Chinese name 劉國昌 (traditional) Name Lawrence Mon Chinese name 刘国昌 (simplified) Role Film director | Origin Hong Kong Ancestry Shunde District Occupation Director | |
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Pinyin Jyutping lau4 gwok3 coeng1 (Cantonese) Born Union of South Africa Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film Editing Movies Lee Rock, City Without Baseball, Besieged City, My Name Is Fame, Lee Rock II Similar People Teddy Robin, Gordon Chan, Fruit Chan, Ron Heung, Scud | ||
Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the Lee Rock series (starring Andy Lau) and Queen of Temple Street (1990).
He was born in Pretoria, South Africa.
He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.
Filmography as director
References
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