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Other names :	刘国昌劉國昌 Larry Lau Lawrence Lau Lawrence Lau Kwok Cheong Liu Guochang Lawrence Liu Kwok Chang

Birthdate :	1/1/1949
Nationality :	Hong Kong
Workplace :	Hong Kong
Activities :	Director (19), Assistant Director (1), Producer (2), Editor (1), Actor (12), Sound engineer (1)

	Biography
Lawrence Ah Mon, was born in South Africa in 1949 and studied film production in California, USA. He first started as an assistant director for Tsui Hark and from then he became an art house director in HK. He's always been more motivated in rooting his characters into the social context of an era (in the 60's for Arrest The Restless, in the end of the 80's for Gangs and after the handover in Spacked Out) than in staging huge action sequences. His first movie to be acclaimed was Gangs, which was dealing with the problem of youth inside the HK triad society. From then, he directed several movies which showed his particular interest in the young generation confronted to social problems in modern HK. His last two films, Spacked Out and Gimme Gimme, both produced by Johnnie To, tell the stories of very young school boys and girls who have to deal daily with important issues such as drugs, sex, love, abortion and growing in HK.
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Filmography

[ 2010 - 2000 - 1990 - 1980 - 1970 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Tales From The Dark	2013	Director, Editor
	Simple Life, A	2011	Actor
	Amphetamine	2010	Producer
	Echoes Of The Rainbow	2009	Actor
	Sniper	2009	Actor
	Tactical Unit: Partners	2009	Director
	Ballistic	2008	Director
	City Without Baseball	2008	Director
	Tactical Unit: No Way Out	2008	Director
	Besieged City	2007	Director
	My Name Is Fame	2006	Director
	Ghost Office	2002	Sound engineer
	Gimme Gimme	2001	Director
	Double Tap	2000	Actor
	Spacked Out	2000	Director
	Mistress, The	1999	Producer
	Ordinary Heroes	1999	Actor
	Ah Kam	1996	Actor
	Black Mask	1996	Actor
	Somebody Up There Likes Me	1996	Actor
	One And A Half	1995	Director
	Even Mountains Meet	1993	Director
	Three Summers	1993	Director
	92 Legendary La Rose Noire	1992	Actor
	Arrest The Restless	1992	Director
	Zhou Enlai	1992	Actor
	Dreams Of Glory, A Boxer's Story	1991	Director
	Lee Rock	1991	Director
	Lee Rock 2 : Father And Son	1991	Director
	Queen Of Temple Street	1990	Director
	Eight Taels Of Gold	1989	Actor
	Life Goes On	1989	Actor
	Gangs	1988	Director
	Islander	1981	Director
	Butterfly Murders	1979	Assistant Director