Lin Zhihua

Not to be confused with Lam Ka Wah, Edward Lam (Hong Kong), or Chan Chi Wah.

Lam Chi Wah is a Hong Kong television drama producer. In the 1980s, he began his career at Asia Television, where he worked until 1988 before joining TVB. He initially worked as an assistant director and later as a director. In 1999, he was promoted to producer and is now a producer and the manager of the drama production division at TVB.

Biography

Lam graduated from the Faculty of Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined Asia Television in 1982 and left in 1988 to join TVB, where he has served ever since. Starting as an assistant director, he was promoted to director by the mid-1990s. In 1999, Lam was promoted to producer due to a wave of poaching in TVB’s drama division. His first production as a producer was To Catch the Uncatchable. He is known for producing "low-budget, high-efficiency" dramas with diverse themes. His notable works are often targeted at housewives and include family dramas like Women on the Run, The Money-Maker Recipe, House of Harmony and Vengeance, power-struggle dramas like Pearls of the Orient, and detective dramas like To Get Unstuck in Time, Love Exchange, and the A Case of Misadventure series. He also produced crime dramas like the Tiger Cubs and Highs and Lows series and Al Cappuccino. Some critics argue that his works lack humanistic care.

In January 2015, he began concurrently serving as the manager of the drama production division. That same year, he produced the time-travel drama Over Run Over, which aired in March 2016 to positive reception. The series Legal Mavericks aired in 2017 and 2020, helping Vincent Wong win the Best Actor award at the TVB Anniversary Awards twice. His 2020 production Al Cappuccino also won both the "Best Drama" and "Most Popular TVB Drama in Malaysia" awards at the 2020 TVB Anniversary Awards.

Lam is known for casting young and promising actors and has frequently worked with artists such as Joe Ma, Joyce Tang, Vincent Wong, Raymond Lam, Kate Tsui, Roger Kwok, Nick Cheung, Angela Tong, Johnson Lee, Lam Ka Wah, Ram Chiang, Matthew Ho, Rebecca Zhu, Sisley Choi, Ali Lee, and Tracy Chu. He often collaborates with scriptwriters like Suen Ho Ho, Yip Tin Shing, Chan Kam Ling, Wong Wai Keung, Lau Choi Wan, and Ng Lap Kwong.

In April 2022, he was promoted to Senior Manager (Drama Division).

Television works

TVB

Assistant Director

• 1989: The Legend of Jin Wen Gong
• 1990: Burning Flame Years, A Brighter Tomorrow
• 1991: Dragon Knight
• 1992: He Comes from Heaven, Fire Rose, The Blood Jade Sword

Director

• 1993: No Place Like Home, Spirit Hotel
• 1994: Golden Lotus
• 1995: Young Master Forgotten Love
• 1996: Angel in Hell, New Bund
• 1997: Detective Investigation Files III, Old Time Buddy
• 1998: Secret of the Heart, Healing Hands
• 1999: Gentle Reflections, Detective Investigation Files IV, At the Threshold of an Era
• 2022: The Dawn of the Day

Producer

• 2001: To Catch the Uncatchable, Real Cop
• 2002: Love Bond, Zheng Banqiao
• 2003: Love is Beautiful, Hearts of Fencing
• 2004: To Get Unstuck in Time, The Last Breakthrough
• 2005: Into Thin Air
• 2006: Love Exchange, A Case of Misadventure, Love Guaranteed
• 2007: Women on the Run, The Ultimate Crime Fighter
• 2008: The Money-Maker Recipe, The Four
• 2010: Pearls of the Orient, A Case of Misadventure II, The Beauty of the Game, House of Harmony and Vengeance
• 2012: Queens of Diamonds and Hearts, Tiger Cubs, Highs and Lows
• 2013: Bounty Lady
• 2014: Tomorrow is Another Day, Tiger Cubs II
• 2015: Raising the Bar
• 2016: Over Run Over, Dead Wrong
• 2017: Legal Mavericks
• 2018: Fist Fight
• 2020: Al Cappuccino, Legal Mavericks II
• 2022: Stranger Anniversary, The Dawn of the Day, Return
• Upcoming: The Prosecutors, The Golden Forest

See also

• List of TVB personnel