FILM DIRECTOR

Lo Wei

1918 - 1996

Lo Wei

Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee, in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, and Jackie Chan, in New Fist of Fury. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lo Wei has received more than 213,686 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lo Wei is the 421st most popular film director (down from 368th in 2019), the 590th most popular biography from China (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Chinese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

210k
Page Views (PV)
61.79
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
22
Languages Editions (L)
6.44
Effective Languages (L*)
2.08
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lo Wei ranks 421 out of 2,041. Before him are M. Night Shyamalan, J. J. Abrams, Aleksandar Petrović, Merian C. Cooper, Claude Zidi, and Bong Joon-ho. After him are Édouard Molinaro, Richard Brooks, Michael Anderson, Taylor Hackford, Jean Eustache, and Chuck Lorre.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

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M. Night Shyamalan
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 415
J. J. Abrams
1966 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 416
Aleksandar Petrović
1929 - 1994
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 417
Merian C. Cooper
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 418
Claude Zidi
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 419
Bong Joon-ho
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 420
Lo Wei
1918 - 1996
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 421
Édouard Molinaro
1928 - 2013
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 422
Richard Brooks
1912 - 1992
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 423
Michael Anderson
1920 - 2018
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 424
Taylor Hackford
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 425
Jean Eustache
1938 - 1981
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 426
Chuck Lorre
1952 - Present
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 427

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Lo Wei ranks 99. Before him are Leila Mourad, Ben Johnson, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Ajahn Chah, Ida Lupino, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim. After him are Shankar Dayal Sharma, Massimo Girotti, Kazu Naoki, Bebo Valdés, Ian Stevenson, and Joseph Wiseman. Among people deceased in 1996, Lo Wei ranks 92. Before him are Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Amos Tversky, Ben Johnson, Lew Ayres, and David Packard. After him are Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Jo Van Fleet, Jack Churchill, Don Simpson, Greer Garson, and Yulii Khariton.

Others Born in 1918

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Leila Mourad
SINGER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 93
Ben Johnson
ACTOR
1918 - 1996
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 94
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
COMPOSER
1918 - 1970
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 95
Ajahn Chah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 96
Ida Lupino
ACTOR
1918 - 1995
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 97
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
WRITER
1918 - 2007
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 98
Lo Wei
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 1996
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 99
Shankar Dayal Sharma
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1999
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 100
Massimo Girotti
ACTOR
1918 - 2003
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 101
Kazu Naoki
SOCCER PLAYER
1918 - 1944
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 102
Bebo Valdés
MUSICIAN
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 103
Ian Stevenson
PHILOSOPHER
1918 - 2007
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 104
Joseph Wiseman
ACTOR
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 105

Others Deceased in 1996

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 86
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
MATHEMATICIAN
1903 - 1996
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 87
Amos Tversky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1937 - 1996
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 88
Ben Johnson
ACTOR
1918 - 1996
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 89
Lew Ayres
ACTOR
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 90
David Packard
BUSINESSPERSON
1912 - 1996
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 91
Lo Wei
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 1996
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 92
Infanta María Cristina of Spain
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1996
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 93
Jo Van Fleet
ACTOR
1915 - 1996
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 94
Jack Churchill
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1906 - 1996
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 95
Don Simpson
PRODUCER
1943 - 1996
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 96
Greer Garson
ACTOR
1904 - 1996
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 97
Yulii Khariton
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1996
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 98