FILM DIRECTOR

Ringo Lam

1955 - 2018

Photo of Ringo Lam

Icon of person Ringo Lam

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 subgenre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ringo Lam has received more than 291,504 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ringo Lam is the 936th most popular film director (down from 896th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Hong Kong and the 6th most popular Chinese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ringo Lam ranks 936 out of 2,041. Before him are Ralph Nelson, Anne Fontaine, Benjamin Glazer, Luis Llosa, Yuri Ozerov, and Yoshishige Yoshida. After him are Gérard Corbiau, Paul Morrissey, Steve Barron, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Hamo Beknazarian, and Carlo Di Palma.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Ringo Lam ranks 260. Before him are Buck Adams, Kevin Conroy, Jean-Luc Ettori, Andrew Divoff, Tommy Emmanuel, and Charles Shaughnessy. After him are Gale Anne Hurd, Mick Jones, Mark Boone Junior, Andriy Taran, Roberto Pruzzo, and Darius Khondji. Among people deceased in 2018, Ringo Lam ranks 276. Before him are Rosenda Monteros, Lawrence Roberts, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Lucian Pintilie, Anne Treisman, and David Douglas Duncan. After him are Sergio Pitol, Yurik Vardanyan, Hans Günter Winkler, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Tomasz Stańko, and Idrissa Ouédraogo.

Others Born in 1955

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2018

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Ringo Lam ranks 41 out of 115. Before him are Corey Yuen (1951), George Lam (1947), Anthony Wong (1961), Ronny Yu (1950), Wayne Wang (1949), and Adrienne Clarkson (1939). After him are Rosamund Kwan (1962), Karen Mok (1970), Nancy Kwan (1939), Deanie Ip (1947), Martin Lee (1938), and Carol Cheng (1957).

Others born in Hong Kong

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hong Kong

Among film directors born in Hong Kong, Ringo Lam ranks 6. Before him are James Wong (1959), Johnnie To (1955), Corey Yuen (1951), Ronny Yu (1950), and Wayne Wang (1949). After him are Benny Chan (1961), Stanley Tong (1960), and Peter Chan (1962).

Chinese born Film Directors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Filmography

In Hell
Director
A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.
Nov 24o 20036.5 / 10
Maximum Risk
Director
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.
Sep 13o 19965.7 / 10
Replicant
Director
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
May 11o 20015.8 / 10