Wu Pang | |
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| Chinese: 胡鵬 | |
| Born | 1909 Shanghai, Republic of China |
| Died | 2000 (aged 90–91) Hong Kong |
| Other names | Hu Peng, Woo Paang |
| Occupations | Film director, producer, production manager, actor, planner, writer |
| Known for | Co-founder of the Yong Yao Film Company. |
Wu Pang (Chinese: 胡鵬) (1909–2000) was a Hong Kong Chinese director, producer, production manager, actor, movie planner, writer and the co-founder of the Yong Yao Film Company.
On December 21, 1909, Wu was born in Shanghai, Republic of China.
Wu and producer Zhenjiang Yongyao started making films in 1938. At the age of 30, Wu began making films of folk hero Wong Fei Hung which starred actor and martial artist Kwan Tak-hing, also known as Kwan Te-hsing by film producer Raymond Chow Man Wai. Over the course of his life, Wu directed nearly 200 movies and received the Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Hong Kong Film Critics' Association in 1999.
Wu also published a book, Wong Fei Hung and I, about his extensive work on the subject.
This is a partial list of films.
In 1936, at age 27, Wu moved to Hong Kong. In 2000, Wu died in the Hong Kong Health Centre at the age of 91.
