Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

Director

1955-12-08 – 2018-12-29 · 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).

• In Hell (2003) — Director
• Maximum Risk (1996) — Director
• Replicant (2001) — Director
• Twin Dragons (1992) — Card Player, Director
• City on Fire (1987) — Chow's Contact, Producer, Director, Story
• Full Contact (1992) — Director, Producer
• Prison on Fire (1987) — Director, Producer
• Simon Sez (1999) — Executive Producer
• A Moment of Romance (1990) — Production Consultant, Associate Producer, Story
• Triangle (2007) — Director, Producer, Executive Producer
• Prison on Fire II (1991) — Director
• Full Alert (1997) — Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
• Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (1986) — Director
• Wild Search (1989) — Director, Producer
• Burning Paradise (1994) — Director
• Wild City (2015) — Writer, Producer, Director, Screenplay
• School on Fire (1988) — Director, Executive Producer
• Happy Ghost III (1986) — Stunt Coordinator
• Sky on Fire (2016) — Director, Screenplay, Story
• The Adventurers (1995) — Director, Writer
• Victim (1999) — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• Undeclared War (1990) — Director, Producer
• The Eighth Happiness (1988) — Audience member (cameo)
• Touch and Go (1991) — , Director