Biography
Dante Lam Chiu-Yin (simplified Chinese: 林超贤; traditional Chinese: 林超賢; pinyin: Lín Chāoxián) is a film director, writer and actor who is a major figure in Hong Kong action cinema. He was trained in the tradition of John Woo as an assistant director and worked as an actor and producer. He often writes and supervises his own choreography.
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Complete Filmography

Operation Hadal
2025
Writer, Director
Mercenaries have occupied an offshore platform in Chinese territorial waters by force. The Chinese Navy sets sail to repel the invaders as the Jiao Lo...

Bursting Point
2023
Producer, Writer, Director
A chief inspector in the anti-narcotics unit holds true to his beliefs as a police officer. He puts everything on the line to crack down on drugs and ...

Guarding Our City with Faith: The Prequel
2023
Director
A promotional short film showcasing police’s commitment to safeguarding Hong Kong.

Changjin, Changjin
2022
as Self
A documentary on the making of China's war epic "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge
2022
Producer, Director
In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a b...

The Battle at Lake Changjin
2021
Executive Producer, Director
Korean War, winter 1950. In the frozen and snowy area of Changjin Lake, a bloody battle is about to begin between the elite troops of the United State...

Guarding Our City
2021
Director
Short film commissioned by the Hong Kong Police Force.

The Rescue
2020
Director
A rescue unit within the Chinese Coast Guard are forced to overcome their personal differences to resolve a crisis.

Operation Red Sea
2018
Writer, Director
A squad of the Jiaolong Commando Unit - Sea Dragon, a spec ops team of the Chinese Navy, carries out a hostage rescue operation in the nation of Yewai...

Operation Mekong
2016
Director, Screenplay
The Chinese government launches a daring operation to arrest a violent drug cartel following the discovery of thirteen Chinese crew members' bodies on...

To The Fore
2015
Writer, Director
In the world of professional cycling, where teamwork demands individual sacrifice, the three leading sprinters of Team Radiant must confront their own...

That Demon Within
2014
Director, Writer
By a strange twist of fate, dutiful Hong Kong policeman Dan saves the life of the leader of a violent gang of armed robbers. When they commit another...

Unbeatable
2013
Director, Writer, Story
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a bo...

The Viral Factor
2012
Director, Screenplay
Agent Jon contemplates leaving the force until he learns his brother is working as a mercenary for a former colleague who betrayed their team.

The Stool Pigeon
2010
Director, Writer
Living in the guilt of sacrificing his informant in a previous operation, Criminal Intelligence Inspector Don Lee is wary when his superior orders him...

Fire of Conscience
2010
Director, Story, Producer
A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigatio...

The Sniper
2009
Director, Story, Screenplay
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.

Beast Stalker
2008
Director, Writer, Story
Sergeant Tong is wracked with guilt after he unwittingly kills a young girl whilst capuring a criminal named Cheung. When the girl's sister is later k...

Storm Rider: Clash Of The Evils
2008
Director
The film is a spinoff of the original story and the two protagonists Wind and Cloud. The residents of Sword-Worshipping Manor, which houses the best s...

Sparkling Red Star
2007
Director
An animated remake of the 1974 children's movie "Shan shan de hong xing"

Undercover Hidden Dragon
2006
Director
Fat is a loser in work, and even in the triad gang. Ordered by another gangster, Fat attempts to assassinate the leader of the opposite gang. His miss...

A-1 Headline
2004
Ling is a fashion columnist whose ex-boyfriend died in a car accident. Debt collectors Fei and Ma are eyewitnesses on the scene and Fei is certain tha...

Heat Team
2004
Director
Eason Chan is K.C, Chan and Y.T. Lee is Aaron Kwok, both are very smart cop, who both were assign to interpol. The only thing that make them different...

Love on the Rocks
2004
Director
Wong is shocked to learn from his girlfriend Annie (Leung) that she wants to break up. He decides to go online and seek help from love experts on the ...

Naked Ambition
2003
Director
John and Andy, comic section editors of a magazine, become unemployed because of the winding-up of the publisher. Together with three other colleagues...

1:99 Shorts
2003
Director
Shorts made by 11 directors in order to fight against the SARS epidemy that occurred in China and Hong Kong in 2003. The shorts were produced by the I...

The Twins Effect
2003
Director
An evil Duke attempts to kill and collect the blood of a royal family of European vampires in order to become all powerful. The only surviving member ...

Tiramisu
2002
Director, Producer
Is the story of a man, Fung, in his early twenties living his life as a mail-man during the day and a janitor at night. One day, through fate and dest...

U-Man
2002
Producer
This could be good–the undercover cops are a blond Anthony Wong, posing as a priest, and the usually-entertaining Sam Lee, trying to pass himself off ...

La Brassiere
2001
as Barman
A Hong Kong bra company breaks tradition by hiring two men, Johnny and Wayne, to design an "ultimate bra" in 3 months.

