Chinese name 王天林 Name Wong Tin-lam Chinese name 王天林 (traditional) Role Screenwriter | Chinese name 王天林 (simplified) Children Wong Jing Ancestry Shaoxing, Zhejiang Grandchildren Ada Wong | |
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Pinyin Spouse Liang Shuwen (m. 1954–2003) Movies Election, Election 2, The Wild - Wild Rose, Love on a Diet, The Mission Similar People Wong Jing, Johnnie To, Yau Nai‑hoi, Grace Chang, Wai Ka‑fai | ||
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.
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.
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.
