Wong Tin-lam

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wong (王).

Wong Tin-Lam
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	(1928-09-11)11 September 1928 Shanghai
Died	Hong Kong
Other name(s)	Wang Tianlin
Occupation	screenwriter, film director, film producer, actor
Children	Wong Jing
Ancestry	Shaoxing, Zhejiang
Awards Golden Bauhinia Awards Life Achievement Award 2002 Lifetime Achievement

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.

External links

• Wong Tin-lam at the Internet Movie Database