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Lawrence Ah Mon
Born
Union of South Africa
Occupation
Director
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
劉國昌
Simplified Chinese
刘国昌
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Liú guó chāng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
lau4 gwok3 coeng1
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1988), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the Lee Rock series (starring Andy Lau) and Queen of Temple Street (1990).
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.[citation needed]
He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.
LawrenceAhMon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems...
a 2013 Hong Kong portmanteau horror film directed by Gordon Chan, LawrenceAhMon and Teddy Robin. A sequel to Tales from the Dark 1, the film is also...
(Chinese: 無人駕駛) is a 2000 Hong Kong social realist film directed by LawrenceAhMon and produced by Johnnie To. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong...
Baseball Team. It is directed by South African-born Hong Kong filmmaker LawrenceAhMon, about a city where baseball is almost unknown, and where the team...
Besieged City (Chinese: 圍城) is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by LawrenceAhMon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong. Elizabeth Kerr wrote in The...
Lee Rock II is a 1991 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by LawrenceAhMon and starring Andy Lau, Sharla Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Chingmy Yau. The film...
camera. The film is directed by the Chinese South African film director LawrenceAhMon. In the same year, Filipino actor Marco Morales appeared in full-frontal...
Sun (dir. Jiang Wen) Summer Snow (dir. Ann Hui) One and a Half (dir. LawrenceAhMon) Burnt by the Sun (dir. Nikita Mikhalkov) Ken Loach - - HKIFF20 25...
Pinyin Wǒ Yào Chéng Míng Jyutping Ngo2 Jiu3 Sing4 Ming4 Directed by LawrenceAhMon Written by James Yuen Jessica Fong Law Yiu-fai Produced by Henry Fong...
(夢醒時分) is a 1992 Hong Kong film written and directed by Sylvia Chang. LawrenceAhMon - Immigration Officer Kenny Bee - Wong Kwok-wai Cynthia Cheung - Elizabeth...
Leung Ka-fai, Susan Shaw Hong Kong Tales from the Dark 2 Gordon Chan, Lawrence "AhMon" Lau, Teddy Robin Fala Chen, Chan Fat-kuk, Teddy Robin Hong Kong Texas...
Overseas (Outremer) by Brigitte Roüan (France) Queen of Temple Street by LawrenceAhMon (Hong Kong) The Reflecting Skin by Philip Ridley (United Kingdom) Time...
starring Simon Yam Queen of Temple Street (廟街皇后) (1990), directed by LawrenceAhMon Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (現代應召女郎, 92應召女郎) (1992), starring Vivian...
company also works with other established Hong Kong directors such as Lawrence Lau and nurtures young directing talent, for example To's longtime assistant...
director of TELA Written by Chan Man-keung, Chow Fai. Directed by LawrenceAhMon. Ti Lung as Cheung Tin-yam (張天任) Ben Lam as Officer Wong (汪Sir) Leung...
To, Patrick Tam, Wong Jing, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Peter Chan, LawrenceAhMon, Gordon Liu, Ti Lung, Stanley Kwan and Chen Kuan Tai. In contrast to...
Directed by Chan Kin-long Written by Ryan Ling Chan Kin-long Produced by LawrenceAhMon Starring Gordon Lam Bipin Karma Cinematography Rick Lau Edited by William...