Lawrence Ah Mon

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Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director, born in South Africa. His films are famous for exploring youth problems in Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000) and Gimme Gimme (2001). Also, Lawrence Ah Mon has made several films about local or 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.

[edit] Filmography as director

• Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2009)
• Besieged City (2008)
• City Without Baseball (2008)
• My Name is Fame (2006)
• Gimme Gimme (2001)
• Spacked Out (2000)
• One and a Half (1995)
• Even Mountains Meet (1993)
• Three Summers (1992)
• Arrest the Restless (1992)
• Gangs '92 (1992)
• Lee Rock III (1992)
• Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story (1991)
• Lee Rock II (1991)
• Lee Rock (1991)
• Queen of Temple Street (1990)
• Gangs (1988)

[edit] External links

• Lawrence Ah Mon at the Internet Movie Database
• HK Cinemagic entry

v • d • e Milkyway Image 1990s films Beyond Hypothermia (1996) • Final Justice (1996) • Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1996) • The Odd One Dies (1997) • The Intruder (1997) • The Longest Nite (1998) • Expect the Unexpected (1998) • A Hero Never Dies (1998) • Sealed with a Kiss (1999) • Where a Good Man Goes (1998) • Running Out of Time (1999) • The Mission (1999) 2000s films Spacked Out (2000) • Needing You... (2000) • Help!!! (2000) • Comeuppance (2000) • Wu yen (2001) • Love on a Diet (2001) • Fulltime Killer (2001) • Let’s Sing Along (2001) • Running Out of Time 2 (2001) • Second Time Around (2001) • Fat Choi Spirit (2002) • My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) • Love For All Seasons (2003) • PTU (2003) • Looking for Mr. Perfect (2003) • Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) • Running on Karma (2003) • Breaking News (2004) • Throw Down (2004) • Yesterday Once More (2004) • Election (2005) • 2 Become 1 (2006) • Election 2 (2006) • Exiled (2006) • Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) • Hooked on You (2007) • Mad Detective (2007) • Linger (2008) • Sparrow (2008) • Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) • Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) • Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) • Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) • Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) • Accident (2009) • Vengeance (2009) Filmmakers Johnnie To • Wai Ka-Fai • Law Wing-Cheong • Patrick Yau • Matt Chow • Cheang Pou-Soi • Lawrence Ah Mon • Ringo Lam • Tsui Hark • Jeffrey Lau Screenwriters Yau Nai-Hoi • Au Kin-Yee • Yip Tin-Shing • Szeto Kam-Yuen • Ivy Ho Actors Andy Lau • Sammi Cheng • Lam Suet • Lau Ching-Wan • Kelly Lin • Simon Yam • Maggie Siu • Miriam Yeung • Maggie Siu • Louis Koo • Ekin Cheng • Lam Ka-Tung • Cherrie Ying • Wong Tin-Lam • Richie Ren • Anthony Wong Chau Sang • Roy Cheung • Tony Leung Ka-Fai • Cheung Siu-Fai • Cherrie Ying • Hui Shiu-Hung • Gigi Leung • Anita Mui • Cecilia Cheung Crew Dennis Law • Cheng Siu-Keung • Martin Chappell • May Mok • Patrick Tam • Lai Yiu-Fai • David M. Richardson