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 |