邵逸夫爵士
1907-2014
電影企業家
邵逸夫原名邵仁楞，號逸夫。電影業大亨。1924年與三位兄長在上海創辦天一影片公司，1926年往新加坡協助開拓市場。1957年，因二兄邵邨人的邵氏父子有限公司製作的影片在星馬巿場供不應求，邵逸夫為拓展製片業務，來港在清水灣興建東南亞最大規模的邵氏兄弟（香港）電影製片廠，成立邵氏兄弟（香港）有限公司，招聘、培養電影人才。邵氏在香港攝製的影片逾八百部，包括大受歡迎的粵語青春片《玉女驚魂》（1958）、《青春樂》（1959）；《江山美人》（1959）、《梁山伯與祝英台》（1963）等黃梅調影片；《大醉俠》（1966）、《獨臂刀》（1967）等武俠片；《楊貴妃》（1955、1962）、《傾國傾城》（1975）等古裝宮闈片，更在亞洲影展和金馬獎屢獲獎項。60年代中，邵爵士看準電視將會成為最有潛質的媒體，投資電視廣播有限公司，並成為董事局主席。1987年，邵氏停產，但仍透過附屬公司投資電影，如《審死官》（1992）、《十萬火急》（1997）以及《72家租客》（2010）等。邵逸夫為電影事業奮鬥八十多載，成就卓越，貢獻良多，並在2006年獲頒亞太影展終身成就獎及2007年獲香港電影金像獎頒發世紀影壇成就大獎。
Sir Run Run Shaw
1907-2014
Film Entrepreneur
Born Shao Renleng, film and television mogul Sir Run Run Shaw was also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat Fu. In 1924, he and his three elder brothers co-founded Unique Film Productions in Shanghai. Two years later, he moved to Singapore to help open up the market for his family’s entertainment business. When Shaw & Sons, his second brother’s studio, proved unable to meet the overwhelming demand for films in Southeast Asia, Sir Run Run left for Hong Kong in 1957, where he established Shaw Brothers Studio and Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited. Located in Clear Water Bay, Shaw Brothers was the largest studio in Southeast Asia, one which not only made movies but also recruited and trained talent for the industry. The immensely prolific studio produced more than 800 works in Hong Kong, in a wide range of genres. There were Cantonese titles such as Sweet Girl in Terror (1958) and Young Rock (1959); Huangmeidiao opera films like The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959) and The Love Eterne (1963); martial arts classics such as Come Drink with Me (1966) and One-Armed Swordsman (1967); and epics including Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955), The Magnificent Concubine (1962) and The Empress Dowager (1975). These movies were immensely popular and many won accolades at the Asian Film Festival and Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards. In the mid-1960s, seeing potential in television entertainment, Sir Run Run founded TVB (Television Broadcasts Limited) and became its chairman of the board some years later. Shaw Brothers ceased production in 1987, but continued to invest in films: Justice, My Foot! (1992), Lifeline (1997) and 72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010) were among the works that benefited from its backing. Sir Run Run was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 51st Asia-Pacific Film Festival in 2006, and the Century Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2007 for more than eight decades of unstinting dedication and enormous contributions to the film industry.
