Editing Ringo Lam (section)

==Early life and background==
[[File:Chow Yun Fat for wiki.jpg|thumbnail|right|Chow Yun Fat met Ringo Lam at the actors training program. Chow has starred in many of Lam's films.]]
Ringo Lam was born in [[British Hong Kong]] in 8 December 1955.<ref name=qin/><ref name="allmovie-bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|work=[[Allmovie]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|title=Ringo Lam|author=Buchanan, Jason|access-date=28 February 2014|archive-date=20 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120034458/http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ringo-lam-p98521|url-status=live}}</ref> Lam started his career by enrolling in the [[TVB]] Actors Training Program in 1973.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> At the program, he met [[Chow Yun Fat]] with whom he would later collaborate on several films.<ref name="allmovie-bio" /> He graduated from the training program in 1974 alongside Chow.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lau |first=Henry |date=2021-12-14 |title=Hong Kong's 'star factory': without TVB's artist training course, would Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Stephen Chow and other Canto-pop and film idols have launched their showbiz careers? |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821213408/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3159526/hong-kongs-star-factory-without-tvbs-artist-training |url-status=live }}</ref> After taking a few acting roles, Lam went to [[Canada]] and studied film at [[York University]] in [[Toronto]]. Lam returned to Hong Kong in 1981.<ref name="allmovie-bio" />