Patrick Lung
Patrick Lung | |||||||||||
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| Chinese: 龍剛 | |||||||||||
| Born | Chinese: 龍乾耀 8 February 1934 British Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Died | 2 September 2014 (aged 80) Staten Island, New York City, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Education | New York University | ||||||||||
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter, producer, actor | ||||||||||
| Children | 6 | ||||||||||
| Awards | "Best Director" at 19th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for The Call Girls | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 龍剛 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 龙刚 | ||||||||||
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Patrick Lung (8 February 1934 – 2 September 2014), also known as Lung Kong, Patrick Lung Kong, was a film director from Hong Kong. Before working at the film industry, he worked at the stock market. In the late 1950s, he was invited to join Shaw Brothers Studio to learn filmmaking and become a film director. In 1970s, he was awarded "Best Director" award at the 19th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for directing The Call Girls.
In August 2014, the Museum of the Moving Image held an exhibition dedicated to Lung and his films.