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Nam Yin

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 11, 1953 (73 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.

Known For

Acting
2002The Wall
1999The Conmen in VegasBrother Man
1997Young and Dangerous 4Fat Lai
1995The AdventurersRay's Man
1995Legendary CoupleWai
1995Peace HotelGuest of Peace Hotel
1992Full ContactLoanshark Hung
1991The Tigers
1989A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonBond
1989Wild SearchMr. Hung's Bodyguard
1989A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
1988School on FireChee Hung
1974The Owl
Production
2017Always Be with YouProducer
2004Bust FamilyProducer
2003My Troublesome BuddyProducer
2003I Want to Get MarriedProducer
2003Troublesome Night 18Producer
2003Troublesome Night 19Producer
2003The Secret Society – BossProducer
2003The Secret Society - The Best HackProducer
2003Seamy Side of Life II - Crying StarsProducer
2003Twinkle StarsProducer
2003Man in BluesProducer
2003To My Dearest FatherProducer
2003ZeroProducer
2002Prison on Fire: PreacherProducer
2002Troublesome Night 14Producer
2002Troublesome Night 15Producer
2002Troublesome Night 13Producer
2002Troublesome Night 17Producer
2002Troublesome Night 16Producer
2002Don't Let the Sun Go DownProducer
2002Chinese Orthopedist and the Spice GirlsProducer
2002Money SuckersProducer
2002Freaky StoryProducer
2002Modern CinderellaProducer
2002Dizzy DateProducer
2002Dumbly AgentProducer
2002The Untold Story - Sudden VanishedProducer
2002The Untold Story - The Lost WorldProducer
2001From the Queen to the Chief ExecutiveProducer
2001Ling's StoryProducer
2001Seamy Side Of Life - A Black ChickProducer
2001Prison on Fire: Plaintive DestinyProducer
2001Prison on Fire: Life SentenceProducer
2001Troublesome Night 12Producer
2001Troublesome Night 10Producer
2001Troublesome Night 9Producer
2001Troublesome Night 11Producer
2001Troublesome Night 8Producer
2001HeadlinesProducer
2001Hot RodProducer
2001To Be No. 1: ShepherdProducer
2001Feng Shui and GamblingProducer
2001Tough Cop InsideProducer
2001Crazy for Pig-Bone in PotProducer
2000Troublesome Night 7Producer
1999The Masked ProsecutorExecutive Producer
1999Troublesome Night 5Producer
1999Troublesome Night 6Producer
1999The Young OnesProducer
1998Troublesome Night 3Producer
1998The Three LustketeersProducer
1998Troublesome Night 4Producer
1998The SuspectExecutive Producer
1997Troublesome NightProducer
1997Troublesome Night 2Producer
1997Walk InProducer
1996All of a SuddenExecutive Producer
1995Just MarriedProducer
1995Legendary CoupleProducer
1995A Fake Pretty WomanProducer
1994Fatal ObsessionExecutive Producer
1994The Power of MoneyProducer
1992Shanghai Heroic StoryProducer
1991Touch and GoExecutive Producer
1991My Flying WifeProducer
Directing
2002The Hidden EnforcersDirector
2000Troublesome Night 7Director
Writing
2003The Secret Society - The Best HackStory
2002The Hidden EnforcersWriter
2001Prison on Fire: Life SentenceScreenplay
2000Troublesome Night 7Writer
1999The Masked ProsecutorWriter
1999Troublesome Night 6Writer
1999The Rules of the GameScreenplay
1999The Young OnesScreenplay
1996To Be No. 1Writer
1996All of a SuddenStory
1995Legendary CoupleWriter
1994Fatal ObsessionStory
1994The Romance of the VampiresScreenplay
1994Ancient Chinese WhorehouseStory
1994Burning ParadiseScreenplay
1993Don't Stop My Crazy Love for YouWriter
1993Bloodshed in NighteryStory
1992Full ContactWriter
1992Shanghai Heroic StoryWriter
1992InvincibleWriter
1991The TigersWriter
1991Touch and GoWriter
1991Prison on Fire IIWriter
1991Hong Kong GodfatherWriter
1991My Flying WifeScreenplay
1990Dragon in JailWriter
1990Rebel from ChinaScreenplay
1990Fatal VacationScreenplay
1990Undeclared WarWriter
1989A Killer's BluesWriter
1989Triads: The Inside StoryWriter
1989Wild SearchWriter
1989The Wild OnesScreenplay
1989Running MateWriter
1988Women's PrisonWriter
1988School on FireWriter
1987Prison on FireWriter
Crew
1989Running MateScript