Alex Law
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Alex Law | |
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 Law at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival | |
| Born | 羅啟銳 Law Kai-Yui 19 August 1952 |
| Died | 2 July 2022 (aged 69)[1] |
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| Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Screenplay 1988 An Autumn's Tale 2010 Echoes of the Rainbow Best Original Film Song 2010 Echoes of the Rainbow Golden Horse Awards – Best Original Screenplay 1998 City of Glass |
Alexander Law Kai-Yui (Chinese: 羅啟銳; 19 August 1952 – 2 July 2022) was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Law was educated at the Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong,[1] matriculating in 1971. Law collaborated with Mabel Cheung on many of her most famous films, including the "Migration Trilogy": Illegal Immigrant (1985), An Autumn's Tale (1987) and Eight Taels of Gold (1989). He wrote the screenplay for Cheung's The Soong Sisters (1997).
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Film | Awards and Nominations | Occasion |
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| 2010 | Echoes of the Rainbow (2009) | Won: Best Screenplay[1] | 29th Hong Kong Film Awards |
| Won: Best Original Film Song | |||
| 1988 | An Autumn's Tale (1987) | Won: Best Screenplay | 7th Hong Kong Film Awards |
| 1988 | Painted Faces (1988) | Won: Best Director | 25th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards |
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[edit]- 1 2 3 Zhang, Wei Ting (4 July 2022). 羅啟銳逝世｜《歲月神偷》為親身經歷 因血癌兄離世發奮考入男拔 [Law Kai Yui past away "The time thief" worked hard to be admitted to the men's college entrance examination because of his personal experience of losing his brother to leukemia]. HK01 (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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