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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Director · Born 1955-12-08 · Hong Kong, China

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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).

Directed

  1. In Hell (2003) — Director
  2. Maximum Risk (1996) — Director
  3. Replicant (2001) — Director
  4. Twin Dragons (1992) — Director
  5. City on Fire (1987) — Director
  6. Full Contact (1992) — Director
  7. Prison on Fire (1987) — Director
  8. Triangle (2007) — Director
  9. Prison on Fire II (1991) — Director
  10. Full Alert (1997) — Director
  11. Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (1986) — Director
  12. Wild Search (1989) — Director
  13. Burning Paradise (1994) — Director
  14. Wild City (2015) — Director
  15. School on Fire (1988) — Director
  16. Sky on Fire (2016) — Director
  17. The Adventurers (1995) — Director
  18. Victim (1999) — Director
  19. Undeclared War (1990) — Director
  20. Touch and Go (1991) — Director
  21. Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022) — Director
  22. The Suspect (1998) — Director
  23. Esprit D'amour (1983) — Director
  24. Looking for Mr. Perfect (2003) — Director
  25. Cupid One (1985) — Director
  26. The Other Side of Gentleman (1984) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Twin Dragons (1992) — Card Player
  2. City on Fire (1987) — Chow's Contact
  3. The Eighth Happiness (1988) — Audience member (cameo)
  4. Touch and Go (1991)
  5. Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino (1993) — Self
  6. In the Mood for Melville (2017) — Self
  7. You Are Wonderful (1976)
  8. ICAC: Section Nine (1978)
  9. Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong (2011)
  10. Luk Siu Fung (Series II) (1977)
  11. The Fatal Irony (1974)
  12. A House is Not a Home (1977)