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).
Known For
A House is Not a Home
Twin Dragons
Luk Siu Fung (Series II)
The Fatal Irony
City on Fire
The Eighth Happiness
Touch and Go
In the Mood for Melville
All Movies (9)
- In the Mood for Melville2017 · as Self
- Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong2011
- Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino1993 · as Self
- Twin Dragons1992 · as Card Player
- Touch and Go1991
- The Eighth Happiness1988 · as Audience member (cameo)
- City on Fire1987 · as Chow's Contact
- ICAC: Section Nine1978
- You Are Wonderful1976