Runje Shaw, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Runje Shaw

Hong Kong businessman

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1896

Place of Birth: Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1975

Profession: film director

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Runje Shaw

  • 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.

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