Tianyi Film Company

Tianyi Film Company

Native name	天一影片公司
Industry	Film
Founded	1925 (1925)
Founder	Runje Shaw Runde Shaw Runme Shaw Run Run Shaw
Defunct	1937 (1937)
Successor	Shaw Organisation Shaw Brothers Studio
Headquarters	Shanghai , China

Tianyi Film Company (Chinese: 天一影片公司; pinyin: Tiānyī Yǐngpiān Gōngsī), also called Unique Film Productions, was one of the "big three" film production companies in pre-Second World War Republic of China. Founded in Shanghai in 1925 by the Shaw (Shao) brothers led by Runje Shaw (Shao Zuiweng), the company also established operations in Malaya and Hong Kong. Although the company's Shanghai studio was destroyed in 1937 during the Japanese invasion, its offshoot in Hong Kong, later called Shaw Brothers Studio, blossomed into a media empire under the leadership of the youngest brother, Sir Run Run Shaw.