Runaway
2001
Director
Dan and King are small-time Triad members in Hong Kong. After an incident in which their prank ends up losing their boss, Coyote Kwan, a huge sum of m...

Hit Team
2001
Director, Producer, Story
An undercover cop badly injured in a raid is blamed for the raid's failure and thrown out of the police department. His injuries result in his being p...

Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone
2000
Director
Gang leader Jim Yam has ascended nearly to the pinnacle of power in the underworld, but it brings him few satisfactions. As he watches his peers drop ...

2000 AD
2000
as Man in Shootout
The Y2K Bug. Real Warfare vs Electronic Gaming. Peter Tong, a carefree Hong Kong youngster, finds himself drawn into the web of a deadly espionage con...

The Kid
1999
When Maise's husband walks out on her, she leaves her baby son in a luxury yacht, hoping that he'll be adopted by affluent parents. Little did she kno...

When I Look Upon the Stars
1999
Director
Kei (Leo Koo) has just wrapped up a big contract for his company (though it's never clear what kind of work he does). He decides to take a well deserv...

Beast Cops
1998
Director
Tung is a street cop in Hong Kong who's friends with a Triad named Fai. Fai hires a hit man to murder a business rival; the hit goes wrong and Fai, im...

Option Zero
1997
Director
With the retreat of the British government from Hong Kong, the S.B. Team, an elite secret police force, is also on its way out. However, this team of ...

Armageddon
1997
Assistant Director
The world's ten most influential scientists are being mysteriously killed, one by one, spontaneously combusted, microwaved to death, or otherwise. Ano...

First Option
1996
Despite negative psychological evaluations, Mike Wong is assigned as the captain of the SDU, a special task force linked to the Customs Department. T...

Thunderbolt
1995
Assistant Director
In order to release his kidnapped sister, sports car mechanic, Chan Foh To, has to defeat a super-criminal street racer.

Fist of Legend
1994
Producer
Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hool...

Long and Winding Road
1994
Producer
Two different men each find their true meanings in life. Leslie and Tony, two lower middle-class bachelors, are bosom friends. Leslie is a wandering s...

He & She
1994
Producer
Tony Leung Ka-Fai stars as a gay man who helps the spiritedly Anita Yuen through her single motherhood when her married boyfriend (Lawrence Cheng) imp...

The Final Option
1994
A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationship...

Finale in Blood
1993
Cheng is an attention-seeking no-hoper who works at a radio station, announcing food prices. But when his path crosses with that of Fong Yan's ghost, ...

A Roof with a View
1993
Hiu-tung (Veronica Yip) is a naïve young wife who is forced to raise her child alone after her gangster husband skips town for Taiwan. Her next-door n...

Small Potato
1993
An aspiring Hong Kong actor slowly realizes he must pay his dues before achieving success.

Murder
1993
Assistant Director
Lawyer Jessica Yau finds out about her husband's money laundering scheme and gets shot in the head. She survives, but loses her memory. She is cared f...

She Starts the Fire
1992
as Buying gold seed
A fish-out-of-water comedy where the fish can set people on fire! Wendy (Chingmy Yau) arrives in Hong Kong to stay with her aunt Big Beer (Deannie Ip)...

She Starts the Fire
1992
Assistant Director
A fish-out-of-water comedy where the fish can set people on fire! Wendy (Chingmy Yau) arrives in Hong Kong to stay with her aunt Big Beer (Deannie Ip)...

Fight Back to School 2
1992
Star Chow, an officer in the elite police unit, resigns when he is made a scapegoat for a botched investigation. He goes undercover at a school to com...

Inspector Pink Dragon
1991
Assistant Director
A blundering Hong Kong police inspector, Ma Yu Long, goes under cover to investigate a high-class businessman, Teng Kuo Chiao, who was bribing city pl...

His Fatal Ways
1991
A righteous straight-laced China Public Security officer with supernatural powers is sent to Hong Kong to catch two ruthless thieves. His police tacti...

Fight Back to School
1991
Assistant Director
Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last ...

Brief Encounter In Shinjuku
1990
Assistant Director
The hilarious sequel to the 1989 hit The Yuppie Fantasia, Brief Encounter in Shinjuku brings back Lawrence Cheng as a thirty-something Hong Kong yuppi...

A Fishy Story
1989
Assistant Director
An aspiring starlet arrives in the Fragrant Harbor with dreams of becoming a star, whilst striking up a friendship with a wannabe cabbie who lives in ...

The Yuppie Fantasia
1989
Producer
Marital ups and downs and extramarital flings provide the background to this uproarious tale of life in an advertising agency. Yuppie ad-man Leung Foo...

Goodbye Darling
1987
Producer
Tai (Raymond Wong), a loving and caring husband and Josephine (Cherrie Chung), his sweet and darling wife, are a young, merry couple. Tai has a close ...