FILM DIRECTOR

Lo Wei

1918 - 1996

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Lo Wei ( 12 December 1918 – 20 January 1996) was a Hong Kong film director and film 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 193,883 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 588th most popular biography from China (down from 503rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Chinese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lo Weis by language

Over the past year Lo Wei has had the most page views in the with 25,175 views, followed by Chinese (14,968), and Russian (4,086). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (84.13%), Cantonese (62.58%), and Hebrew (40.61%)

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.

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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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Others Deceased in 1996

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In China

Among people born in China, Lo Wei ranks 588 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhang Wentian (1900), Bada Shanren (1626), Consort Ban (-48), Tung Chee-hwa (1937), He Long (1896), and Zao Wou-Ki (1920). After him are Charlie Soong (1861), Jianzhen (688), Hu Hanmin (1879), Kang Sheng (1898), Jin Midi (-134), and Li Zhi (1527).

Others born in China

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  • Photo of Zhang Wentian

    Zhang Wentian

    POLITICIAN

    1900 - 1976

    HPI: 55.84

    Rank: 582

  • Photo of Bada Shanren

    Bada Shanren

    PAINTER

    1626 - 1705

    HPI: 55.80

    Rank: 583

  • Photo of Consort Ban

    Consort Ban

    WRITER

    48 BC - 6 BC

    HPI: 55.80

    Rank: 584

  • Photo of Tung Chee-hwa

    Tung Chee-hwa

    POLITICIAN

    1937 - Present

    HPI: 55.80

    Rank: 585

  • Photo of He Long

    He Long

    POLITICIAN

    1896 - 1969

    HPI: 55.78

    Rank: 586

  • Photo of Zao Wou-Ki

    Zao Wou-Ki

    PAINTER

    1920 - 2013

    HPI: 55.74

    Rank: 587

  • Photo of Lo Wei

    Lo Wei

    FILM DIRECTOR

    1918 - 1996

    HPI: 55.69

    Rank: 588

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    Charlie Soong

    POLITICIAN

    1861 - 1918

    HPI: 55.68

    Rank: 589

  • Photo of Jianzhen

    Jianzhen

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    688 - 763

    HPI: 55.59

    Rank: 590

  • Photo of Hu Hanmin

    Hu Hanmin

    POLITICIAN

    1879 - 1936

    HPI: 55.57

    Rank: 591

  • Photo of Kang Sheng

    Kang Sheng

    POLITICIAN

    1898 - 1975

    HPI: 55.56

    Rank: 592

  • Photo of Jin Midi

    Jin Midi

    POLITICIAN

    134 BC - 86 BC

    HPI: 55.55

    Rank: 593

  • Photo of Li Zhi

    Li Zhi

    PHILOSOPHER

    1527 - 1602

    HPI: 55.53

    Rank: 594

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In China

Among film directors born in China, Lo Wei ranks 8. Before him are John Woo (1946), Wong Kar-wai (1958), Terence Young (1915), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Chen Kaige (1952), and Edward Yang (1947). After him are King Hu (1932), Ann Hui (1947), Xie Jin (1923), James Wong Howe (1899), Tian Zhuangzhuang (1952), and Cai Chusheng (1906).

Chinese born Film Directors

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Filmography

Fist of Fury
Director
Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.
Mar 22o 19727.2 / 10
The Big Boss
Director
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.
Oct 23o 19717.1 / 10
Spiritual Kung Fu
Director
Jackie Chan plays the part of the class clown in a shaolin temple whose deadliest secret is stolen. All is lost until Jackie's character discovers dancing blue ghosts with bright red hair who haunt the library.
Nov 23o 19785.7 / 10