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{{Short description|Hong Kong filmmaker (1955-2018)}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Ringo Lam
| image = Ringo Lam.jpg
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| birth_name = Lam Ling-tung
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1955|12|8|1955}}
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2018|12|29|1955|12|8}}
| death_place = Hong Kong
| alma_mater = [[York University]]
| alma_mater = [[York University]]
| occupation = [[Film director]]<br />[[screenwriter]]<br />[[film producer]]
| years_active = 1983–2018
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 林嶺東
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'''Ringo Lam Ling-Tung''' ({{zh|t=林嶺東|s=林岭东|p=Lín Lǐngdōng}}, [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]]: Lam Ling-tung, 8 December 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and [[screenwriter]]. BornHe inwas Hongknown Kongfor inhis 1955,[[Action Lamfilm|action]] initiallyand went[[crime tofilms]] actingproduced school.during Afterthe finding[[Hong heKong preferredNew makingWave]], filmsmany toof acting,them hecomprising wententries toin the [[Canadaheroic bloodshed]] to study filmsubgenre. InHe 1983,was henominated returnedfor andsix began[[Hong filmingKong comedyFilm films.Award|Hong AfterKong theFilm commercialAwards]], success ofwinning his film ''[[AcesHong GoKong PlacesFilm IV]]'',Award hefor wasBest allowedDirector|Best toDirector]] developfor his own1987 film. Lam directed ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]'' in 1987, which ledhe himfollowed towith winningother hissimilar firstfilms that shared a dark view of [[Hong Kong Filmsociety, Award]]collectively known as the "On Fire" cycle.
 
Lam's followedother upnotable films include ''City[[Aces Go Places IV]]'' (1986), ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' with(1987), other''[[Undeclared similarWar]]'' films(1990), that''[[Twin sharedDragons]]'' a(1992, darkco-directed viewwith of[[Tsui HongHark]]), Kongand ''[[Full Contact]]'' society(1992). Many of thesehis films starred [[Chow Yun-fat]]. InHe 1996,also Lamdirected madeseveral hisfilms firstin Americanthe filmUnited States, beginning with 1996's ''[[Maximum Risk]]'', starringwith [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]]. LamHe would continue working on film productions in both Hong Kong and two more American productions with Jean-Claude Van Damme until 2003.
 
In 2016, he won the [[Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award]] for Best Director for his ''[[Wild City]],'' his first film in 8 years. His final film, a segment in the omnibus ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]'', was released posthumously in 2020, two years after his death.
Lam died at his home on 29 December 2018.
 
==Early life and background==
[[File:Chow Yun Fat for wiki.jpg|thumbnail|right|Chow Yun Fat met Ringo Lam at the actors training program. Chow has starred in many of Lam's films.]]
Ringo Lam was born in [[British Hong Kong]] in 8 December 1955.<ref name=qin/><ref name="allmovie-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Ringo Lam|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120034458/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam started his career by enrolling in the TVP[[TVB]] Actors Training Program in 1973.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> At the program, he met [[Chow Yun Fat]] with whom he would later collaborate on several films.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> He graduated from the training program in 1974 alongside Chow.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lau |first=Henry |date=2021-12-14 |title=Hong Kong’s ‘star factory’: without TVB’s artist training course, would Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow and other Canto-pop and film idols have launched their showbiz careers? |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821213408/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |url-status=live }}</ref> After taking a few acting roles, Lam went to [[Canada]] and studied film at [[York University]] in [[Toronto]]. Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981.<ref name="allmovie-bio" />
 
