Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
December 8, 1955 (69 years old) in Hong Kong, China
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
Credits
- 2017 ·In the Mood for Melvilleas Self
- 2011 ·Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kongas
- 1993 ·Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kinoas Self
- 1992 ·Twin Dragonsas Card Player
- 1991 ·Touch and Goas
- 1988 ·The Eighth Happinessas Audience member (cameo)
- 1987 ·City on Fireas Chow's Contact
- 1978 ·ICAC: Section Nineas
- 1977 ·Luk Siu Fung (Series II)as
- 1977 ·A House is Not a Homeas
- 1976 ·You Are Wonderfulas
- 1974 ·The Fatal Ironyas