Actor

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Directing

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Movies: 36Series: 3Crew credits: 31

TMDB ID: 26767

IMDb ID: nm0482681

Known for: Directing

Born: December 8, 1955

Died: December 29, 2018

Age: 63

Place of birth: Hong Kong, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1974 - 2022

Years active: 49

Average TMDB rating: 6.33

Wikidata: Q285908

Also known as

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

Other jobs

Director (25)Executive Producer (2)Assistant Director (1)Production Consultant (1)Story (1)Stunt Coordinator (1)

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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).