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. His films are famous for exploring youth problems in Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also 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^{[citation needed]}.

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

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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)

2010s films	Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) • Punished (2011) • Life Without Principle (2011) •

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

Crew	Dennis Law • Cheng Siu-Keung • Martin Chappell • May Mok • Patrick Tam • Lai Yiu-Fai • David M. Richardson

See also	Tactical Unit series

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Name	Ah, Lawrence
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Short description	Film director
Date of birth	1949
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