==Career==
 
===1980s===
Lam's first four films were not written by him.<ref name="Stokes64">Stokes, 1999. p. 64</ref> Lam took over as director for [[Po-Chih Leong]] after he had finished about one-third of the film ''[[Esprit d'amour]]'' as the film's producer [[Karl Maka]] needed a cheap replacement and hired him.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong" /> Lam explained that he had "no choice, I need food, so I do the best I can&nbsp;..." Lam received sole directing credit for the film.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong">{{cite video|first=Raymond|last=Wong|year= 2008|title=An Interview with Raymond Wong|language=zh|publisher=Joy Sales Hong Kong|time=0:00:00-0:05:59}} (DVD)</ref> The film was released on 15 December 1983 in Hong Kong.<ref name="spiritamour">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?f=e&id=65537864691205|work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]|title=Esprit d'amour|access-date=9 February 2015|archive-date=9 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209164200/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?f=e&id=65537864691205|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam's next feature film was ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]'', which was released 28 June 1984 in Hong Kong.<ref name="othersideof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!33796@!0&ri=7&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+other+side+of+gentleman&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=7|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The other side of gentleman|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam followed this with the romantic comedy film ''[[Cupid One]]'' released 1985.<ref name="cupid-one">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228175109/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Cupid one|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> The film grossed HK$6,382,935, which was less than his previous two films which both grossed over ten million Hong Kong dollars.<ref name="spiritamour" /><ref name="othersideof" /><ref name="cupid-one" /> Lam's next film was the fourth film in the ''[[Aces Go Places (film series)|Aces Go Places]]'' film series, ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-mission-3-our-man-from-bond-street-v711|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Firsching, Robert|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195428/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-mission-3-our-man-from-bond-street-v711|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated in interviews that he directed the film as a favor to [[Karl Maka]], who helped give Lam his start.<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 4</ref> The film was very successful at the box office grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.<ref name="agp4-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35139@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Aces+go+places+IV&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Aces go places IV|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>▼
Lam's first four films were not written by him.<ref name="Stokes64">Stokes, 1999. p. 64</ref>
▲Lam took over as director for [[Po-Chih Leong]] after he had finished about one-third of the film ''[[Esprit d'amour]]'' as the film's producer [[Karl Maka]] needed a cheap replacement and hired him.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong" /> Lam explained that he had "no choice, I need food, so I do the best I can&nbsp;..." Lam received sole directing credit for the film.<ref name="Interview-Raymond-Wong">{{cite video|first=Raymond|last=Wong|year= 2008|title=An Interview with Raymond Wong|language=zh|publisher=Joy Sales Hong Kong|time=0:00:00-0:05:59}} (DVD)</ref> The film was released on 15 December 1983 in Hong Kong.<ref name="spiritamour">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac/cclib/search/showBib.jsp?f=e&id=65537864691205|work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]|title=Esprit d'amour|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> Lam's next feature film was ''The Other Side of Gentleman'' which was released 28 June 1984 in Hong Kong.<ref name="othersideof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!33796@!0&ri=7&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+other+side+of+gentleman&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=7|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The other side of gentleman|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam followed this with the romantic comedy film ''[[Cupid One]]'' released 1985.<ref name="cupid-one">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228175109/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!36592@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Cupid+one&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Cupid one|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> The film grossed HK$6,382,935, which was less than his previous two films which both grossed over ten million Hong Kong dollars.<ref name="spiritamour" /><ref name="othersideof" /><ref name="cupid-one" /> Lam's next film was the fourth film in the ''[[Aces Go Places (film series)|Aces Go Places]]'' film series, ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-mission-3-our-man-from-bond-street-v711|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Firsching, Robert}}</ref> Lam stated in interviews that he directed the film as a favor to [[Karl Maka]], who helped give Lam his start.<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 4</ref> The film was very successful at the box office grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.<ref name="agp4-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139G5ON079527.286&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35139@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Aces+go+places+IV&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Aces go places IV|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
After ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]'', Karl Maka allowed Lam to make whatever type of film he wanted.<ref name="Stokes64" /><ref name="Stokes71" /> Lam's had two films released in 1987.<ref name="hkfa-cof" /> one of which was the first of his ''On Fire'' films, ''City on Fire''.<ref name="Stokes64" /> The film is a gangster movie which was made in Hong Kong in the footsteps of ''[[A Better Tomorrow]]'' (1986) which re-invented the gangster film genre in Hong Kong.<ref name="Stokes64" /> The film was released on 13 February 1987 and earned $19,723,505 in Hong Kong.<ref name="hkfa-cof">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!32063@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=City+on+fire+1987&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=City on Fire|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam won the award for Best Director award at the 1987 Hong Kong Film Awards for ''City on Fire''.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> Lam's next film that year was ''[[Prison on Fire]]'' which had a script that was written in nine days while the film was shot in 20 days.<ref name="Stokes71">Stokes, 1999. p. 71</ref>
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===1990s===
Lam's first film of the 1990s was ''[[Undeclared War]]'' released in 1990.<ref name="uw-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35252@!0&ri=5&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Undeclared+war&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=5|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Undeclared War|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film contained an international cast including [[Olivia Hussey]], [[Peter Lapis]], [[Danny Lee (actor)|Danny Lee]] and [[Vernon Wells (actor)|Vernon Wells]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/undeclared-war-v51705/|work=[[Allmovie]]|title=Undeclared War|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Crow, Jonathan|publisher=Rovi Corporation|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195424/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/undeclared-war-v51705/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was not as popular as Lam's previous films in Hong Kong, grossing HK$5,523,958.<ref name="uw-hkfa" /> Lam's next film ''Touch and Go'' was released on 16 May 1991 in Hong Kong.<ref name="tag-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!31262@!0&ri=8&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Touch+and+go&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=8|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228175108/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!31262@!0&ri=8&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Touch+and+go&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Touch and Go|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> The film was a comedy starring [[Sammo Hung]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/touch-and-go-v270589|title=Touch and Go (1991)|author=Crow, Jonathan|access-date=13 March 2014|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|archive-date=29 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429075513/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/touch-and-go-v270589|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated in interviews that ''Touch and Go'' was an assignment took for hire in order to keep himself in the film business.<ref>Charles, 2000, p. 318</ref> The film grossed less than ''Undeclared War'' in Hong Kong.<ref name="uw-hkfa" /><ref name="tag-hkfa" /> Lam released a second film in 1991 titled ''[[Prison on Fire II]]''. The film was very popular with Hong Kong audiences where it grossed $24,367,261.<ref name="pofII-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30940@!0&ri=11&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Prison+on+fire+II&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=11|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Prison on Fire II|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Lam's next film ''[[Twin Dragons]]'' had him partnered with [[Tsui Hark]] as a director.<ref name="Morton186">Morton, 2009. p.186</ref> According to Hark, Lam handled most of the action scenes in the film.<ref name="Morton186" /> Lam also briefly appears in the film as a car mechanic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/twin-dragons-v179418/cast-crew|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Twin Dragons: Cast & Crew|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195423/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/twin-dragons-v179418/cast-crew|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam's next film ''[[Full Contact]]'' was released in Hong Kong on 23 July 1992. It grossed a total of HK$16,793,011.<ref name="fc-hkfa">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=132123BI1876Q.184&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30929@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Full+contact&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121218115020/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=132123BI1876Q.184&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!30929@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Full+contact&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2012|work=[[Hong Kong Film Archive]]|title=Full contact|access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Lam followed it up with ''[[Burning Paradise]]'' which differed from his previous films by being a period film featuring the Chinese folk hero [[Fong Sai-yuk]] opposed a film set in an urban environ.<ref>Thomas, 2003. p. 79</ref><ref name="Morton201">Morton, 2009. p.201</ref> The film was poorly received at the box office in Hong Kong, being the 145th highest-grossing film of the year.<ref name="Morton201" /> In 1995, Lam directed another period film set in 1975 starring [[Andy Lau]] titled ''[[The Adventurers (1995 film)|The Adventurers]]''.<ref name="Thomas7">Thomas, 2003. p. 7</ref> The film was shot partially in the [[Philippines]] and the United States and grossed HK$14,839,584 in Hong Kong.<ref name="Thomas7" /><ref name="The adventurers">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=139O5I99450U4.536&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!35343@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+adventurers+1995&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The adventurers|access-date=28 February 2014}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
 
