Personal Info
Born: 1948-01-01
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Known 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
Patrick Tam
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.
