
Known for
Directing
Born
December 8, 1955
Birthplace
Hong Kong, China
Died
December 29, 2018 (aged 63)
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).
2022
Director, Writer
2017
as Self
2016
Director, Screenplay, Story
2015
Writer, Producer, Director, Screenplay
2011
2007
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
2003
Director
2003
Story, Director
2001
Director
1999
Director, Screenplay, Producer
1999
Executive Producer
1998
Director, Screenplay
1997
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
1996
Director
1995
Director, Writer
1994
Director
1993
1992
Director, Producer
1992
as Card Player, Director
1991
Director
1991
Director
1990
Story
1990
Director, Producer
1990
Production Consultant, Associate Producer, Story
1989
Director, Producer