Director

Lam Wah-Chuen

Camera

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Directed movies: 23Directed series: 0All crew credits: 28

TMDB ID: 592152

IMDb ID: nm0482706

Known for: Camera

Born: July 10, 1960

Age: 65

Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1984 - 2019

Years active: 36

Average TMDB rating: 6.17

Wikidata: Q117860268

Also known as

Wah-Chuen Lam • Lam Yah-Chuen • Lam Kah-Chue • Lam Wah-Cheun • Lam Wah-Tsuen • Lam Wah-Chun • 林華全

Frequent jobs

Director of Photography (15)Director (7)Assistant Director (1)Original Music Composer (3)Editor (1)Music (1)

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Biography

Lam Wah-Chuen (林華全) is a Hong Kong director, cinematographer, and music composer. He began his career in the film industry as a photographer for Shaw Brothers. He held different positions including: recorder, assistant director, stunt director and MTV director and cinematographer. After meeting director Fruit Chan (陳果) in 1996, he recommended himself to be the cinematographer and score composer for his first independent film, Made in Hong Kong (香港製造). In 2001, he directed the film The Runaway Pistol (走火槍), and was shortlisted for Best Film, Director and Screenplay at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. In 2009, he directed China's first digital 3D stereoscopic film, China Idol Boys (乐火男孩) .

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