Ringo Lam
Ringo Lam , also known as Ringo Lam Ling-Tung ( Chinese 林嶺東 / 林岭东 , Pinyin Lín Lǐngdōng , Jyutping Lam 4 Ling 5 dung 1 ; * 1955 in Hong Kong ; † December 29, 2018 ibid), was a Chinese director , Screenwriter and film producer .
Life
Lam began his film career as an actor. In 1973 he took a year-long acting course, where he met Chow Yun-Fat .
After working as a production assistant and producer for television for several years, he went to Canada in 1978 and studied film studies there. In 1981, Chow Yun-Fat encouraged him to return to Hong Kong. There, with the help of producer and director Tsui Hark, he got the direction for Esprit d'Amour ( 陰陽 錯 / 阴阳 错 , Yīnyángcuò , Jyutping Jam 1 joeng 4 co 3 , Cantonese: Yam yeung choh ) in 1983 .
In 1985 he directed City on Fire with Chow Yun-Fat and Danny Lee . City on Fire is an undercover cop film that - together with City Wolf by John Woo - set new standards in Hong Kong action cinema. The end of City on Fire also inspired Quentin Tarantino to write the script for his multi-award-winning debut film Reservoir Dogs , which even copied some scenes in almost every detail.
Two successful sequels followed - Prison on Fire and School on Fire - which portrayed the conditions in prisons and schools at that time. Other films that Lam made in Hong Kong before moving to the US include Double Dragon with Jackie Chan and Full Contact , again with his friend Chow Yun-Fat.
In 1996 he made his first film in the United States with Maximum Risk . Jean-Claude Van Damme played the main role here . He also shot Replicant and In Hell with van Damme . In between he kept returning to Hong Kong to produce and shoot other films there as well.
Filmography
- 1976: You Are Wonderful (not published in Germany)
- 1983: Esprit d'amour (not published in Germany)
- 1984: The Other Side of Gentleman (not published in Germany)
- 1985: Cupid One (not published in Germany)
- 1986: Aces Go Places IV / Mad Mission 4
- 1986: The Thirty Million Rush (not published in Germany)
- 1987: City on Fire / Cover Hard 2
- 1987: Prison on Fire
- 1988: The Eighth Happiness (not published in Germany)
- 1988: School on Fire (not published in Germany)
- 1989: Wild Search (not published in Germany)
- 1990: Undeclared War
- 1990: Rebel from China (not published in Germany)
- 1991: Touch and Go (not published in Germany)
- 1991: Prison on Fire II
- 1992: Twin Dragons
- 1992: Full Contact / Cover Hard
- 1994: Burning Paradise
- 1995: The Adventurers
- 1996: Maximum Risk
- 1997: Full Alert
- 1998: The Suspect
- 1999: Victim (not published in Germany)
- 1999: Simon Sez
- 2001: Replicant
- 2003: Looking for Mr. Perfect (not published in Germany)
- 2003: In Hell
- 2007: Triangle
- 2015: Wild City (not published in Germany)
- 2016: Sky on Fire (not published in Germany)
literature
- Ralph Umard: Film without borders. The new Hong Kong cinema. Kerschensteiner, Lappersdorf 1998, ISBN 3-931954-03-X .
Web links
- Ringo Lam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ringo LAM Ling-Tung / Lin Lingdong [1] in the Chinese Movie Database - dianying.com (Chinese / English)
- Ringo LAM Ling-Tung / Lin Lingdong [2] in the Hong Kong Movie Database - hkmdb.com (Chinese / English)
- Biography of Ringo Lam (English)
- Film director Ringo Lam - Dark Hong Kong portrait.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lam, Ringo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lam Ling-Tung, Ringo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hong Kong |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 2018 |
| Place of death | Hong Kong |