In 1996, Lam made his American debut with the film ''[[Maximum Risk]]'' starring [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]].<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> The film was not a big draw at the box office.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> Lam returned to Hong Kong where he shot his next film ''[[Full Alert (film)|Full Alert]]'' which was budgeted at $13 million. The film was shown at film festivals in 1997 including [[International Film Festival Rotterdam|Rotterdam]] and [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ko-dou-gai-bei-v160160|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Ko Dou Gai Bei|access-date=28 February 2014|author=Stewart, Bhob|archive-date=18 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418195430/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/ko-dou-gai-bei-v160160|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Full Alert'' was nominated for five awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards and won the award for best film and best actor (Lau Ching-wan) at the [[Hong Kong Film Critics Society]] Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_17.html|work=[[Hong Kong Film Awards]]|script-title=zh:第十七屆香港電影金像獎得獎名單|language=zh|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414112210/http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_17.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E/%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1/4th-hong-kong-film-critics-society-awards|work=[[Hong Kong Film Critics Society]]|title=The 4th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards : 香港電影評論學會|access-date=3 October 2011|date=22 January 1998|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901150408/http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/%E5%AD%B8%E6%9C%83%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E/%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E7%90%86%E7%94%B1/4th-hong-kong-film-critics-society-awards|archive-date=1 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Lam followed up ''Full Alert'' the next year with ''The Suspect'' which was shot in the Philippines.<ref>O'Brien, 2003. p.173</ref> ''The Suspect'' was not as financially successful as ''Full Alert'', grossing around ten million less.<ref name="The suspect">{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13GI6118W5402.756&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!37453@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+suspect&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140228182646/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13GI6118W5402.756&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!37453@!0&ri=2&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=The+suspect&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=The suspect|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref> In 1998, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Lam would direct the film ''[[Simon Sez]]'' with [[Kevin Alyn Elders|Kevin Elders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/burton-eyes-hollow-rodman-wrestles-1117477668/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Burton eyes 'Hollow'; Rodman wrestles|date=18 June 1998|access-date=9 July 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715010724/http://variety.com/1998/voices/columns/burton-eyes-hollow-rodman-wrestles-1117477668/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam later only contributed to the film as a producer.<ref name="simonsez">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/simon-sez-1117752190/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Review: 'Simon Sez'|access-date=28 February 2014|date=27 September 1999|author=Leydon, Joe|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308052153/http://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/simon-sez-1117752190/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam directed a Hong Kong production titled ''[[Victim (1999 film)|Victim]]''. The film featured a supernatural storyline and had its ending changed on its Hong Kong theatrical release.<ref name="variety-victim" /> Half of the release prints contained a scene stating whether or not the actor was possessed by a ghost.<ref name="variety-victim" /> The other half of the movie reflected the original script and did not reveal this.<ref name="variety-victim">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117915445/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Variety Reviews - Victim - Film Reviews - - Review by Derek Elley|author=Elley, Derek|access-date=6 October 2011|date=19 March 2000|archive-date=5 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305214212/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/victim-2-1200461042/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===21st century===
[[File:Jean-Claude Van Damme June 2, 2007, cropped.jpg|thumbnail|left|TwoThree of Lam's films directed in the 2000s starred actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.]]
Lam's second U.S.-based production, ''[[Replicant (film)|Replicant]]'', was released in 2001.<ref name="amg-replicant">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/replicant-v247211|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Replicant|author=Miller, Skyler|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=5 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305214202/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/replicant-vm1364208|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened theatrically in France on 11 July 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/replicant-1200469032/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Replicant|author=Nesselson, Lisa|date=23 July 2001|access-date=9 December 2017|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051646/https://variety.com/2001/film/reviews/replicant-1200469032/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released [[direct-to-video]] in the United States.<ref name="amg-replicant" /> Lam directed two more films in 2003: the Hong Kong production ''[[Looking for Mr.Mister Perfect]]'' and the American direct-to-video release ''[[In Hell]]'' starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.<ref name="Wheeler, Jeremy">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-hell-v292979/review|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=In Hell|author=Wheeler, Jeremy|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015085257/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/in-hell-v292979/review|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/looking-for-mr-perfect-v403663|work=Allmovie|publisher=Rovi Corporation|title=Looking for M. Perfect (2003)|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=20 April 2020|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412004717/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/looking-for-mr-perfect-v403663|url-status=live}}</ref>
Lam next took a break from filmmaking after finding dissatisfaction with the filming environment in Hong Kong after ''Finding Mr. Perfect'' did poorly in the box office.<ref name="fc-interview" /> Lam also stated that he wanted to spend more time with his family and "above all, to observe people and learn more about them. I wanted to seek resources, material, and subjects that were worth making into films."<ref name="fc-interview" />
 
