Lo Wei was a famous Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film

Martial arts film

Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 careers of both Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

, in The Big Boss

The Big Boss

The Big Boss, previously known by its U.S. title Fists Of Fury is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action crime thriller film. The Big Boss was Bruce Lee's first major film. It was written to star James Tien; however, Lee's strong performance relegated Tien, already a star in Hong Kong, to second...

and Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury

Fist of Fury, formerly known as The Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand in the United States, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei. It starred Bruce Lee in his second major film after The Big Boss...

, and Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...

, in New Fist of Fury

New Fist of Fury

New Fist of Fury is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan. It is the first of several films that Lo directed Chan in, and the first using Chan's stage name Sing Lung...

.

After Lee's death it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave of Bruceploitation

Bruceploitation

Bruceploitation is a cultural phenomenon mostly seen in the 1970s after the 1973 death of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Movie makers in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan hired a great number of Bruce Lee look-alike actors to star in many cheap knock-off martial arts movies to cash in on...

. Lo is said to have been linked with Chinese organized crime, the Triads.

Lo ran the production company "Lo Wei Motion Picture Company".

Lo died of heart failure on 20 January 1996.

Filmography

• Brothers Five
  Brothers Five
  Brothers Five is a 1970 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Lo Wei and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Cheng Pei-pei plays the role of Yen Lai, a woman who must reunite the Kao brothers to rid the Teng Lung Manor of killers whilst avenging the murder of their father.-Cast:*Cheng Pei-pei as Miss...
  
  (1970)
• The Big Boss
  The Big Boss
  The Big Boss, previously known by its U.S. title Fists Of Fury is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action crime thriller film. The Big Boss was Bruce Lee's first major film. It was written to star James Tien; however, Lee's strong performance relegated Tien, already a star in Hong Kong, to second...
  
  (1971)
• Fist of Fury
  Fist of Fury
  Fist of Fury, formerly known as The Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand in the United States, is a 1972 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei. It starred Bruce Lee in his second major film after The Big Boss...
  
  (1972)
• The Black Tavern
  The Black Tavern
  The Black Tavern is a 1972 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Shih Szu.-Cast:*Shih Szu as Zhang Caibing*Tung Li as Zha Xiaoyu*Ku Feng as Zheng Shoushan*Kong Ling as Jinglu...
  
  (1972)
• Kung Fu Girl (1973)
• Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
• New Fist of Fury
  New Fist of Fury
  New Fist of Fury is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Lo Wei and starring Jackie Chan. It is the first of several films that Lo directed Chan in, and the first using Chan's stage name Sing Lung...
  
  (1976)
• The Killer Meteors (1976)
• Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
  Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin
  Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin is a 1978 Hong Kong action film directed by Chen Chi Hwa and starring Jackie Chan. It was released by the Lo Wei Motion Picture Company, a subsidiary of Golden Harvest...
  
  (1977)
• To Kill with Intrigue
  To Kill with Intrigue
  To Kill with Intrigue is a Kung Fu 1977 Hong Kong action film, directed by Lo Wei. In the movie's plot, Chin Chang Yin leads a gang known as the Killer Bees on a revenge mission to kill Cao Lei's family. However, she kills everyone but Cao Lei and falls in love with him...
  
  (1977)
• Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
• Dragon Fist
  Dragon Fist
  Dragon Fist aka Dragon Hero is a 1979 Hong Kong action film diercted by Lo Wei. The star and stunt coordinator of the film is Jackie Chan....
  
  (1979)
• Fearless Hyena Part II (1983)

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