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Hong Kong film director (born 1949)

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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.

He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.

Filmography as director

Gangs (1988)
Queen of Temple Street (1990)
Lee Rock (1991)
Lee Rock II (1991)
Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story (1991)
Lee Rock III (1992)
Gangs '92 (1992)
Arrest the Restless (1992)
Three Summers (1992)
Even Mountains Meet (1993)
One and a Half (1995)
Spacked Out (2000)
Gimme Gimme (2001)
My Name Is Fame (2006)
City Without Baseball (2008)
Besieged City (2008)
Tactical Unit: No Way Out (2008)
Tactical Unit: Partners (2009)
Tales from the Dark 2 (2013)
Dealer/Healer (2017)

External links

v t e Films directed by Lawrence Ah Mon
Gangs (1988) Queen of Temple Street (1990) Lee Rock (1991) Lee Rock II (1991) Spacked Out (2000) My Name Is Fame (2006) City Without Baseball (2008) Besieged City (2008) Tales from the Dark 2 (2013) Dealer/Healer (2017)

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Films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) Intruder (1997) The Odd One Dies (1997) Final Justice (1996) Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1997) The Longest Nite (1998) Expect the Unexpected (1998) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) Running Out of Time (1999) The Mission (1999) Sealed with a Kiss (1999) Help!!! (2000) Needing You... (2000) Comeuppance (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Gimme Gimme (2001) Wu yen (2001) Let's Sing Along Second Time Around (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) PTU (2003) Looking for Mister Perfect (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Love for All Seasons (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) 2 Become 1 (2006) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) Hooked on You (2007) Mad Detective (2007) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) Accident (2009) Vengeance (2009) Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Punished (2011) Life Without Principle (2011) Drug War (2012) Blind Detective (2013) A Complicated Story (2014) Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 (2014) Office (2015) Trivisa (2016) Three (2016) Chasing Dream (2019) Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2020) Mad Fate (2023)
Filmmakers	Johnnie To Wai Ka-fai Law Wing-cheung Patrick Yau Matt Chow Soi Cheang Lawrence Ah Mon Ringo Lam Tsui Hark Jeffrey Lau
Screenwriters	Yau Nai-hoi Au Kin-yee Yip Tin-shing Szeto Kam-Yuen Ivy Ho
Crew	Dennis Law Cheng Siu-Keung Martin Chappell May Mok Patrick Tam Lai Yiu-fai
See also	Tactical Unit series

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