Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
- Directing
- December 8, 1955 · Hong Kong, China
- December 29, 2018
Biography
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (1955-2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer and scriptwriter. He was known for gritty, dark and realistic action thrillers. He was born in Hong Kong and studied film at York University film school in Toronto. Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) was reworked from Lam's City on Fire (1987), and critics have indicated that there are shot-by-shot copies of certain action sequences. His most recent films include a collaboration with Jean-Claude Van Damme: Maximum Risk (1996), Replicant (2001), and The Savage (2003) (better known as In Hell).
Known for
Filmography
- Septet: The Story of Hong Kong · Director, Writer
- In the Mood for Melville · Self
- Sky on Fire · Director, Screenplay
- Wild City · Director, Producer
- Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong
- Triangle · Executive producer, Producer
- In Hell · Director
- Looking for Mr. Perfect · Director, Story
- Replicant · Director
- Victim · Director, Screenplay
- Simon Sez · Executive producer
- The Suspect · Director, Screenplay
- Full Alert · Director, Story
- Maximum Risk · Director
- The Adventurers · Director, Writer
- Burning Paradise · Director
- Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino · Self
- Full Contact · Director, Producer
- Twin Dragons · Card Player, Director
- Prison on Fire II · Director
- Touch and Go · Director
- Rebel from China · Story
- Undeclared War · Director, Producer
- A Moment of Romance · Production Consultant, Associate Producer
- Wild Search · Director, Producer
- School on Fire · Director, Executive producer
- The Eighth Happiness · Audience member (cameo)
- Prison on Fire · Director, Producer
- The Thirty Million Dollar Rush · Assistant Director, Stunt Coordinator
- City on Fire · Chow's Contact, Director
- Happy Ghost III · Stunt Coordinator
- Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice · Director
- Cupid One · Director, Writer
- The Other Side of Gentleman · Director
- Esprit D'amour · Director
- ICAC: Section Nine
- Luk Siu Fung (Series II)
- A House is Not a Home
- You Are Wonderful
- The Fatal Irony