
Nam Yin
Writer
Born: June 11, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of birth: Hong Kong, China
Biography
Nam Yin (Chinese: 南燕, born June 11, 1953), originally named Lam Ling-Nam, is a Hong Kong film screenwriter, director, producer, lyricist, and actor. His first credited screenplay was Prison on Fire, co-written with his brother Ringo Lam Ling-Tung. He went on to write and produce notable films including Women Prison (1988), School on Fire (1988), Wild Search (1989), Triads - The Inside Story (1989), Fatal Vacation (1990), Dragon in Jail (1990), and High Risk (1992). In 1997, he produced the supernatural horror film Troublesome Night, which later expanded into a 19-film series. Nam Yin also wrote and directed the seventh installment of the series.
Filmography (33)
- Full Contact (1992, ★ 6.8)
- A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989, ★ 6.4)
- School on Fire (1988, ★ 7.2)
- Young and Dangerous 4 (1997, ★ 6.2)
- The Tigers (1991, ★ 6.2)
- Wild Search (1989, ★ 6.8)
- Prison on Fire (1987, ★ 7)
- Dragon in Jail (1990, ★ 6.8)
- Touch and Go (1991, ★ 6.5)
- Prison on Fire II (1991, ★ 6.8)
- Fatal Vacation (1990, ★ 6.7)
- Undeclared War (1990, ★ 6.4)
- The Suspect (1998, ★ 6.6)
- Burning Paradise (1994, ★ 7)
- The Adventurers (1995, ★ 5.7)
- The Conmen in Vegas (1999, ★ 6)
- Peace Hotel (1995, ★ 5.9)
- The Hidden Enforcers (2002, ★ 5)
- Troublesome Night 3 (1998, ★ 4.9)
- Troublesome Night (1997, ★ 5.2)
- Troublesome Night 2 (1997, ★ 5.1)
- Triads: The Inside Story (1989, ★ 6)
- Women's Prison (1988, ★ 5)
- All of a Sudden (1996, ★ 5.7)
- Always Be with You (2017, ★ 5.8)
- My Flying Wife (1991, ★ 5.7)
- Troublesome Night 4 (1998, ★ 4.1)
- Troublesome Night 5 (1999, ★ 4.5)
- The Rules of the Game (1999, ★ 4.9)
- Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You (1993, ★ 5.7)