Runje Shaw
Screenwriter, Deceased Person
1896 – 1975
Who was Runje Shaw?
Runje Shaw, also known as Shao Zuiweng and Shao Renjie, was a Chinese film entrepreneur, producer, and director. The eldest of the Shaw brothers, in 1925 he founded Tianyi Film Company 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.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1896
Ningbo - Also known as
- Shao Zuiweng
- Renjie Shao
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- China
- Profession
- Lived in
- Ningbo
- Died
- Feb 17, 1975
Shanghai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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