Peter Loehr

After getting his start in Japan and Taiwan, Loehr started China's first independent film company, Imar Film Co. in 1996. As a producer Loehr was notable for not only producing films, but for being the first to market and distribute movies in house.

Through Imar, Loehr produced five independent films in China: Spicy Love Soup, A Beautiful New World, Shower, "All the Way" and "Quitting". These films went on to box office success in China with "Spicy Love Soup" winning many domestic awards. "A Beautiful New World" attended the Berlin Film Festival and won awards both in China and at the Hawaii International Film Festival. "Shower" won many awards at international festivals including Toronto, San Sebastian, Thessaloniki, Rotterdam, Udine and Seattle, and "Quitting" won awards at the Bangkok, Singapore and Stockholm Film Festivals.

In 2002 Loehr formed a new entity, Ming Productions and produced four more films: "Sunflower", "Jade Warrior", "The Children of Huang Shi" and "One Last Dance".

"Sunflower" (directed by Zhang Yang, starring Sun Haiying and Joan Chen) won Best Director and Best Cinematography awards at the 2005 San Sebastian Film Festival. Loehr's seventh film, "One Last Dance" (directed by Max Makowski, starring Francis Ng, Ti Lung and Harvey Keitel) attended the Sundance Film Festival in the World Dramatic Competition. In 2005, Loehr was a producer on "Jade Warrior", a Finnish/Dutch/Estonian co-production that premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and had strong opening weekends at both the Chinese and Finnish box offices In 2007, Loehr was a producer on "The Children of Huang Shi", a German/Australian/Chinese co-production directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. The film was released world-wide in 2008.