Tam Long-cheong is a Hong Kong television producer and film director. Graduating from St. Canossian Primary School and Kindergarten in Hung Hom in 1961, he joined TVB in 1978 as an assistant director and production coordinator, later becoming a director on several long-running drama series. In 1984 he moved to Singapore to join the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, working on local television drama. In 1989 he directed his first feature for the Wing Go film company, The Truest Love, starring Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung; released in 1992, it took over HK$8 million at the Hong Kong box office. That same year he joined Asia Television, where from 1992 he worked as a producer, directing and producing series including The Boss (1989), A Thousand Ghostly Nights (1992), Legend of the Phoenix (1994), Lawless Court (1995), Who Is the Killer (1996), the hit series Fat Cat and Truth (1997); A Thousand Ghostly Nights was a chilling anthology series starring Amy Yip, Eric Wan and Kong Wah. He later rose to chief assistant drama production director at ATV. In the early 2000s he returned to TVB as a drama producer, with credits including Legal Entanglement (2002) and Street Market's Tale (2004). His feature output was modest, but his television work, mostly popular melodrama and serials, spans the broadcasters of Hong Kong and Singapore.
Entering TVB in 1978 and later becoming chief assistant drama production director at Asia Television, Tam Long-cheong also worked for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, helping carry Hong Kong's producer-led television methods to regional peers; his film The Truest Love (1992) took over HK$8 million at the box office, and his work spans the television industries of three places.
Achievements
- 1978 · Joined TVB as an assistant director and production coordinator
- 1989 · Made his film directing debut with The Truest Love
- 1992 · Joined Asia Television and began work as a producer