Company type | Private company |
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Industry | Media, Entertainment |
Founded | 1928 |
Founders | Run Run Shaw Runme Shaw |
Headquarters | |
Products | Cinemas, Film distribution |
Divisions | Shaw Services (Pte) Ltd |
Website | shaw |
Shaw Organisation is a film distribution company and cinema chain founded by brothers Runme Shaw and Run Run Shaw who went to Singapore in the 1920s to expand their family business founded by Runje Shaw.[1] The company originally operated as a distributor for the Shaw brothers' Tianyi Film Company (also called Unique) in Shanghai. Run Run Shaw later moved to Hong Kong in the 1950s to run Shaw Brothers Studio, whilst Runme Shaw stayed in Singapore to continue Shaw Organisation's operations. Unlike Tianyi,[2] Shaw Organisation does not produce films but distribute them in their theatre's.