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name: "Dante Lam Chiu-yin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dante-lam-chiu-yin"
fi1m_id: "dante-lam-chiu-yin"
imdb_id: "nm0482592"
tmdb_id: 81220
wikidata_id: "Q702536"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "1 July 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 43
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:41.873701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dante Lam Chiu-yin

## Identity

Dante Lam Chiu-yin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dante-lam-chiu-yin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dante-lam-chiu-yin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0482592
- **TMDB ID:** 81220
- **Wikidata ID:** Q702536
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81220

Director and producer. Born 1 July 1964 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 1 July 1964, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Lin Chaoxian
- **Frequently works with:** [Candy Leung](https://film.one/person/candy-leung-fung-ying.md), [Chen Kaige](https://film.one/person/chen-kaige.md), [Huang Jianxin](https://film.one/person/huang-jianxin.md), [Jackson Yee](https://film.one/person/jackson-yee.md), [Lan Xiaolong](https://film.one/person/lan-xiaolong.md), [Tsui Hark](https://film.one/person/tsui-hark.md), [Wu Jing](https://film.one/person/wu-jing.md), [Zhu Yawen](https://film.one/person/zhu-yawen.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 43, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 54 (1), 2020s 38 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** War 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,108m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Lam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81220

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Operation Red Sea*](https://film.one/film/operation-red-sea.md) (54)
- **Tubi:** [*The Battle at Lake Changjin*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dante Lam Chiu-yin, also credited as Lin Chaoxian, is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career working as an assistant director on films such as *Fight Back to School* (1991) and *Thunderbolt* (1995).

Lam is known for directing action and military films including *Beast Stalker* (2008), *Operation Mekong* (2016), *Operation Red Sea* (2018) — for which he also wrote the screenplay — and *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021). He has frequently written or co-written his own projects and supervised action choreography.

He received the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director for *Beast Stalker* and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director for *Operation Red Sea*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hkmdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), Fi1m 39, Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Fi1m 36, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *Operation Red Sea* (2018), Fi1m 54, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/operation-red-sea.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dear Audience* (2025), series, Actor
- *Operation Hadal* (2025), Writer, Director
- *Bursting Point* (2023), Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Guarding Our City with Faith: The Prequel* (2023), Director
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge* (2022), Producer, Director — Fi1m 39, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin-ii-water-gate-bridge.md)
- *The Battle at Lake Changjin* (2021), Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-at-lake-changjin.md)
- *Guarding Our City* (2021), Director
- *The Rescue* (2020), Director
- *ICAC Investigators 2019* (2019), series, Director, Creator
- *The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up* (2018), series, Actor
- *Operation Red Sea* (2018), Writer, Director — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/operation-red-sea.md)
- *Operation Mekong* (2016), Director, Screenplay
- *To the Fore* (2015), Writer, Director
- *That Demon Within* (2014), Director, Writer, Idea, Screenplay, Story
- *Unbeatable* (2013), Director, Story, Producer, Screenplay
- *The Viral Factor* (2012), Director, Screenplay
- *The Stool Pigeon* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Fire of Conscience* (2010), Director, Story, Producer
- *The Sniper* (2009), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Beast Stalker* (2008), Director, Writer, Story
- *Storm Rider: Clash of the Evils* (2008), Director
- *Sparkling Red Star* (2007), Director
- *Undercover Hidden Dragon* (2006), Director
- *A-1 Headline* (2004), Actor
- *Heat Team* (2004), Director
- *Love on the Rocks* (2004), Director
- *Naked Ambition* (2003), Director
- *1:99 Shorts* (2003), Director
- *The Twins Effect* (2003), Director
- *Tiramisu* (2002), Director, Producer
- *U-Man* (2002), Producer
- *La Brassiere* (2001), as Barman
- *Runaway* (2001), Director
- *Hit Team* (2001), Director, Producer, Story
- *Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone* (2000), Director
- *2000 AD* (2000), as Man in Shootout
- *The Kid* (1999), Actor
- *When I Look Upon the Stars* (1999), Director
- *Beast Cops* (1998), Director
- *Option Zero* (1997), Director
- *Armageddon* (1997), Assistant Director
- *First Option* (1996), Actor
- *Thunderbolt* (1995), Assistant Director
- *Fist of Legend* (1994), Producer
- *Long and Winding Road* (1994), Producer
- *He & She* (1994), Producer
- *The Final Option* (1994), Actor
- *Finale in Blood* (1993), Actor
- *A Roof with a View* (1993), Actor
- *Small Potato* (1993), Actor
- *Murder* (1993), Assistant Director
- *She Starts the Fire* (1992), as Buying gold seed · Assistant Director
- *Fight Back to School 2* (1992), Actor
- *Inspector Pink Dragon* (1991), Assistant Director
- *His Fatal Ways* (1991), Actor
- *Fight Back to School* (1991), Assistant Director
- *Brief Encounter In Shinjuku* (1990), Assistant Director
- *A Fishy Story* (1989), Assistant Director
- *The Yuppie Fantasia* (1989), Producer
- *Goodbye Darling* (1987), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Dante Lam Chiu-yin](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-89740be24596.jpg) Dante Lam Chiu-yin — China News Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E6%9E%97%E8%B6%85%E8%B3%A2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cast and crew of the film Bursting PointFrom left to right: Chrissie Chau, Shaun Tam, Dante Lam and William Chan (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-9a03cb3200ce.jpg) Cast and crew of the film Bursting PointFrom left to right: Chrissie Chau, Shaun Tam, Dante Lam and William Chan (2023) — am730, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/BURSTING_POINT_-_Cast_%26_crew.jpg/1280px-BURSTING_POINT_-_Cast_%26_crew.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast and crew of Bursting PointFrom left to right: Chrissie Chau, Shaun Tam, Dante Lam and William Chan (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-a6b278d5d586.png) Cast and crew of Bursting PointFrom left to right: Chrissie Chau, Shaun Tam, Dante Lam and William Chan (2023) — am730, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BURSTING_POINT_Cast_and_Crew.png/1280px-BURSTING_POINT_Cast_and_Crew.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Interviewed by am730 with Nick Cheung & Isabella Leong (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-a1a809cfe3d9.png) Interviewed by am730 with Nick Cheung & Isabella Leong (2023) — am730, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/%E6%9E%97%E8%B6%85%E8%B3%A2.png/1280px-%E6%9E%97%E8%B6%85%E8%B3%A2.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Interviewed by am730 with Nick Cheung & Isabella Leong (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-c26a554859c8.png) Interviewed by am730 with Nick Cheung & Isabella Leong (2023) — am730, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/%E6%9E%97%E8%B6%85%E8%B3%A2_%282%29.png/1280px-%E6%9E%97%E8%B6%85%E8%B3%A2_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![​《神枪手》首映礼 (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/5739390/gallery-b4e525cfc4a3.jpg) ​《神枪手》首映礼 (2009) — alanine, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/%E7%A5%9E%E6%A7%8D%E6%89%8B_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0.jpg/1280px-%E7%A5%9E%E6%A7%8D%E6%89%8B_%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E9%A6%96%E6%98%A0.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director 1999: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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