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Lawrence Ah Mon

Hong Kong film director (born 1949)

Born
1949, Pretoria
Citizenship
People's Republic of China
Occupation
film director
Films here
2

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 exploration of people on the fringes of society, such as Gangs (1988), 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 has been nominated for Best Director in the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.

Filmography (martial arts films)

YearFilmCredit
1996Somebody Up There Likes MeCast
1996Black MaskCast

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Facts from Wikidata Q6503795 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.