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Portrait of Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Directing

Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Career

Active from 1975 to 2022, with a break from 1990 to 2005, busiest in 1976 with 10 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Sword
The Sword
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Patrick Tam Kar-Ming Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.6, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Showbiz
    0.4, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Hong Kong Cinema 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Hong Kong New Wave 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title ยท average score 66
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong
Septet: The Story of Hong Kong (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Editor

2010s

3 titles ยท average score 53
Speak Low
Speak Low (2017)

Thanks

That Demon Within
That Demon Within (2014)
GoodWatch score 53

Editor

Flowers with Aphasia
Flowers with Aphasia (2012)

Thanks

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 68
After This Our Exile
After This Our Exile (2006)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Editor

Election
Election (2005)
GoodWatch score 73

Editor

Dare Ya!
Dare Ya! (2002)

Editor

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 79
Ashes of Time
Ashes of Time (1994)
GoodWatch score 73

Editor

Days of Tomorrow
Days of Tomorrow (1993)

Editor

Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild (1990)
GoodWatch score 85

Editor

1980s

7 titles ยท average score 68
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

Director, Production Design

Burning Snow
Burning Snow (1988)

Art Direction, Director

Final Victory
Final Victory (1987)
GoodWatch score 67

Art Direction, Director

Cherie
Cherie (1984)

Director, Writer

Nomad
Nomad (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Screenplay

Love Massacre
Love Massacre (1981)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Original Music Composer

The Sword
The Sword (1980)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Director

1970s

11 titles
13: ่ŠฑๅŠซ
13: ่ŠฑๅŠซ (1977)

Director, Writer

CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night)
CID: Four Moments of Life (Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Night) (1976)

Director, Writer

CID: Two Teddy Girls
CID: Two Teddy Girls (1976)

Director

Seven Women: Meg Lam
Seven Women: Meg Lam (1976)

Director, Writer

Seven Women: Liza Wang
Seven Women: Liza Wang (1976)

Director, Writer

Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi
Seven Women: Ivy Ho, Yeung Si-Dai, Lee Yan-Yi (1976)

Writer, Director

Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung
Seven Women: Liu Wing-Sheung (1976)

Writer, Director

Seven Women: Louise Lee
Seven Women: Louise Lee (1976)

Director

Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung
Seven Women: Miu Kam-Fung (1976)

Writer, Art Direction

Social Worker: The Runaway Girl
Social Worker: The Runaway Girl (1976)

Director

Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu
Superstar Specials: Wong Chuen-yu (1975)

Director, Writer

1960s

1 title
Routine
Routine (1968)

Assistant Director