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FILM DIRECTOR

Ringo Lam

1955 - 2018

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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 subgenre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ringo Lam has received more than 276,131 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ringo Lam is the 899th most popular film director (up from 952nd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 42nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Film Director.

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  • 47.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ringo Lam ranks 899 out of 1,581. Before him are Goran Paskaljević, Antonio Pietrangeli, Ralph Nelson, Mark Zakharov, Cameron Crowe, and Fernando Trueba. After him are Laura Mulvey, Tadashi Imai, Oldřich Lipský, Rustam Ibragimbekov, Mark Donskoy, and Herbert Brenon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Ringo Lam ranks 220. Before him are Nicolas Hulot, Catherine Hardwicke, Bill Nye, Gilbert Gottfried, Sandra Bernhard, and Fernando Trueba. After him are Pier Ferdinando Casini, Kang Kyung-wha, Walter Veltroni, Saeb Erekat, James Eckhouse, and Efim Zelmanov. Among people deceased in 2018, Ringo Lam ranks 264. Before him are Oliver Ivanović, Marijan Beneš, Lawrence Roberts, Morgan Tsvangirai, Sergio Pitol, and Toshiko Fujita. After him are David Douglas Duncan, Verne Troyer, Robby Müller, Jean Bourgain, Jacques Higelin, and Vinnie Paul.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Ringo Lam ranks 41 out of 106. Before him are Simon Yam (1955), Nancy Kwan (1939), Adrienne Clarkson (1939), Anthony Wong (1961), Wayne Wang (1949), and Benny Chan (1961). After him are Aaron Kwok (1965), Rosamund Kwan (1962), Ronny Yu (1950), Louis Koo (1970), Szeto Wah (1931), and Karen Mok (1970).

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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), Wayne Wang (1949), and Benny Chan (1961). After him are Ronny Yu (1950), Stanley Tong (1960), and Peter Chan (1962).

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Filmography

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