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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung
Director · Writer · Screenplay · Actor · 29 credits
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).
All Work
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
Director · Writer
Sky on Fire
2016
Director · Screenplay
Wild City
2015
Director · Writer · Screenplay
Triangle
2007
Director
In Hell
2003
Director
Replicant
2001
Director
Victim
1999
Director · Screenplay
The Suspect
1998
Director · Screenplay
Full Alert
1997
Director · Screenplay
Maximum Risk
1996
Director
The Adventurers
1995
Director · Writer
Burning Paradise
1994
Director
Full Contact
1992
Director
Twin Dragons
1992
Card Player
Prison on Fire II
1991
Director
Undeclared War
1990
Director
Wild Search
1989
Director
School on Fire
1988
Director
The Eighth Happiness
1988
Audience member (cameo)
Prison on Fire
1987
Director
City on Fire
1987
Chow's Contact
The Other Side of Gentleman
1984
Director
Esprit D'amour
1983
Director