Patrick Tam (film director)
Patrick Tam Kar Ming (Chinese: 譚家明; pinyin: Tán Jiāmíng; born March 25, 1948) is a Hong Kong film director and film editor. He is known as the mentor of Wong Kar-wai.[1][2]
Career
Tam directed the 1987 film Final Victory, scripted by Wong Kar-wai. He edited Wong Kar-wai's Days of Being Wild, contributing the cameo appearance of Tony Leung Chiu-Wai in the last scene, and Ashes of Time, as well as Johnnie To's Election.
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 Hong Kong film critic Perry Lam, writing in Muse magazine, '[Tam's] unpredictable digressions and swift changes of scene can evoke a dreamer's logic, but his sound and images are always sharp and particular.'[3]
Tam is now associate professor of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
Filmography
Films
- 1980 The Sword
- 1981 Love Massacre
- 1982 Nomad
- 1984 Cherie
- 1987 Final Victory
- 1988 The Burning Snow
- 1989 My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
- 2006 After This Our Exile
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://psof-lasalle.com/2012/07/wong-kar-wai-an-exploration-of-a-directors-obsession-with-lost-time-and-love-by-shane-mok/
- Lam, Perry (September 2008). "Eye-openers". Muse Magazine (20): 116.
External links
- Patrick Tam at IMDb
- Patrick Tam at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Faculty Listing at the School of Creative Media
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Johnnie To for Election |
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director 2007 for After This Our Exile |
Succeeded by Awards suspended |
Preceded by Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing for Election |
Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay 2007 for After This Our Exile |
Succeeded by Awards suspended |