In 2007, Lam co-directed a section of the [[portmanteau film]] ''[[Triangle (2007 film)|Triangle]]'' with [[Tsui Hark]] and [[Johnnie To]].<ref name="cannes">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/55656.html|work=[[Cannes Film Festival]]|title=Out of Competition: "Triangle" by Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark, and Johnnie To|date=17 May 2007|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=5 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305044633/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/theDailyArticle/55656.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated that his story in the film represented "a metaphor of my attitude towards filmmaking: It is always a love-hate process."<ref name="cannes" /> The film was screened out of competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="cannes" />
 
In 2014, the Hong Kong newspaper ''[[Apple Daily]]'' reported that Lam would return to directing with a film with funding from [[Mei Ah Entertainment]] with a cast to include [[Daniel Wu]] and [[Shawn Yue]].<ref name="fba-feb28">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/ringo-lam-to-direct-new-action-film|work=[[Film Business Asia]]|author=Ma, Kevin|title=Ringo Lam to direct new action film|date=28 February 2014|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223446/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/ringo-lam-to-direct-new-action-film|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> The film began production in June 2014.<ref name="fba-feb28" /> The film marked Lam's first feature-length film in over a decade<ref name="fba-feb28" /> Lam's new film was titled ''Wild City''.<ref name="fc-interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/kaiju-shakedown-ringo-lam|work=[[Film Comment]]|access-date=11 September 2014|last1=Hendrix|first1=Grady|last2=Fukazawa|first2=Hiroshi|title=Kaiju Shakedown: Ringo Lam|date=9 September 2014|archive-date=11 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911172917/http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/kaiju-shakedown-ringo-lam|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam stated that he returned to filming after his son had graduated from college and that he would "like to make films that allow me to express myself. It's a device for me to unburden myself, to get things off my chest, and also a mirror to learn more about myself through the film I made. I don't make films for money anymore."<ref name="fc-interview" /> Lam attended the [[New York Asian Film Festival]] in 2015 where he was a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/hong-kong-takes-spotlight-at-ny-asian-fest|magazine=Film Business Asia|title=Hong Kong takes spotlight at NY Asian Fest|access-date=21 May 2015|last=Ma|first=Kevin|date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202005/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/hong-kong-takes-spotlight-at-ny-asian-fest|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>
 
Lam's last film, ''[[Sky on Fire]]'', was released in 2016; it is the last installment in his "On Fire" series.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2018/12/ringo-lam-dead-city-on-fire-hong-kong-director-1202527198/|title= Ringo Lam Dies: Hong Kong Director Of 'City On Fire' Was 63|access-date= 30 December 2018|work= Deadline.com|publisher= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|language= en|date= 29 December 2018|archive-date= 30 December 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181230013623/https://deadline.com/2018/12/ringo-lam-dead-city-on-fire-hong-kong-director-1202527198/|url-status= live}}</ref>
 
On 29 December 2018, Lam was confirmed dead at his Hong Kong residence at age 63, after his wife found him unresponsive in his bed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E5%8B%95%E4%BD%9C%E7%89%87%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%E7%8C%9D%E9%80%9D-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD63%E6%AD%B2-154715355.html|title=著名動作片導演林嶺東猝逝 享壽63歲|access-date=29 December 2018|language=zh|date=29 December 2018|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|archive-date=29 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229220705/https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E8%91%97%E5%90%8D%E5%8B%95%E4%BD%9C%E7%89%87%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%E7%8C%9D%E9%80%9D-%E4%BA%AB%E5%A3%BD63%E6%AD%B2-154715355.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ringo-lam-dead-dies-city-on-fire-1203096650/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Hong Kong Director Ringo Lam Dies at 63|date=29 December 2018|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101182338/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/ringo-lam-dead-dies-city-on-fire-1203096650/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam had been working on a film "Eight and a Half" with [[Milkyway Image]] with [[Ann Hui]], [[John Woo]], [[Tsui Hark]], [[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], [[Johnnie To]], [[Sammo Hung]] and [[Yuen Woo-Ping]].<ref name="screen-daily">{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/news/johnnie-to-assembles-top-hong-kong-talent/5082782.article|work=[[Screen Daily]]|title=Johnnie To assembles top Hong Kong talent|access-date=9 February 2015|date=6 February 2015|last=Shackleton|first=Liz|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207152610/http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/berlin/news/johnnie-to-assembles-top-hong-kong-talent/5082782.article|url-status=live}}</ref> Each director was to create a segment based on Hong Kong history.<ref name="screen-daily" /><ref name=qin>{{citation |last=Qin |first=Amy |title=Ringo Lam, Director of Hong Kong Classic 'City on Fire,' Dies at 63 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 January 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/ringo-lam-dead.html |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190105203043/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/obituaries/ringo-lam-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Without Woo's segment, the film's title was changed to ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]'' and the film was originally set for a release at the 2020 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/cannes-announces-official-lineup-for-this-years-canceled-film-festival/603-cd7c1a10-dca6-44e1-b08b-e1896eec328a|title=Cannes Announces Official Lineup for This Year's Canceled Film Festival|work=WUSA9|first=John|last=Boone|date=3 June 2020|access-date=4 June 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604072904/https://www.wusa9.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-tonight/cannes-announces-official-lineup-for-this-years-canceled-film-festival/603-cd7c1a10-dca6-44e1-b08b-e1896eec328a|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened at the Busan International Film Festival on 21 October 2020.
 
