Three Film Pioneers (Image)

Lai Man-wai (1893-1953) was a film pioneer in Hong Kong, who made the first short film Chuang Tzu Tests His Wife in 1914, founded China Sun Motion Picture Company in 1923 and made the first narrative feature film Rogue (1925) in Hong Kong. Benjamin Brodsky (1877-1960), a Russian Jew, was the first person to open a film production company in Hong Kong. Hou Yao (1903-1942) was the first generation Chinese director and later moved to Hong Kong.