# Alex Law
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{{Short description|Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer (1952–2022)}}
{{for|the Scottish footballer|Alec Law}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Alex Law
| image = Alex Law at Toronto International Film Festival.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Law at the 2015 [Toronto International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival)
| birth_name = 羅啟銳
Law Kai-Yui
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|8|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [British Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|02|1952|8|19|df=y}}
{{awards|award=[Hong Kong Film Awards](/source/Hong_Kong_Film_Awards)|name='''Best Screenplay'''
1988 ''[An Autumn's Tale](/source/An_Autumn's_Tale)''
2010 ''[Echoes of the Rainbow](/source/Echoes_of_the_Rainbow)''
'''Best Original Film Song'''
2010 ''[Echoes of the Rainbow](/source/Echoes_of_the_Rainbow)''}}{{awards|award=[Golden Horse Awards](/source/Golden_Horse_Film_Festival_and_Awards)|name='''Best Original Screenplay'''
1998 ''[City of Glass](/source/City_of_Glass_(film))''}}
}}
'''Alexander Law Kai-Yui''' ({{zh|links=no|t=羅啟銳}}; 19 August 1952 – 2 July 2022) was a [Hong Kong film](/source/Cinema_of_Hong_Kong) director, screenwriter, and producer.
Law was educated at the [Diocesan Boys' School, Hong Kong](/source/Diocesan_Boys'_School),[{{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](/source/HK01) |date=4 July 2022 |access-date=4 June 2025 |language=zh}}] [matriculating](/source/matriculation) in 1971. Law collaborated with [Mabel Cheung](/source/Mabel_Cheung) on many of her most famous films, including the "Migration Trilogy": ''Illegal Immigrant'' (1985), ''[An Autumn's Tale](/source/An_Autumn's_Tale)'' (1987) and ''[Eight Taels of Gold](/source/Eight_Taels_of_Gold)'' (1989). He wrote the screenplay for Cheung's ''[The Soong Sisters](/source/The_Soong_Sisters_(film))'' (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](/source/Echoes_of_the_Rainbow)''''' (2009)
|align="left" valign="top"|Won: Best Screenplay