Influential Hong Kong director Ringo Lam Ling-tung, best known for the 1987 film City on Fire, has been found dead at his Ma On Shan home. The action film expert was confirmed dead at the property. The picture earned him the title of best director at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1988. In 1987 he released another celebrated work, Prison on Fire, also starring Chow as well as Tony Leung Ka-fai. Veteran local filmmaker Joe Cheung Tung-cho, honorary permanent president of the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild, said he was shocked and saddened to learn of Lam’s death.

Source: thestar December 30, 2018 04:18 UTC