Patrick Tam
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-01-01 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
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
Jiaming Tan
Patrick Tam
譚家明
담가명
Patrick Tam Kar-ming
Patrick Tam Ka-ming
谭家明
Patrick Tam
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.
Acting
Production
2006
as Director
1994
as Editor
1984
as Director
1984
as Writer
1984
as Story
1987
as Director
1980
as Director
1980
as Writer
1989
as Director
1982
as Director
1981
as Director
1988
as Director
1988
as Writer
1988
as Art Direction
2006
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1976
as Director
1976
1976
1976
as Director
1976
as Art Direction
1976
as Writer
1976
as Director
1976
as Writer
1976
as Director
1976
as Director
1975
as Director
1975
as Writer
1976
as Writer
1976
1976
2014
as Editor
1993
as Editor
1981
as Original Music Composer
2022
as Writer
2022
as Editor
1987
as Art Direction
2022
as Director
2005
as Editor
1990
as Editor
1982
as Screenplay
1989
as Production Design
1977
as Director
1977
as Writer
2006
as Art Direction
2006
as Editor
1976
as Director
1976
as Director
2002
as Editor
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