Lin Delu

Lam Tak-luk is a Hong Kong film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He specializes in crime thrillers and films about sex workers. He was the founding president of the Artistes Training Alumni Association (藝進同學會).

Background

Early life

Lam was born in Macau and was the seventh of ten siblings. He lived near Kiang Wu Hospital during his childhood and moved to Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island at age 11. He attended primary school at Macau Baptist School and transferred to a private school in Hong Kong from Primary 3 onwards. Lam had a lonely upbringing due to his father's frequent absence on business and a distant relationship with his mother. He spent much time wandering around Luis de Camões Park.

At age 14, Lam learned martial arts at the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups at Ming Wah Dai Ha, then joined a youth drama group. Encouraged by troupe leader Tse Yuet-mei, he enrolled in the first TVB Artist Training Class in 1971. At the time, he worked as a sales clerk for an electronics firm but quit to focus on training. He studied in the library during the day and attended class at night.

Lam once sparred with actor Alexander Fu Sheng during training. Although offered an acting contract upon graduation, his real interest was in behind-the-scenes work. With assistance from Chung King-fai, he began working backstage at TVB.He plans to produce films on social issues unrelated to the “Independent Commission Against Corruption” (ICAC), such as those reflecting social injustice and caring for the underprivileged. He has stated that he hopes to use cinema to raise public awareness about integrity, justice, and social responsibility. In addition, he intends to pursue educational work, sharing his years of practical experience in film, advertising, and public institutions with the younger generation as a way of giving back to society.

Filmography

Films

• Goodbye Mammy (1986) – Director, Screenwriter
• Women's Prison (1988) – Director, Screenwriter
• Call Girl '88 (1988) – Director, Screenwriter
• Hong Kong Gigolo (1990) – Director, Producer
• The Four Detectives (1991) – Director, Screenwriter
• First Shot (1993) – Director
• Option Zero (1998) – Director
• Z Storm (2014) – Director
• S Storm (2016) – Director
• L Storm (2018) – Director
• P Storm (2019) – Director
• G Storm (2021) – Director

Television Dramas

• Wu Shan Meng (TVB)
• ICAC Investigators (1981, ICAC)
• ICAC Investigators II (1985, ICAC)
• Romantic Affairs of the Celebrities (1977, Commercial Television)
• Life in the Village (1979, RTHK)
• Below the Lion Rock – "The Suspect", "Escape", "Stigma", "Big Brother" (RTHK)