Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer
December 8, 1955 — December 29, 2018 (63 years)
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).
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
Filmography
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2007 | TriangleOn Plex |
| 2003 | In HellOn Plex |
| 2003 | |
| 2001 | ReplicantOn Plex |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Twin DragonsOn Plex |
| 1991 | Prison on Fire IIOn Plex |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | Prison on FireOn Plex |
| 1987 | City on FireOn Plex |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 |
| 2015 | |
| 2007 | Triangle · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | Simon Sez · as Executive Producer |
| 1997 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | School on Fire · as Executive Producer |
| 1987 | Prison on FireOn Plex |
| 1987 | City on FireOn Plex |
| 2011 | |
| 1992 | Twin Dragons · as Card PlayerOn Plex |
| 1991 | |
| 1988 | The Eighth Happiness · as Audience Member (cameo) |
| 1987 | City on Fire · as Chow's ContactOn Plex |
| 1977 | |
| 1974 |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | Sky on Fire · as Screenplay |
| 2015 | |
| 1999 | Victim · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | The Suspect · as Screenplay |
| 1997 | Full Alert · as Screenplay |
| 1995 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 |
| 2017 | In the Mood for Melville · as Self |
| 2003 | Looking for Mister Perfect · as Story |
| 1990 | Rebel from China · as Story |
| 1990 | A Moment of Romance · as Production Consultant |
| 1990 | A Moment of Romance · as Story |
| 1987 | The Thirty Million Dollar Rush · as Assistant Director |
| 1987 | City on Fire · as StoryOn Plex |