Ringo Lam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ringo Lam

Hong Kong film director

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1955

Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China

Date of Death: 29-Dec-2018

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Lín Lingdong, 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.