Ringo Lam

Ringo Lam

  • Birthday: 1955-12-08
  • Deathday: 2018-12-29
  • Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
  • Also know as: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

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).

Filmography

In the Mood for Melville

2017

As Himself

Touch and Go

1991

As

City on Fire

1987

As Chow's Contact

The Eighth Happiness

1988

As Audience member (cameo)

Twin Dragons

1992

As Card Player

Production

Happy Ghost III

1986

As Stunt Coordinator

Replicant

2001

As Director

Maximum Risk

1996

As Director

Triangle

2007

As Director

Victim

1999

As Director

Full Contact

1992

As Director

Looking for Mr. Perfect

2003

As Director

City on Fire

1987

As Director

Full Alert

1997

As Director

The Adventurers

1995

As Director

Twin Dragons

1992

As Director

In Hell

2003

As Director

Prison on Fire

1987

As Director

Prison on Fire II

1991

As Director

School on Fire

1988

As Director

Cupid One

1985

As Director

Undeclared War

1990

As Director

Wild Search

1989

As Director

Esprit D'amour

1983

As Director

Touch and Go

1991

As Director

The Suspect

1998

As Director

Burning Paradise

1994

As Director

Wild City

2015

As Director

Sky on Fire

2016

As Director

Triangle

2007

As Executive Producer

Triangle

2007

As Producer

City on Fire

1987

As Producer

Prison on Fire

1987

As Producer

Full Contact

1992

As Producer

Wild City

2015

As Producer

Full Alert

1997

As Producer

Undeclared War

1990

As Producer

Victim

1999

As Producer

Wild Search

1989

As Producer

A Moment of Romance

1990

As Production Consultant

School on Fire

1988

As Executive Producer

Full Alert

1997

As Story

Full Alert

1997

As Screenplay

Sky on Fire

2016

As Screenplay

Wild City

2015

As Writer

The Adventurers

1995

As Writer

Victim

1999

As Screenplay

The Suspect

1998

As Screenplay

Rebel from China

1990

As Story

City on Fire

1987

As Story

Cupid One

1985

As Writer

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