Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Director
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).
Filmography
Twin Dragons
as Card Player 1992
City on Fire
as Chow's Contact (uncredited) 1987
The Eighth Happiness
as Audience member (cameo) 1988
Touch and Go
1991
Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong Kino
as Self 1993
In the Mood for Melville
as Self 2017
You Are Wonderful
1976
ICAC: Section Nine
1978