Andrew Lau

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung (born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, cinematographer and producer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the United States. A highly prolific filmmaker, Lau has made films in a variety of genres, and is most notable in the West for his action and crime films which include the Young and Dangerous film series, the Infernal Affairs trilogy (the latter co-directed together with Alan Mak), and Revenge of the Green Dragons (executive produced by Martin Scorsese).

Early life

Andrew Lau was born 4 April 1960, and is one of six siblings. As a child, he was raised in the New Territories of Hong Kong. His father worked as a construction worker on Hong Kong Island. Since his parents did not have time to concentrate on all of their children, Lau had developed an interest in photography. Lau was also a Catholic, and would go to church every week, learning how to play a guitar. As a child and high school student, Lau admits to not liking Hong Kong, since it was a British colony.

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Ma promises to deliver in train crash probe

Hong Kong Standard 21 Mar 2019

Ma and MTR operations director Adi Lau Tin-shing observed the train services yesterday ... Lau thanked engineering colleagues for "sacrificing their sleep" to finish the maintenance ... The chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Railway Trade Unions, Lam Wai-keung, said almost all repair staff were deployed to the accident....

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Kung Fu Monster film review: Louis Koo on autopilot in unfunny blend of creature feature ...

South China Morning Post 03 Jan 2019

2/5 stars Following such disappointing directing efforts as Revenge of the Green Dragons (2014), From Vegas to Macau III (2016) and The Founding of an Army (2017), Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung’s prolonged search for another critically acclaimed hit continues ......

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Hong Kong star hoping for a monster hit with return to kung fu genre

China Daily 21 Dec 2018

With Hong Kong director, Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, best known for the Infernal Affairs films, at the helm, Kung Fu Monster landed in ......

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Golden Job film review: Young and Dangerous reunion a globe-trotting action thriller

South China Morning Post 20 Sep 2018

3/5 stars Fans of 1990s triad film series Young and Dangerous will feel a massive surge of nostalgia during Golden Job, which reunites its lead actors, features a non-speaking cameo by series director Andrew Lau Wai-keung, and even plays the original’s theme song during key ......

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Buffalo Film Seminars to feature works by Kurosawa, Lynch, Scorsese

The Buffalo News 21 Aug 2018

The long-running Buffalo Film Seminars series, an open-to-the-public University at Buffalo class hosted by Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian, can always be counted on for a lineup of cinematic heavyweights. The fall 2018 season, kicking off on Aug ... Movies are shown at 7 p.m ... Sept ... 13, “Infernal Affairs” (2002, directed by Alan Mak and Wai-Keung Lau) ... ....

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Tung votes for the end of chaos

Hong Kong Standard 11 Mar 2018

"The era of chaos should end ... They include Starry Lee Wai-king, Lam Suk-yee, Lo Wai-kwok, Pang Cheung-wai, Lai Tung-kwok and Kenneth Lau Ip-keung. ....

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8 festive movies to watch this Chinese New Year

The Star 13 Feb 2018

Here are eight (a nice, lucky number!) CNY movies you should be watching this year ... Cast ... Director ... Cast. Carina Lau, Simon Yam, Michelle Wai, Ivana Wong, Philip Keung, Bob Lam, Natalie Tong, Alex Fong ... Serene Lim, Vivienne Oon, Ruby Yap, Moon Yoong, Joanne Lau, Fabian Loo, Keigrey Kam ... Bai Baihe, Jing Boran, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Li Yuchun, Tony Yang ... ....

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From class time to screen time

Hong Kong Standard 17 Dec 2017

Tierney has acted in a number of Hong Kong films including From Vegas to Macau II in 2015, which starred Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau Tak-wah and Carina Lau Kar-ling, and this summer's Andy Lau blockbuster Shockwave ... He found director Andrew Lau Wai-keung's email and sent a message, saying that he would "really appreciate a chance to speak to Mr. Lau."...

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Why Andrew Lau is nowhere near retirement, even after 100 movies

South China Morning Post 29 Nov 2017

In mid-August, a retrospective exhibition of the work of Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung was held at the Dongguan Culture Centre in Guangdong. “When I look back [at] all the movies I’ve made, I [feel] really lucky,” says Lau, who has filmed, directed or produced over 100 movies ... ....

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Film review: The Founding of an Army – Andrew Lau pays tribute to China’s PLA ...

South China Morning Post 02 Aug 2017

Directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung from a... ....

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The Founding of an Army loses China box office battle to another bombastic action film ...

South China Morning Post 31 Jul 2017

Despite official endorsement that requires cinema exhibitors to allocate a sizeable proportion of screening slots to the film, The Founding of an Army, directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung and which commemorates the 90th anniversary of the founding of the ......

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Hong Kong director hits back at critics of trendy young stars in film on founding ...

South China Morning Post 30 Jul 2017

Andrew Lau Wai-keung said he and his crew spent more than a year researching Chinese history before making The Founding of an Army and that the use of young actors in key roles reflected the situation when the People’s Liberation Army was formed in the 1920s .... ....

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Hong Kong bank employee gets apology in court from tearful man charged with attempted robbery

South China Morning Post 16 May 2017

The alleged victim, Ng Yin-fun, recalled that a very emotional man – whom she later identified as Lau Wai-keung in court – had walked into her Sha Tin branch of the Bank of Communications shortly after 4pm on June 18, 2015, and shouted....