Pioneering Hong Kong movie producer Run Run Shaw has died at the age of 107. No cause of death was given in a statement from Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), which Shaw helped found in 1967
Born in Zhejiang Province near Shanghai, he rose to become what Variety magazine called a pioneer of the 20th century Chinese film industry and in later life was well known for his wide-ranging and generous philanthropy .
One of Hong Kong cinema’s defining figures, Shaw popularised Chinese kung fu films in the West and helped turn the former British colony into a ‘Hollywood East’ over an 80-year career.
He set up Hong Kong’s biggest free-to-air television operator, TVB, in 1967 and served as its executive chairman until 2011, helping to shape the city’s media culture.