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Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer (1952–2022) For the Scottish footballer, see Alec Law.

Alex Law
Law at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	羅啟銳 Law Kai-Yui (1952-08-19)19 August 1952 British Hong Kong
Died	2 July 2022(2022-07-02) (aged 69) Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (B.A. in Chinese, English and Comparative Literature) New York University
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, 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

v t e Alex Law filmography
As director and writer	Painted Faces (1988) Now You See Love, Now You Don't (1992) Echoes of the Rainbow (2010)
As writer	The Illegal Immigrant (1985) 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (1986) An Autumn's Tale (1987) Eight Taels of Gold (1989) Moon Warriors (1992) The Soong Sisters (1997) City of Glass (1998) Beijing Rocks (2001) A Tale of Three Cities (2015)

v t e Golden Horse Award for Best Director
Doe Ching (1962) Li Han-hsiang (1963) Li Hsing (1965) Li Han-hsiang (1966) Lee Chia (1967) Pai Ching-jui (1968) Pai Ching-jui (1969) Chang Tseng-chai (1970) Ting Shan-hsi (1971) Li Hsing (1972) Cheng Kang (1973) Liu Yi (1975) Chang Pei-cheng (1976) Chang Tseng-chai (1977) Li Hsing (1978) King Hu (1979) Wang Chu-chin (1980) Tsui Hark (1981) Alex Cheung (1982) Chen Kun-hou (1983) Johnny Mak (1984) Chang Yi (1985) John Woo (1986) Wang Toon (1987) Alex Law (1988) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1989) Yim Ho (1990) Wong Kar-wai (1991) Wang Toon (1992) Ang Lee (1993) Tsai Ming-liang (1994) Hou Hsiao-hsien (1995) Jiang Wen (1996) Fruit Chan (1997) Joan Chen (1998) Ann Hui (1999) Johnnie To (2000) Stanley Kwan (2001) Fruit Chan (2002) Andrew Lau and Alan Mak (2003) Johnnie To (2004) Stephen Chow (2005) Peter Chan (2006) Ang Lee (2007) Peter Chan (2008) Leon Dai (2009) Chung Mong-hong (2010) Ann Hui (2011) Johnnie To (2012) Tsai Ming-liang (2013) Ann Hui (2014) Hou Hsiao-hsien (2015) Feng Xiaogang (2016) Vivian Qu (2017) Zhang Yimou (2018) Chung Mong-hong (2019) Chen Yu-hsun (2020) Clara Law (2021) Laha Mebow (2022) Hsiao Ya-chuan (2023) Lou Ye (2024)

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