Ringo Lam

from Hong Kong, China

Artwork for Twin DragonsImage of Ringo Lam

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).

Timeline

2022Aged 67

  • Poster for Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

    Writer

2017Aged 62

  • Poster for In the Mood for Melville

    Self

2016Aged 61

  • Poster for Sky on Fire

    Story

2015Aged 60

  • Poster for Wild City

    Screenplay

2011Aged 56

  • Poster for Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong

    (Unknown)

2007Aged 52

  • Poster for Triangle

    Producer

2003Aged 48

  • Poster for Looking for Mr. Perfect

    Story

  • Poster for In Hell

    Director

2001Aged 46

  • Poster for Replicant

    Director

1999Aged 44

  • Poster for Simon Sez

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Victim

    Producer

1998Aged 43

  • Poster for The Suspect

    Screenplay

1997Aged 42

  • Poster for Full Alert

    Producer

1996Aged 41

  • Poster for Maximum Risk

    Director

1995Aged 40

  • Poster for The Adventurers

    Writer

1994Aged 39

  • Poster for Burning Paradise

    Director

1993Aged 38

  • Poster for Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino

    Self

1992Aged 37

  • Poster for Twin Dragons

    Card Player

  • Poster for Full Contact

    Producer

1991Aged 36

  • Poster for Touch and Go

    Director

  • Poster for Prison on Fire II

    Director

1990Aged 35

  • Poster for A Moment of Romance

    Story

  • Poster for Undeclared War

    Producer

  • Poster for Rebel from China

    Story

1989Aged 34

  • Poster for Wild Search

    Producer

1988Aged 33

  • Poster for The Eighth Happiness

    Audience member (cameo)

  • Poster for School on Fire

    Executive Producer

1987Aged 32

  • Poster for City on Fire

    Chow's Contact

  • Poster for The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Poster for Prison on Fire

    Producer

1986Aged 31

  • Poster for Happy Ghost III

    Stunt Coordinator

  • Poster for Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice

    Director

1985Aged 30

  • Poster for Cupid One

    Writer

1984Aged 29

  • Poster for The Other Side of Gentleman

    Director

1983Aged 28

  • Poster for Esprit D'amour

    Director

1978Aged 23

1976Aged 21

  • Poster for You Are Wonderful

    (Unknown)