Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
January 1, 1948 (78 years old)
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Also Known As
- Tan Chia-Ming
- Tam Ka-Ming
- Patrick Tam Kar Ming
- Tam Kar Ming
- Ka-Ming Tam
Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
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.
Known For
Directing
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Writer, Editor, Director
2022
That Demon Within
Editor
2014
After This Our Exile
Director, Writer, Art Direction, Editor
2006
Election
Editor
2005
Ashes of Time
Editor
1994
Days of Being Wild
Editor
1990
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
Director, Production Design
1989
Final Victory
Director, Art Direction
1987
Nomad
Director, Screenplay
1982
Love Massacre
Director, Original Music Composer
1981
The Sword
Director, Writer
1980