
Patrick Tam
Biography
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.
Directing (20 movies)

After This Our Exile
2006

Cherie
1984

Final Victory
1987

The Sword
1980

My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
1989

Nomad
1982

Love Massacre
1981

Burning Snow
1988

Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung
1976

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
1976

Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi
1976

Seven Women: Louise Lee
1976

Seven Women: Meg Lam
1976
Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu
1975

Seven Women: Liza Wang
1976

CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night)
1976

Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
2022
13: 花劫
1977

Social Worker: The Runaway Girl
1976
CID:兩飛女
1976
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu | 1975 | Writer |
| CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) | 1976 | Writer |
| Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung | 1976 | Writer |
| Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung | 1976 | Writer |
| Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi | 1976 | Writer |
| Seven Women: Meg Lam | 1976 | Writer |
| Seven Women: Liza Wang | 1976 | Writer |
| 13: 花劫 | 1977 | Writer |
| The Sword | 1980 | Writer |
| Love Massacre | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Nomad | 1982 | Screenplay |
| Cherie | 1984 | Writer |
| Burning Snow | 1988 | Writer |
| After This Our Exile | 2006 | Writer |
| Septet: The Story of Hong Kong | 2022 | Writer |
