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Alex Law
Born
羅啟銳
Law Kai-Yui

(1952-08-19)19 August 1952
Died2 July 2022(2022-07-02) (aged 69)
Alma mater
Awards
Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Screenplay
1988 An Autumn's Tale
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow
Best Original Film Song
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow

Golden Horse AwardsBest Original Screenplay
1998 City of Glass

Alex 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, 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

Year Film Awards and Nominations Occasion
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow (2009) Won: Best Screenplay 29th Hong Kong Film Awards
2010 Echoes of the Rainbow (2009) Won: Best Original Film Song 29th Hong Kong Film Awards
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