{{Short description|Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer (1952–2022)}} {{for|the Scottish footballer|Alec Law}} {{More citation needed|date=June 2025}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{infobox person | name = Alex Law | image = Alex Law at Toronto International Film Festival.jpg | alt = | caption = Law at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival | birth_name = 羅啟銳<br>Law Kai-Yui | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|8|19|df=y}} | birth_place = British Hong Kong | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|02|1952|8|19|df=y}}<ref name="hk01" /> | death_place = Hong Kong | alma_mater = {{Plainlist| *University of Hong Kong (B.A. in Chinese, English and Comparative Literature) *New York University }} | awards = <br>{{awards|award=Hong Kong Film Awards|name='''Best Screenplay'''<br>1988 ''An Autumn's Tale''<br>2010 ''Echoes of the Rainbow'' <br> '''Best Original Film Song'''<br>2010 ''Echoes of the Rainbow''}}{{awards|award=Golden Horse Awards|name='''Best Original Screenplay'''<br>1998 ''City of Glass''}} }}
'''Alexander Law Kai-Yui''' ({{zh|links=no|t=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,<ref name="hk01">{{cite news |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E8%A6%AA%E5%AD%90/788499/%E7%BE%85%E5%95%9F%E9%8A%B3%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E6%AD%B2%E6%9C%88%E7%A5%9E%E5%81%B7-%E7%82%BA%E8%A6%AA%E8%BA%AB%E7%B6%93%E6%AD%B7-%E5%9B%A0%E8%A1%80%E7%99%8C%E5%85%84%E9%9B%A2%E4%B8%96%E7%99%BC%E5%A5%AE%E8%80%83%E5%85%A5%E7%94%B7%E6%8B%94 |script-title=zh: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 |trans-title=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 |last=Zhang |first=Wei Ting |work=HK01 |date=4 July 2022 |access-date=4 June 2025 |language=zh}}</ref> 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== {| class="wikitable" !align="left" valign="top" width="40"|Year !align="left" valign="top"|Film !align="left" valign="top"|Awards and Nominations !align="left" valign="top"|Occasion |- |align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|2010 |align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|'''''Echoes of the Rainbow''''' (2009) |align="left" valign="top"|Won: Best Screenplay<ref name="hk01" /> |align="left" valign="top" rowspan="2"|29th Hong Kong Film Awards |- |align="left" valign="top"|Won: Best Original Film Song |- |align="left" valign="top"|1988 |align="left" valign="top"|'''''An Autumn's Tale''''' (1987) |align="left" valign="top"|Won: Best Screenplay |align="left" valign="top"|7th Hong Kong Film Awards |- |align="left" valign="top"|1988 |align="left" valign="top"|'''''Painted Faces''''' (1988) |align="left" valign="top"|Won: Best Director |align="left" valign="top"|25th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0492288}} *[https://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/personne/alexlaw/ Alex LAW Kai-Yui] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100224221317/http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/play/hong-kong-film-echoes-rainbow-wins-crystal-bear-berlin-film-festival-739436 HK film director: Echoes of the Rainbow]
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