Tie Li

Li Tie

  • Name: Li Tie
  • Native name: 李鐵
  • Also Known as: Lee Tit, Tit Lee, Tieh Li
  • Nationality: Hong Konger
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 3, 1913
  • Died: September 27, 1996
Lee became a director in 1936 with the crime thriller House Number 66 and made a name for himself the following year with Song of Life when the star of the film, Ng Chor Fan, was coined “King of Film” as a result of his role. Lee quickly earned a reputation as a dedicated and versatile director who excelled in different genres. One of the founders of the influential Union Motion Picture Enterprise, he was also a key director of the company.
Lee is also a key figure in Cantonese opera films. He was good friends with noted opera playwright Tong Dick-sang and served as the technical advisor on Tong’s directorial efforts Tung Hsiao Wan (1950) and Mysterious Murder (1951) as well as adapting seven of Tong’s operas to the big screen. A couple of those adaptations, The Legend of Purple Hairpin (1959) and Butterfly and Red Pear Blossom (1959), are considered the best opera films ever made. Both were produced by the company Lee formed in 1959, which also released Love at First Sight (1967).
In addition to directing, Lee also penned the screenplays to many of his films, including Belle in Penang (1954), The Love Thief (1958), Murderer in Town (1958) and Snow in June (1959).
Over a long career of more than four decades, Lee directed over 100 Cantonese films, ten Mandarin films, several films in the Chaozhou or Amoy dialects. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild in 1994. Lee passed away in 1996.

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Director
Year Title Type Rating
1962 Vampire Woman
Movie
0.0
1959 Feast of a Rich Family
Movie
0.0
1959 The Purple Hairpin
Movie
6.0
1955 Her Unrequited Love
Movie
0.0
1953 In the Face of Demolition
Movie
0.0
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1964 Beautiful Heaven
Movie
0.0
1951 Big Sword Wang Wu's Revenge
Movie
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1978 Horses
Hong Kong Movie, 1978,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1965 Between Man and Ghost
Hong Kong Movie, 1965,
[Wedding & funeral guest] (Guest Role)
[Wedding & funeral guest]
Guest Role
0.0
1955 The Renewal of an Ancient Garden
Hong Kong Movie, 1955,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1932 Gunshot at Midnight
Hong Kong Movie, 1932,
Chow Wai Yuen (Support Role)
Chow Wai Yuen
Support Role
0.0
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  • First Name: Tie
  • Family Name: Li
  • Native name: 李鐵
  • Also Known as: Lee Tit, Tit Lee, Tieh Li
  • Nationality: Hong Konger
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: January 3, 1913
  • Died: September 27, 1996

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