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My Take
Raymond Wong Pak-ming strikes me as the unsung engine of Hong Kong cinema's golden run. As a co-founder of Cinema City in 1980, and a man who acted, wrote, directed and produced, he embodied the all-purpose hustle that powered the territory's comedy boom. I am drawn less to single stars than to the people who build systems that reliably deliver hits, and that is his real genius. He could make audiences laugh on screen while keeping a producer's cool head off it. Hong Kong film history would look noticeably different without his quiet, two-handed command.
Overview
Raymond Wong Pak-ming (Chinese: 黃百鳴; born 8 April 1948; sometimes transliterated as Raymond Wong Bak-ming) is a Hong Kong film producer, playwright, director and actor. He is one of the most successful producers in Hong Kong cinema, having been one of the comedians to establish Cinema City Studios in 1980.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Wong Pak Ming
- Name (Japanese)
- レイモンド・ウォン
- Reading
- れいもんど・うぉん
- Born
- April 8, 1946 (age 80)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Dog
- Origin
- Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / presenter / screenwriter / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.