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Sir Run Run Shaw GBM CBE (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. [2] He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film ...
Jan 7, 2014 · HONG KONG (AP) — Pioneering Hong Kong movie producer Run Run Shaw, whose studio popularized the kung fu genre that influenced Quentin Tarantino and other Hollywood directors, died Tuesday. He was 107. No cause of death was given in a statement from Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), which Shaw helped found in 1967. His Shaw Brothers Studios, once among the world's largest, helped launch ...
Jan 7, 2014 · Run Run Shaw, who founded Shaw Brothers Studios and TVB, passed away at 107 in 2014. He was a major figure in Asia's film industry and a philanthropist who launched the Shaw Prizes.
Jan 9, 2014 · Nina Edwards gives us an inside look at the life of one of China's most influential film makers. Subscribe to CCTV America: http://goo.gl/tgGT98 Follow CCT...
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Run Run Shaw, the colorful Hong Kong media mogul whose name was synonymous with low-budget Chinese action and horror films — and especially with the wildly successful kung fu genre, which he is ...
Jan 7, 2014 · Sir Run Run Shaw, the media tycoon who helped bring Chinese martial arts films to an international audience, died in his home in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
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Jan 7, 2014 · The Hong Kong movie mogul's films included 1972's Five Fingers of Death, which was a kung fu classic. With his brother Ronnie, Shaw produced more than 1,000 films over five decades. He also helped ...
