Facts: - goldenhorseawards: '' affairs '' ' best director '' ' 2002 '' infernal - simpchinesename: - birth date: 4 april 1960 - name: andrew lau - tradchinesename: - birth place: hong kong - hongkongfilmwards: '' affairs '' '' ' best cinematography '' ' 2006 '' ' confession of pain '' best director '' ' 2002 '' infernal Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of andrew lau .
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andrew lau wai-keung -lrb- born 4 april 1960 -rrb- is a hong kong film director , cinematographer and producer .lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s , serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as ringo lam , wong jing and wong kar-wai .in the 1990s , lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer .apart from making films in his native hong kong , lau has also made films in china , korea and the united states .a highly prolific filmmaker , lau has made films in a variety of genres , and is most notable in the west for his action and crime films which include the '' young and dangerous '' film series , the '' infernal affairs '' trilogy -lrb- the latter co-directed together with alan mak -rrb- , and '' revenge of the green dragons '' -lrb- executive produced by martin scorsese -rrb- .