Andrew Lau

Not to be confused with singer and actor Andy Lau.

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung (simplified Chinese: 刘伟强; traditional Chinese: 劉偉強; pinyin: Liú Wěiqiáng; born April 4, 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, cinematographer, presenter and actor.

He most famously worked with Ringo Lam on City on Fire (1987) and Wong Kar-wai on Chungking Express (1994) as cinematographer and has directed Wong Jing-produced sex exploitation movie Naked Killer 2 (1993) and the immensely popular triad themed Young and Dangerous (1996), including its five sequels and one prequel. Subsequently, Lau collaborated with Young and Dangerous star Ekin Cheng on the comic-based The Storm Riders (1998), which was the highest grossing Hong Kong movie at the time and famed for its use of special effects. Lau went on to make several less successful titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s such as The Park (2003). In 2002, he established Basic Pictures. The first three films from the company was the hit Infernal Affairs trilogy. He reteamed with Alan Mak to co-direct Initial D (2005), singer Jay Chou's acting debut and the 2006 film Confession of Pain. His next effort is the 2007 film The Flock, which marks his first English language film.

Filmography

Director

• Against All (1990)
• Ultimate Vampire (1991)
• Rhythm of Destiny (1992)
• Raped by an Angel (1993)
• All New Human Skin Lanterns (1993)
• Modern Romance (1994)
• To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994)
• Lover of the Last Empress (1995)
• The Mean Street Story (1995)
• Young and Dangerous, Part I (1996)
• Best of the Best (1996)
• Young and Dangerous 2 (1996)
• Young & Dangerous III (1996)
• Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)
• The Storm Riders (1998)
• Young and Dangerous V (1998)
• Young & Dangerous: The Prequel (1998)
• The Legend of Speed (1999)
• A Man Called Hero (1999)
• Born to Be King (2000)
• Sausalito (2000)
• The Duel (2000)
• Dance of a Dream (2001)
• God of Fist Style aka. Legend of Tekken (2001)
• Bullets of Love (2001)
• Infernal Affairs (2002) - co-directed with Alan Mak
• Women from Mars (2002)
• The Wesley's Mysterious File (2002)
• Infernal Affairs III (2003) - co-directed with Alan Mak
• Suicide Note On Dot Social (2003)
• Infernal Affairs II (2003) - co-directed with Alan Mak
• The Park (2003)
• Initial D (2005) - co-directed with Alan Mak
• Confession of Pain (2006) - co-directed with Alan Mak
• Daisy (2006)
• The Flock (2007)
• Look for a Star (2008)

Actor

• Little Cop (1989)
• Curry and Pepper (1990)
• Inspiration Nightmare (1992)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• Growing Up (1996)
• Young and Dangerous 4 (1997)

External links

• Andrew Lau at IMDb