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Sir Run Run Shaw(邵逸夫, original name 邵仁楞 pinyin shao4 ren2 leng2; born October 4, 1907) is a film producer in Hong Kong. He was born in Shanghai and raised in China, but received his education in American-run schools.
At age 19, during his summer vacation, he followed his third elder brother Run Me Shaw to Singapore to start a film market there. Following that, he developed a deep interest in the movie business. He and his brother founded the South Seas Film studio in 1930, which later became Shaw Studio.
In the 1980s, he started to invest in Hong Kong's TVB and became the chairman of the board of the multi-billion dollar TV empire.
In 1974, Queen Elizabeth II granted him an CBE. He received his knighthood in 1977.
His wife died at age 85 in 1987. Shaw Studios stopped filming in the same year.
He remarried in Las Vegas in 1997. He received a medal from the Hong Kong government in 1998.
Over the years, he has donated billions of dollars to charity, schools and hospitals. His name is on many buildings in Hong Kong due to his generous donations. The fourth constituent college of the collegiate Chinese University of Hong Kong is also named after Sir Run Run, whose patronage made the establishment of the college possible.
He recently established an international award, the Shaw Prize, for scientists in three areas of research, namely astronomy, mathematics, and life and medical science. The award is up to US$1 million. The press called it the "Nobel Prize of the East". The first prize was awarded in 2004.
See also
- Cinema of Hong Kong
- Asteroid 2899 Runrun Shaw, named after the producer by Chinese astronomers
External links
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- Shaw Prize (http://www.shawprize.org/)
- Life of Shaw brothers (http://sc.lcsd.gov.hk/gb/www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/chinese/publication/pub21_appendix.html)pl:Run Run Shaw