Patrick Tam Kar-ming (; born 25 March 1948) is a

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

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. He is known as the seminal figure of

Hong Kong New Wave The Hong Kong New Wave is a film movement in Chinese-language Hong Kong cinema that emerged in the late 1970s and lasted into the early 2000s. Origins of the movement The Hong Kong New Wave started in 1979 with the release of numerous notable fil ...

and the mentor of

Wong Kar-wai Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterised by nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, and vivid cinematography involving bold, saturated colours. A pivotal figure ...

Career

Tam directed the 1987 film '' Final Victory'', scripted by

. He edited Wong Kar-wai's ''

Days of Being Wild ''Days of Being Wild'' is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Le ...

'', contributing the cameo appearance of Tony Leung Chi-wai in the last scene, and ''

Ashes of Time ''Ashes of Time'' (Chinese: 東邪西毒) is a 1994 Hong Kong film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, and inspired by characters from Jin Yong's novel ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''. Background The film's story is a prequel to the novel ...

'', as well as

Johnnie To Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas. Intensely prolific, To has made films in a variety of genres, though in ...

's ''

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''. As part of Hong Kong's New Wave of film directors in the late 1970s and 1980s, Tam's work enjoys great acclaim. According to the Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam, writing in ''

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'' magazine, " am'sunpredictable digressions and swift changes of scene can evoke a dreamer's logic, but his sound and images are always sharp and particular." Tam is now an associate professor at the School of Creative Media,

City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...

Filmography

Films

* 1980 ''

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'' (director) * 1981 ''Love Massacre'' (director) * 1982 ''

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'' (director) * 1984 ''Cherie'' (director) * 1987 '' Final Victory'' (director) * 1988 ''Burning Snow'' (director) * 1989 '' My Heart Is That Eternal Rose'' (director) * 1990 ''

'' (editor) * 1994 ''

'' (editor) * 2002 ''Dare Ya!'' (editor) * 2005 ''

'' (editor) * 2006 ''

After This Our Exile ''After This Our Exile'' (父子, literally ''Father-Son'') is a 2006 Hong Kong drama film directed by Patrick Tam. A critical hit, the film won both the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film award ...

'' (director, film editing supervisor) * 2014 ''

That Demon Within ''That Demon Within'' (Mo Ging, traditional Chinese character: 魔警) is a 2014 Hong Kong action psychological thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Daniel Wu and Nick Cheung. It premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festi ...

'' (editor) * 2022 '' Septet: The Story of Hong Kong'' (director, segment "Tender in the Night", first released in 2020)

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Faculty Listing at the School of Creative Media
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Career

Filmography

Films

See also

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