Cheuk Yiu Law

Clara Law

  • Name: Clara Law
  • Native name: 羅卓瑤
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: May 29, 1957
  • Age: 68
Clara Law was born on 29 May 1957 in Macau. She belongs to the Hong Kong Second Wave movement. Other directors from this movement are: Stanley Kwan, Wong Kar-wai, Mabel Cheung, Alex Law, Fruit Chan, Peter Chan, and Tammy Cheung.
At the age of 10 she moved to Hong Kong. Law studied at the University of Hong Kong and graduated with a degree in English Literature. In 1978 she joined Radio Television Hong Kong as an assistant producer and director. During her time there she tried many aspects of television from screenwriting to directing. Between 1978 and 1981 she directed twelve drama programs for the television channel. In 1982 she began studying film direction and writing at the National Film and Television School in England. She won the Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago Film Festival in 1985 for her graduation film "They Say the Moon is Fuller Here".
She moved to Australia with Eddie Fong in 1994. The pair's first film after their move to Australia is "Floating Life", which was completed in 1996. It won the Silver Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival in 1996, and two other awards including Best Film, it was selected by Prix FICC and the "Ambiente salute: Qualita di vita" award. It also won the Best Film and Best Director Awards at the Gijon International Film Festival in Spain, and the Grand Prix at the Créteil International Film Festival in France. It was nominated for three awards at the Australian Film Institute Awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay, and it received nine nominations at the Golden Horse International Film Festival in Taiwan, including the awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. "Floating Life" was also Australia's official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 69th Academy Awards (1997). The film was also screened at the Sydney, Melbourne, London, Rotterdam, Hof, Stockholm, Toronto and Hawaii film festivals. "The Goddess of 1967", shot on location in the outback of Australia and Tokyo, was completed in 2000. It was in competition at the Venice film festival in 2000 where Rose Byrne won the Best Actress Award. What's more, Clara Law was nominated for the Golden Lion in Venice. The film also pocketed the Best Director Award at the Chicago International Film Festival, the Best Director Award at the Teplice Art Film Festival in Slovakia and the FIPRESCI Critics' Award for Best Film at the Tromso Film Festival in Norway. The film was also selected for official screenings at the Toronto, London, Pusan, Hof, Vancouver, Hawaii, Taipei, Rotterdam, Jerusalem, Karlovy Vary and Oslo film festivals. She directed her first digital documentary in 2004 called "Letters to Ali2 with Eddie Fong who co-produced, edited, and shot the film. The film was selected for competition at the Venice Film Festival and for official screenings at the Toronto, Pusan, Gothenburg and Melbourne film festivals. She completed Like a Dream in 2009. This film marked her return to Asia. The film was nominated in nine categories at the 2009 Golden Horse Awards. It also opened the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival. In 2010, Law made a short film, "Red Earth", commissioned by the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The short was selected in the Horizon category at the 2010 Venice film festival. (Source: Wikipedia) Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1993 Temptation of a Monk
Movie
5.9
1992 Autumn Moon
Movie
7.4
1991 Fruit Punch
Movie
6.0
1990 Farewell China
Movie
7.5
1989 The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus
Movie
6.5
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
2015 The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan
Movie
6.5
2009 Like a Dream
Movie
6.8
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1992 Twin Dragons
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
[Grave sweeper] (Guest Role)
[Grave sweeper]
Guest Role
7.6
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  • First Name: Cheuk Yiu
  • Family Name: Law
  • Native name: 羅卓瑤
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: May 29, 1957
  • Age: 68

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