Luo Mingyou

In 1930, Hwa Peh Film Company merged with Lai Man-Wai's China Sun Motion Picture Company and a few other companies in Shanghai to become United Photoplay Service, one of the biggest film studios in China. In 1936 Lo Ming-yau was forced to withdraw from United Photoplay Service and later made his living as a Christian priest.

• Name — Lo Ming-yau • Born — 1900 • Birthplace — British Hong Kong • Died — 1967 • Place of death — British Hong Kong • Education — Peking University Lo Ming-yau (1900–1967) or Luo Mingyou was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and filmmaker, and a pioneer of Chinese cinema. His uncle Lo Wen-kan (羅文榦, Luo Wengan) was a major politician during the early Republican period. Lo Ming-yau founded the Hwa Peh Film Company (華北電影公司) in Beijing in 1927. In 1930, Hwa Peh Film Company merged with Lai Man-Wai's China Sun Motion Picture Company and a few other companies in Shanghai to become United Photoplay Service, one of the biggest film studios in China. In 1936 Lo Ming-yau was forced to withdraw from United Photoplay Service and later made his living as a Christian priest.

• Illustration — Key people of United Photoplay Service studio (L-R): Lai Man-Wai, Lo Ming Yau, Lim Cho-cho, Mei Lanfang, Ruan Lingyu, Sun Yu, and Jeffrey Y.C. Huang (黃漪磋). • A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931), producer • The Peach Girl (1931), producer • Love and Duty (1931), producer • Two Stars in the Milky Way (1931), producer • Little Toys (1933), producer • Daybreak (1933), producer • The Goddess (1934), producer • Sports Queen (1934), producer • National Customs (1935), co-director and scriptwriter

Paul Chang Chung portrays Lo Ming-yau in the 1991 film Center Stage.