man-wai’s Minxin Film Company, Wu Xingzai’s Greater China-Baihe Film Company, and Dan Duyu’s Shanghai Yingxi Company. After Lianhua ceased operations in 1937 due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lo served as a board member of the Hong Kong branch of the China Educational Film Association. He passed away in Hong Kong on 18 December 1967.

Family

His father, Lo Suet-fuk, was a comprador and Chinese manager at Russell & Company in Hong Kong. His second uncle, Lo Man-cheung, served as a judge of the High Court, and his third uncle, Lo Wen-kan, held positions as Minister of Judicial Administration and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of China.