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Ringo Lam Ling-Tung ( simplified Chinese: 林岭东; traditional Chinese: 林嶺東; pinyin: Lín Lǐngdōng, 8 December 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was known for his action and crime films produced during the Hong Kong New Wave, many of them comprising entries in the heroic bloodshed ...
Ringo Lam (1955-2018) was a prolific filmmaker who made action and crime movies such as City on Fire, Full Alert and Wild City. He also wrote and produced several films, and was influenced by Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
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Jan 4, 2019 · HONG KONG — Ringo Lam, a Hong Kong film director best known for gritty crime thrillers like the 1987 classic “City on Fire,” died on Dec. 29 at his home in Hong Kong. He was 63. The police...
Dec 29, 2018 · By Pat Saperstein. Mediapunch/REX/Shutterstock. Hong Kong-born action director Ringo Lam, who directed the influential crime film “City on Fire,” has died. Hong Kong media outlets reported the...
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Dec 29, 2018 · Hong Kong Director Ringo Lam of ‘City of Fire’ Fame Dies at 63. Celebrated helmer of 'City on Fire,' which inspired Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs,' helped to shape the golden age of Hong...
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 ...
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Ringo Lam was a Hong Kong director and writer, known for City on Fire (1987), Full Alert (1997) and Wild City (2015). He died in 2018 at his Ma On Shan flat in Hong Kong, China.