Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 film director. His films are famous for exploring youth problems in Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also made several films about local or subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the Lee Rock series (starring Andy Lau

Andy Lau

Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...

) and Queen of Temple Street (1990).

He was born in Pretoria

Pretoria

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, South Africa

South Africa

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.

He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

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 twice.

Filmography as director

• Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2009)
• Besieged City
  Besieged City
  Besieged City is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.-External links:* *...
  
  (2008)
• City Without Baseball
  City Without Baseball
  City Without Baseball is a 2008 Hong Kong movie drama starring Ron Heung and other members of the Hong Kong National Baseball Team. It is directed by South African-born Hong Kong filmmaker Lawrence Ah Mon, about a city where baseball is almost unknown, and where the team plays to empty stadia...
  
  (2008)
• My Name is Fame
  My Name is Fame
  My Name Is Fame is a 2006 Hong Kong comedy-drama film starring Lau Ching-Wan as a has-been actor and newcomer Huo Siyan as an aspiring actress and his apprentice....
  
  (2006)
• Gimme Gimme (2001)
• Spacked Out
  Spacked Out
  Spacked Out is a 2000 Chinese social realist film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon and produced by Johnnie To...
  
  (2000)
• One and a Half
  One and a Half
  One and a Half is a Train EP that was released in very limited numbers in 1999. It was recorded and released between the Train and Drops of Jupiter albums....
  
  (1995)
• Even Mountains Meet (1993)
• Three Summers (1992)
• Arrest the Restless (1992)
• Gangs '92 (1992)
• Lee Rock III (1992)
• Dreams of Glory: A Boxer's Story (1991)
• Lee Rock II (1991)
• Lee Rock
  Lee Rock
  Lee Rock is a 1991 Hong Kong crime film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon, and starring Andy Lau as the title character. The film chronicles the rise and fall of a corrupt police force that Lee Rock becomes a part of.- Cast and roles :* Andy Lau - Lee Rock...
  
  (1991)
• Queen of Temple Street
  Queen of Temple Street
  Queen of Temple Street is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.-Cast and roles:* Sylvia Chang - Big Sis Wah* Carol Cheng * Ha Ping - Older Woman* Josephine Koo - Venus...
  
  (1990)
• Gangs (1988)

External links

• HK Cinemagic entry