Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

:"Not to be confused with actor Patrick Tam Yiu-Man"

Patrick Tam Kar Ming (zh-cp|c=譚家明|p=Tán Jiāmíng; born March 25, 1948) is a Hong Kong film director. He directed the 1987 movie "Final Victory", scripted by Wong Kar-wai.

He is also one of the best film editors in Hong Kong. He edited Wong Kar-wai's "Days of Being Wild", contributing the very famous cameo appearance of Tony Leung in the last scene of movie, and "Ashes of Time", as well as Johnnie To's "Election".

He is widely regarded as the teacher of Wong Kar-wai by critics.Fact|date=February 2007

Tam is now associate professor of School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

Filmography

# "The Sword" (1980)
# "Love Massacre" (1981)
# "Nomad" (1982)
# "Cherie" (1984)
# "Final Victory" (1987)
# "My Heart Is That Eternal Rose" (1989)
# "After This Our Exile" (2006)

ee also

* Cinema of Hong Kong
* Cinema of mainland China

External links

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* [http://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm/people/PatrickTam.htm Faculty Listing at the School of Creative Media]

succession box
title = Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
years = 2007
for "After This Our Exile"
before= Johnnie To
for "Election"
after = TBAsuccession box
title = Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay
years = 2007
for "After This Our Exile"
before= Yau Nai-Hoi, Yip Tin-Shing
for "Election"
after = TBA