文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

歐德爾

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Albert Odell

1924年–2003年

繁體中文

歐德爾(Albert Odell,1924–2003),英籍猶太人,在香港出生,曾就讀於香港大學,是電影發行及製片管理人。抗日戰爭期間,他先赴重慶,在美國雷電華公司(RKO)負責電影發行,同時在當地的英國大使館工作,因而與不少影人結交。抗戰勝利後,他加入新加坡的共和公司;1951年轉入以新加坡為基地的國際機構,主持國際電影發行有限公司,公司以代理及發行香港影片為主,把港產片帶到東南亞市場。當時的國際機構以新加坡為總部,代理及發行香港與華語影片,發行網絡遍及星馬及東南亞華人市場。1954年,他獲派到香港,創立國際影片發行公司,即國際電影懋業有限公司(簡稱電懋)的前身,並出任總經理;同年他在國際設立粵語片製作組,出品不少粵語片,又支持嚴俊與白光等分別組織國泰及國光等公司,出品多部國語影片。1955年,他協助陸運濤接收永華片廠,監督興建新永華片場並出任廠長,令國際與電懋出品的質素得以提高並保持穩定,對邵氏構成極大威脅,可說是國際及電懋草創時期的大功臣。1950年代,電懋與邵氏兩大片廠分庭抗禮,電懋走精品路線,出品以國語片為主,被視為邵氏最強勁的對手。他主理的國際公司其後出品《星星月亮太陽》、《啼笑姻緣》等國語片。電懋其後於1965年改組為國泰機構(香港)有限公司,製片部門至1971年結束。1957年,他向國際請辭,轉往邵氏工作三年。七十年代起,他在新加坡從事錄影帶發行及經營影音店,2003年9月23日逝世。

English

Albert Odell (1924–2003) was born in Hong Kong into a British Jewish family and studied at the University of Hong Kong; he worked in film distribution and production management. During the war with Japan he went to Chongqing, where he distributed films for the American company RKO and worked at the British embassy, making many friends in film circles. After the war he joined a Singapore company, and in 1951 moved to the Singapore-based International Organisation, heading International Films Distribution, which handled Hong Kong pictures and brought them to Southeast Asian markets. In 1954 he was posted to Hong Kong to found International Films, the forerunner of Motion Picture and General Investment (MP & GI), and became its general manager. That year he set up its Cantonese production unit, turning out many Cantonese films, and backed Yan Jun and Bai Guang in forming the Mandarin production companies Cathay and Guoguang. In 1955 he helped Loke Wan-tho take over the Yung Hwa studios, supervised construction of the new studio and became its head, raising and stabilising the quality of International and MP & GI films and posing a strong challenge to Shaw Brothers, making him a key figure in the company's early years; it went on to release Mandarin pictures such as Sun, Moon and Star and A Marriage of Laughter and Tears. He resigned in 1957 and spent about three years with Shaw Brothers, and from the 1970s distributed videotapes and ran video shops in Singapore. He died on 23 September 2003.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

發行、管理

年期Active period

1924年–2003年

代表作Notable works

國際影片發行公司(電懋前身)總經理;永華片廠廠長

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1954

受派來港創立國際影片發行公司(電懋前身),出任總經理。

Was posted to Hong Kong to found International Films, the forerunner of MP & GI, and served as its general manager.

1955

協助陸運濤接收永華片廠,監督新片場的興建並出任廠長。

Helped Loke Wan-tho take over the Yung Hwa studios, supervised construction of the new studio and became its head.

1957

離開國際公司,轉往邵氏工作約三年。

Left International and spent about three years with Shaw Brothers.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

歐德爾在電懋草創期負責發行與製片,既主理粵語片組,又監督新永華片場的興建,為國際及電懋站穩陣腳,也令邵氏面對強勁對手,是1950年代香港影壇格局轉變的關鍵人物之一。

English

In MP & GI's early years Albert Odell handled distribution and production, running its Cantonese unit and supervising the building of the new Yung Hwa studio; his work helped International and MP & GI establish themselves and made Shaw Brothers face a formidable rival, marking him as a key figure in the reshaping of Hong Kong cinema in the 1950s.

同類人物 Same category

仲有 763 位同界別人物未列出;睇晒 文化藝術人物 全部名單 →

資料來源 Sources

← 返回人物目錄

↑