The annual and highly anticipated Hong Kong International Film Festival was held for its 45th edition in April 2021. Lam is one of the six veteran Hong Kong filmmakers who contributed segments to the [[Johnnie To]]-produced anthology film ''[[Septet: The story of Hong Kong]]''. The other filmmakers who directed segments are [[Sammo Hung]], [[Ann Hui|Ann Hui On-wah]], [[Patrick Tam (film director)|Patrick Tam]], [[Tsui Hark]] and [[Yuen Woo-ping]]. The short files were shot entirely on 35mm film with each of them touches on a nostalgic and moving story set across different time periods, with every one acting as an ode to the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.igafencu.com/r/hong-kong-international-film-festival-2021/|title=Must-watch Chinese film premieres at the 2021 Hong Kong International Film Festival | publisher=igafencu.com | date=2 April 2021 | accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>
 
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! scope="row" | ''You Are Wonderful''▼
| 1976
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! scope="row" | ''[[Esprit d'amour]]''▼
| 1983
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Esprit d'amour]]''
| {{yes}}
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]''▼
| 1984
▲! scope="row" | ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]''
| {{yes}}
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! scope="row" | ''[[Cupid One]]''▼
| 1985
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Cupid One]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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! scope="row" | ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''▼
| 1986
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Aces Go Places IV]]''
| {{yes}}
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Thirty Million Rush]]''▼
| 1986
▲! scope="row" | ''[[The Thirty Million Rush]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]''▼
| 1987
▲! scope="row" | ''[[City on Fire (1987 film)|City on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="hkfa-cof"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire]]''▼
| 1987
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!29985@!1&ri=20&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211902/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!29985@!1&ri=20&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=20|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Prison on Fire|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Eighth Happiness]]''▼
| 1988
▲! scope="row" | ''[[The Eighth Happiness]]''
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Charles124" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[School on Fire]]''▼
| 1988
▲! scope="row" | ''[[School on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4455@!14&ri=26&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=26|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211832/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4455@!14&ri=26&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=26|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=學校風雲 School on fire|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Wild Search]]''▼
| 1989
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Wild Search]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Wild Search"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Undeclared War]]''▼
| 1990
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Undeclared War]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="uw-hkfa" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Rebel from China]]''▼
| 1990
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Rebel from China]]''
|
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!2505@!1&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211900/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!2505@!1&ri=83&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=83|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=勇闖天下 Rebel from China /|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Touch and Go (1991 film)|Touch and Go]]''▼
| 1991
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Touch and Go (1991 film)|Touch and Go]]''
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="tag-hkfa" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire II]]''▼
| 1991
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Prison on Fire II]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="pofII-hkfa" />
|-
 
