Ringo Lam
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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung （simplified Chinese: 林岭东; traditional Chinese: 林嶺東; pinyin: Lín Lǐngdōng, Cantonese: Lam Ling-tung, December 8, 1955 – December 29, 2018） was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Born in Hong Kong in 1955, Lam initially went to an acting school.
After finding he preferred making films to acting, he went to Canada to study film.
In 1983, he returned and began filming comedy films.
After the commercial success of his film Aces Go Places IV, he was allowed to develop his own film.
Lam directed City on Fire in 1987, which led him to winning his first Hong Kong Film Award.
Lam followed up City on Fire with other similar films that shared a dark view of Hong Kong society.
Many of these films starred Chow Yun-fat.
In 1996, Lam made his first American film, Maximum Risk starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Lam would continue working on film productions in both Hong Kong and two more American productions with Jean-Claude Van Damme until 2003.
Lam died at his home on December 29, 2018.
Chow Yun Fat met Ringo Lam at the actors training program.
Chow has starred in many of Lam's films.
Ringo Lam was born in British Hong Kong in December 8, 1955.
Lam started his career by enrolling in the TVP Actors Training Program in 1973.
At the program, he met Chow Yun Fat with whom he would later collaborate with on several films.
After taking a few acting roles, Lam went to Canada and studied film at York University in Toronto.
Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981.
Lam's first four films were not written by him.
Lam took over as director for Po-Chih Leong after he had finished about one-third of the film Esprit d'amour as the film's producer Karl Maka needed a cheap replacement and hired him.
Lam explained that he had "no choice, I need food, so I do the be...