Wong Tin-lam
| Wong Tin-Lam | |||||
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| Chinese name | 王天林 | ||||
| Chinese name | 王天林 (traditional) | ||||
| Chinese name | 王天林 (simplified) | ||||
| Pinyin | wáng2 tiān1 lín2 (Mandarin) | ||||
| Jyutping | wong4 tin1 lam4 (Cantonese) | ||||
| Born |
11 September 1928 Shanghai | ||||
| Died |
16 November 2010 (aged 82) Hong Kong | ||||
| Other name(s) | Wang Tianlin | ||||
| Occupation | screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor | ||||
| Children | Wong Jing | ||||
| Ancestry | Shaoxing, Zhejiang | ||||
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Wong Tin-Lam was a Chinese screenwriter, producer, director, and actor, who has contributed to the Hong Kong cinema scene with a career spanning six decades. He has made films in Cantonese, Mandarin and Amoy dialect.[1]
Career
Wong began as a director in the mid-1950s, working for the Hsin Hwa Film Company. He later joined Cathay Organisation.
When Cathay Studios was shut down in the early 1970s, Wong continued to establish himself as a filmmaker, making TV drama serials by combining film production techniques with the flexibility of television production, and became a trendsetter in melodrama and wuxia serials.[1]
Wong has retired from the television production scene, and nowadays can be seen in appearances and supporting roles in films directed by Johnnie To, Wai Ka-Fai and his son, Wong Jing, who has followed in his footsteps.