Joshua Wong

Biography

One of the 'Wong Brothers' (Nelson's younger brother, Othniel's older brother), Joshua became interested in films when he saw his older brother, Nelson Wong, who began to get involved with film production activities in Hollywood. Meanwhile, their father, Wong Siong Tek, did not agree that his son was interested in films. Joshua instead joined his brother and sister in The Great Wall company in Shanghai in the early 1920s. He had been in Java since 1928 to join Nelson, who would open a film business with Tio Tek Djin, the owner of Miss Riboet Orion. Since then, he has lived with his brother and…