Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Birthday: 1/1/1948
Place of birth: Hong Kong
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Tan Chia-Ming, Tam Ka-Ming, Patrick Tam Kar Ming, Tam Kar Ming, Ka-Ming Tam, Jiaming Tan, Patrick Tam, 譚家明, 담가명, Patrick Tam Kar-ming, Patrick Tam Ka-ming, 谭家明

Biography

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming is a Hong Kong film director and editor. Part of Hong Kong's New Wave of film directors in the late 1970s and 1980s, Tam's works have enjoyed great acclaim. He is also known as the mentor of Wong Kar-Wai, and worked as an editor on Days of Being Wild (including Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's appearance in the last scene) and Ashes of Time. Tam has worked as an academic since 1995, and now serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.