Wong Tin-Lam or Wang Tianlin (1927â€"2010) 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.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 retired from the television
production scene, and in his later career could 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.
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.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 retired from the television
production scene, and in his later career could 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.
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