! scope="row" | ''[[Twin Dragons]]''▼
| 1992
▲! scope="row" | ''[[Twin Dragons]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4746@!23&ri=43&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1%2C+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=43|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211928/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!4746@!23&ri=43&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=%E6%9E%97%E5%B6%BA%E6%9D%B1,+1955-&index=NAMEBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=43|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=雙龍會 Twin dragons /|access-date=3 March 2014|language=zh}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Full Contact]]''▼
| 1992
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Full Contact]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="fc-hkfa" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Burning Paradise]]''▼
| 1994
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Burning Paradise]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!56387@!0&ri=49&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Burning+paradise&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=49|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211755/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!56387@!0&ri=49&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Burning+paradise&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=49|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Burning Paradise|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Adventurers (1995 film)|The Adventurers]]''▼
| 1995
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[The Adventurers (1995 film)|The Adventurers]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The adventurers"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Maximum Risk]]''▼
| 1996
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Maximum Risk]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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|
|
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/maximum-risk-1200446844/|work=Variety|title=Maximum Risk|access-date=3 March 2014|date=16 September 1996|author=Klady, Leonard|archive-date=8 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308100816/http://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/maximum-risk-1200446844/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Full Alert (film)|Full Alert]]''▼
| 1997
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Full Alert (film)|Full Alert]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The suspect"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[The Suspect (1998 film)|The Suspect]]''▼
| 1998
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[The Suspect (1998 film)|The Suspect]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="The suspect"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Victim (1999 film)|Victim]]''▼
| 1999
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Victim (1999 film)|Victim]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!34293@!0&ri=62&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Victim&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=62|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211841/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!34293@!0&ri=62&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Victim&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=62|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Victim|access-date=28 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Simon Sez]]''▼
| 1999
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Simon Sez]]''
|
|
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="simonsez" />
|-
 
! scope="row" | ''[[Replicant (film)|Replicant]]''▼
| 2001
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Replicant (film)|Replicant]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="amg-replicant" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Looking for Mr. Perfect]]''▼
| 2003
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Looking for Mr.Mister Perfect]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=link=3100035@!197584@!3100024@!3100036&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=64&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&term=Looking+for+Mr.+Perfect&index=FILMBRP|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211852/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=link=3100035@!197584@!3100024@!3100036&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=64&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&term=Looking+for+Mr.+Perfect&index=FILMBRP|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Film Archive|title=Looking for Misterperfect|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[In Hell]]''▼
| 2003
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[In Hell]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="Wheeler, Jeremy"/>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Triangle (2007 film)|Triangle]]''▼
| 2007
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Triangle (2007 film)|Triangle]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!52791@!0&ri=67&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Triangle&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=67|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140303211806/http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1U93N25T21978.3296&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!52791@!0&ri=67&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Triangle&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=67|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2014|work=Hong Kong Movie Database|title=Triangle|access-date=3 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Tarantino: The Disciple of Hong Kong]]''▼
| 2011
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Tarantino: The Disciple of Hong Kong]]''
|
|
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2011/05/first-trailer-for-french-produced-documentary-tarantino-the-disciple-of-hong-kong.html|work=[[Twitch Film]]|title=Trailer For Upcoming Documentary Tarantino: The Disciple Of Hong Kong|access-date=4 March 2013|author=Brown, Todd|date=24 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315234859/http://twitchfilm.com/2011/05/first-trailer-for-french-produced-documentary-tarantino-the-disciple-of-hong-kong.html|archive-date=15 March 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Wild City]]''▼
| 2015
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Wild City]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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|
|
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="fc-interview" /><ref name="hw-reporter">{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wild-city-mai-sing-film-808531 | title= 'Wild City' ('Mai Sing'): Film Review |date= 2015-07-16 |access-date= 2015-07-29 |work= [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |last= Tsui |first= Clarence |archive-date= 19 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210419092426/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wild-city-mai-sing-film-808531 |url-status= live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Sky on Fire]]''▼
| 2016
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Sky on Fire]]''
| {{yes}}
|
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| style="text-align:center;" |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/7uoELNPCHn/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/7uoELNPCHn |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|work=[[Instagram]]|title=thatdanielwu|access-date=19 September 2015|author=Wu, Daniel|date=19 September 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]''▼
| 2020
▲ ! scope="row" | ''[[Septet: The Story of Hong Kong]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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[[Category:Hong Kong film producers]]
[[Category:Action film directors]]
[[Category:TVB actors]]
[[Category:Hong Kong screenwriters]]
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