文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

雷覺坤

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Lawrence Louey

1935年–1992年

繁體中文

雷覺坤(1935年—1992年12月24日)父親雷瑞德(1909至1962年)喺1933年與鄧肇堅、雷亮、譚煥堂等創辦九龍汽車(一九三三)有限公司。雷覺坤原為專業會計師,1979年接掌家族生意,經營巴士業務,既係九巴董事長,亦係九龍建業集團主席兼總經理,業務涵蓋地產投資同娛樂事業,並擁有多家戲院。1978年初,雷氏家族以旗下麗聲戲院為首組成院線;同年年底,其經營嘅金公主娛樂有限公司開始發行電影,排映於麗聲院線,又稱金公主院線。公司英文名「Golden Princess」取自其經營嘅金門(Golden Gate)同樂聲(Princess)戲院。早期因片源不穩,金公主院線業績欠佳,曾遭戲稱「玻璃線」。他銳意拓展院線業務,招攬具潛力嘅獨立製作公司拍片。當時港產粵語片絕大部分由邵氏同嘉禾兩大公司控制,金公主雖有戲院卻缺乏穩定片源,遂看上以麥嘉、石天、黃百鳴為核心嘅奮鬥影業。八十年代初,他找來麥嘉聯同石天、黃百鳴創立新藝城,其後又支持徐克成立電影工作室,另亦支持永佳、萬能等獨立製片公司攝製電影。他全力投資拍片,既穩住片源,亦開拓港產片嘅製作規模,令院線屢破賣座紀錄,其中1981年由新藝城開拍嘅《最佳拍檔》以許冠傑掛帥,創下二千七百萬港元票房佳績。除發行電影外,他1987年成立金公主電影製作有限公司,出品電影。他於1992年12月24日病逝香港,隨後金公主亦停止運作。作為投資者,他從不干預創作,讓旗下獨立製片人有充分自由度拍片,其待人處事作風一向深為業界稱許。

English

Lawrence Louey (1935–24 December 1992) was the son of Louey Sui-tak (1909–1962), who co-founded the Kowloon Motor Bus Company in 1933 with Tang Shiu-kin, Louey Leung and Tam Woon-tong. A professional accountant by training, Louey took over the family business in 1979, running the bus operation as KMB chairman while also serving as chairman and managing director of the Kowloon Development group, with interests spanning property investment and entertainment and several cinemas. In early 1978 the family formed a circuit around its Lai Sing cinema, and by the end of that year his Golden Princess Entertainment began distributing films through it, the company's English name taken from his Golden Gate and Princess cinemas. Weak film supply meant poor results at first, the circuit being nicknamed the 'glass circuit', so he set out to recruit promising independent producers; since most Cantonese films were then controlled by Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, Golden Princess lacked a steady supply despite owning cinemas, and so courted the independent outfit run by Karl Maka, Dean Shek and Raymond Wong. In the early 1980s he brought them together to form Cinema City, later backed Tsui Hark's Film Workshop and supported independent companies such as Wing Kai and Man Neng. His heavy investment secured a steady supply of product and expanded the scale of Hong Kong film-making, repeatedly breaking box-office records — Cinema City's 1981 'Aces Go Places', starring Sam Hui, took HK$27 million. Besides distribution he set up Golden Princess Film Production in 1987 to make films, and on his death in Hong Kong on 24 December 1992 the company ceased operating. As an investor he never interfered with creation, giving his producers full freedom, a style long admired by the industry.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

電影發行、戲院商、製片人

年期Active period

1935年–1992年

代表作Notable works

金公主院線(1978);促成新藝城成立(1980年代初);金公主電影製作有限公司(1987)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1978

以麗聲戲院為首組成院線,年底金公主娛樂開始發行電影

Formed a cinema circuit around the Lai Sing, and by year's end Golden Princess Entertainment began distributing films

1980

招攬麥嘉、石天、黃百鳴創立新藝城,其後支持徐克成立電影工作室

Brought Karl Maka, Dean Shek and Raymond Wong together to form Cinema City and later backed Tsui Hark's Film Workshop

1987

成立金公主電影製作有限公司,出品電影

Founded Golden Princess Film Production to make and release its own films

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

雷覺坤以金公主院線為平台,扶植新藝城、電影工作室等獨立製片力量,令1980年代港產片嘅製作規模同票房屢創新高;佢放手讓創作人主導嘅投資風格,成為香港電影黃金年代嘅重要推手。

English

Using the Golden Princess circuit as his platform, Louey backed independent producers such as Cinema City and Film Workshop, helping push the scale and box-office of Hong Kong films to new heights in the 1980s; his hands-off investment style made him a key figure in the industry's golden age.

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