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Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Directing

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

ZH, CN, EN cinema · 30 credits

Born

1 January 1948 (age 78)

Birthplace

Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Also known as Tan Chia-Ming · Tam Ka-Ming · Patrick Tam Kar Ming · Tam Kar Ming · Ka-Ming Tam · Jiaming Tan

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming is a Hong Kong film director and editor. Part of Hong Kong's New Wave of film directors in the late 1970s and 1980s, Tam's works have enjoyed great acclaim. He is also known as the mentor of Wong Kar-Wai, and worked as an editor on Days of Being Wild (including Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's appearance in the last scene) and Ashes of Time. Tam has worked as an academic since 1995, and now serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Known for

Filmography

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong poster

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong

ZH · 20226.9

Writer, Editor, Director

Speak Low poster

Speak Low

CN · 20175.0

Thanks

That Demon Within poster

That Demon Within

CN · 20145.6

Editor

Flowers with Aphasia poster

Flowers with Aphasia

CN · 20126.0

Thanks

Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong poster

Landscape On the Other Side: Hong Kong Cinematographer Bill Wong

CN · 2010Not rated

as Self

After This Our Exile poster

After This Our Exile

CN · 20065.7

Director, Writer, Art Direction, Editor

Election poster

Election

CN · 20057.2

Editor

Dare Ya! poster

Dare Ya!

CN · 20025.0

Editor

Ashes of Time poster

Ashes of Time

CN · 19947.1

Editor

Days of Tomorrow poster

Days of Tomorrow

CN · 19938.0

Editor

Days of Being Wild poster

Days of Being Wild

CN · 19907.3

Editor

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose poster

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose

CN · 19897.3

Director, Production Design

Burning Snow poster

Burning Snow

CN · 19884.7

Director, Writer, Art Direction

Final Victory poster

Final Victory

CN · 19876.8

Director, Art Direction

Cherie poster

Cherie

CN · 19846.0

Director, Writer, Story

Nomad poster

Nomad

CN · 19826.9

Director, Screenplay

Love Massacre poster

Love Massacre

CN · 19815.9

Director, Original Music Composer

The Sword poster

The Sword

CN · 19807.1

Director, Writer

13: 花劫

1977

13: 花劫

CN · 1977Not rated

Director, Writer

Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung poster

Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung

CN · 1976Not rated

Writer, Director, Art Direction

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung poster

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung

CN · 1976Not rated

Director, Writer

Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi poster

Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi

CN · 1976Not rated

Director, Writer

Seven Women: Louise Lee poster

Seven Women: Louise Lee

CN · 1976Not rated

Director

Seven Women: Meg Lam poster

Seven Women: Meg Lam

CN · 1976Not rated

Writer, Director

Seven Women: Liza Wang poster

Seven Women: Liza Wang

CN · 1976Not rated

Director, Writer

CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) poster

CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night)

CN · 19768.0

Director, Writer

Social Worker: The Runaway Girl poster

Social Worker: The Runaway Girl

CN · 1976Not rated

Director

CID: Two Teddy Girls poster

CID: Two Teddy Girls

EN · 19767.0

Director

群星譜:王釧如

1975

Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu

CN · 1975Not rated

Director, Writer

Routine poster

Routine

CN · 19686.0

Assistant Director