Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Directing • Born on 12/8/1955 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).
Filmography (12)
A House is Not a Home
Twin Dragons
Card Player
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
Self
Luk Siu Fung (Series II)
The Fatal Irony
City on Fire
Chow's Contact
Tarantino, le disciple de Hong-Kong
The Eighth Happiness
Audience member (cameo)
ICAC: Section Nine
Touch and Go
In the Mood for Melville
Self
You Are Wonderful