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Ringo Lam was born on 8 December, 1955 in British Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong filmmaker (1955-2018). Discover Ringo Lam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?
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Film director
screenwriter
film producer |
| Age |
63 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
8 December 1955 |
| Birthday |
8 December |
| Birthplace |
British Hong Kong |
| Date of death |
29 December, 2018 |
| Died Place |
Hong Kong |
| Nationality |
Hong Kong
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Ringo Lam Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Ringo Lam Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ringo Lam worth at the age of 63 years old? Ringo Lam’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. He is from Hong Kong. We have estimated Ringo Lam's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Film director |
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Timeline
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (, 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 subgenre.
Ringo Lam was born in British Hong Kong in 8 December 1955.
Lam started his career by enrolling in the TVB Actors Training Program in 1973.
At the program, he met Chow Yun Fat with whom he would later collaborate on several films.
He graduated from the training program in 1974 alongside Chow.
After taking a few acting roles, Lam went to Canada and studied film at York University in Toronto.
Lam's final film of the 1980s was Wild Search released in 1989.
It grossed a total of HK$15,944,333 in Hong Kong.
Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981.
Lam's first four films were not written by him.
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.
Lam explained that he had "no choice, I need food, so I do the best I can ..."
Lam received sole directing credit for the film.
The film was released on 15 December 1983 in Hong Kong.
Lam's next feature film was The Other Side of Gentleman, which was released 28 June 1984 in Hong Kong.
Lam followed this with the romantic comedy film Cupid One released 1985.
The film grossed HK$6,382,935, which was less than his previous two films which both grossed over ten million Hong Kong dollars.
Lam's next film was the fourth film in the Aces Go Places film series, Aces Go Places IV.
Lam stated in interviews that he directed the film as a favor to Karl Maka, who helped give Lam his start.
The film was very successful at the box office grossing HK$27,012,748 in Hong Kong.
After Aces Go Places IV, Karl Maka allowed Lam to make whatever type of film he wanted.
Lam's other notable films include Aces Go Places IV (1986), Prison on Fire (1987), Undeclared War (1990), Twin Dragons (1992, co-directed with Tsui Hark), and Full Contact (1992).
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.
He was nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Director for his 1987 film City on Fire, which he followed with other similar films that shared a dark view of Hong Kong society, collectively known as the "On Fire" cycle.
Lam's had two films released in 1987.
one of which was the first of his On Fire films, City on Fire.
The film was released on 13 February 1987 and earned $19,723,505 in Hong Kong.
Lam won the award for Best Director award at the 1987 Hong Kong Film Awards for City on Fire.
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.
In 1988, along with Karl Maka, Lam had a brief acting role in the film The Eighth Happiness.
Lam then continued his On Fire series with School on Fire which was released in Hong Kong on 20 August 1988.
School on Fire was edited with many scenes censored on its release in both Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Lam's first film of the 1990s was Undeclared War released in 1990.
He also directed several films in the United States, beginning with 1996's Maximum Risk, with Jean-Claude Van Damme,with and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
He would continue working on film productions in both Hong Kong and two more American productions with 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.
