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Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the Lee Rock series (starring Andy Lau) and Queen of Temple Street (1990). He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.

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rdfs:label	Lawrence Ah Mon (fr) Lawrence Ah Mon (en) 劉國昌 (zh)
rdfs:comment	Lawrence Ah Mon or Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong (劉國昌) (born 1949) is a Hong Kong film director. His films are notable for their lurid exploration of the problems of the poor in modern Hong Kong, such as Gangs (1986), Spacked Out (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) and City Without Baseball (2008). He has also made several films about colonial and postcolonial subaltern history in Hong Kong, such as the Lee Rock series (starring Andy Lau) and Queen of Temple Street (1990). He was born in Pretoria, South Africa. He has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice. (en) Lawrence Ah Mon, de son vrai nom Lau Kwok-cheong (劉國昌, né en 1949) est un réalisateur hongkongais connu pour ses films sur la pauvreté à Hong Kong comme Gangs (1986), (en) (2000), Gimme Gimme (2001) et City Without Baseball (2008). Il a également réalisé plusieurs films sur l’histoire criminelle coloniale et post-coloniale de Hong Kong comme Lee Rock et Lee Rock 2 (avec Andy Lau) et (en) (1990). (fr) 劉國昌（英語：Lawrence Lau，1949年－），生於南非比勒陀利亞，祖籍廣東順德，在英屬香港接受教育和生活，毕业于拔萃男書院和美国南加州大学电影系（碩士）。香港和兩岸的傑出電影導演，被称为香港写实主义的鼻祖。曾經導演多部經典的香港電影，包括《童黨》、《廟街皇后》、《五億探長雷洛傳》、《藍江傳之反飛組風雲》、《我要成名》、《哥哥的情人》、《拳王》、《愛上我吧》等等。無數香港和兩岸影壇中影帝影后級的大哥大姐，均曾演出其作品，如劉德華、张国荣，張艾嘉、劉青雲、邱淑貞、郭富城、任達華、梁朝偉、馮寶寶、葉玉卿，叶德娴，张丰毅，张孝全，周渝民等等。擅長拍攝充滿的電影，喜歡用創新手法闡述香港社會，并一针见血地命中问题。其作品有懷緬昔日香港問題的《五億探長雷洛傳》，有反映當下社会问题的《童党》、《廟街皇后》，《无人驾驶》，《机动部队之绝路》，《机动部队之伙伴》等等，更有大膽破格的同性戀電影《安非他命》、《無野之城》，甚至渗入政治色彩、讽刺香港和台湾政制问题的《圍城》、《弹道》等等。写实、针砭、深入、谨密、紧凑、却温和是劉國昌电影的一贯风格，因此劉國昌也被称为“温和写实派”的。 (zh)
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name	Lawrence Ah Mon (en) Lawrence Lau (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Pretoria Queen of Temple Street Besieged City Dealer/Healer Hong Kong Union of South Africa 1949 births Living people City Without Baseball Gangs '92 Gangs (film) Hong Kong Film Awards Andy Lau Lee Rock Lee Rock II Three Summers Tales from the Dark 2 South African emigrants to Hong Kong Hong Kong film directors South Africa Spacked Out Hong Kong people of Shun Tak descent My Name is Fame dbr:Dreams_of_Glory:_A_Boxer's_Story dbr:Arrest_the_Restless dbr:Even_Mountains_Meet dbr:Gimme_Gimme_(film) dbr:Lee_Rock_III dbr:One_and_a_Half_(film) dbr:Tactical_Unit_-_No_Way_Out
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp%3Fid=1
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