Awards & Winners

Ringo Lam

Date of Birth 08-December-1955
Place of Birth Hong Kong
(China, Asia, Eurasia)
Nationality Hong Kong
Also know as Lín Lǐngdōng, Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, Ling-Tung Lam, Lingdong Lin, Lam Ling-Tung, Lam Ling Tung
Profession Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and scriptwriter. 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's final directorial effort was directing one third of the portmanteau film Triangle along with Tsui Hark and Johnnie To. In 2014, it was announced that Lam was working on a new feature film.

Awards by Ringo Lam

Check all the awards nominated and won by Ringo Lam.

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Victim

1998


Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Full Alert
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Full Alert

1988


Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
Honored for : City on Fire

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film City on Fire
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director City on Fire
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director Prison on Fire