Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.6487

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Dec-1955

Age

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Also Known As

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
林岭东
林嶺東
Ringo Lam
Lam Ling-Tung

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).

Credits

你係得嘅 (1976) Character: N/A
Hong Kong movie

ICAC：第九條 (1978) Character: N/A
The fourth episode of Ann Hui and Yim Ho’s “ICAC” Series (1978), with three short stories combined

Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino (1993) Character: Self
A German documentary on Hong Kong cinema.

In the Mood for Melville (2017) Character: Self
Various directors and film critics discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s importance and influence in the world of cinema.

Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong (2011) Character: N/A
Documentary about Hong Kong cinema's influence on the films of Quentin Tarantino.

八星報喜 (1988) Character: Audience member (cameo)
Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way!

龍虎風雲 (1987) Character: Chow's Contact
Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; his girlfriend wants him to commit to marriage or she will leave Hong Kong with another lover; and he is being pursued by other cops who are unaware that he is a colleague. Chow would rather quit the force, feeling guilty about betraying gang members who have become his friends.

双龙会 (1992) Character: Card Player
Identical twins are separated at birth, one becoming a streetwise mechanic, and the other an acclaimed classical concert conductor. Finally meeting in adulthood, they're mistaken for the other and entangled in each other's worlds.

一觸即發 (1991) Character: N/A
A clumsy, easy-going but tough restaurant chef witnesses a murder of a cop. This leads him to a world of trouble, as the killer seeks to silence him. Luckily, the vengeful partner of the dead cop is there to help him.

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