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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 ...
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.
Jan 7, 2014 · Entertainment mogul Run Run Shaw, a major figure in Asia's film industry, has died at the age of 107. The Hong Kong resident founded Shaw Brothers Studios, which produced almost 1,000 films and...
Jan 7, 2014 · 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...
Jan 7, 2014 · Entertainment tycoon and philanthropist Sir Run Run Shaw passed away peacefully at home in the company of his family on Tuesday morning, his flagship broadcast firm said. A TVB statement said...
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.
Mr Run Run Shaw (1907–2014), born in China in 1907, was a native of Ningbo County, Zhejiang Province. He joined his brother’s film company in China in the 1920s. During the 1950s he founded the film company Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited in Hong Kong.
