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Clara Law

Clara Law

Director, Writer, Producer

Born May 29, 1957

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Clara Law Cheuk-yiu was born in 1957 in Macau. She is a graduate of The University of Hong Kong with a degree in English Literature. From 1982 to 1985, she studied directing and screenwriting at the National Film and Television School in the United Kingdom. Her graduation film, They Say the Moon is Fuller Here (1985), won the Silver Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. After returning to Hong Kong in 1985, she joined the drama unit of Radio Television Hong Kong’s (RTHK) television division and directed over twenty single-episode dramas.

Law turned her sights on film in 1988 and directed her first dramatic feature The Other Half and the Other Half. She then directed the Lillian Lee Pik-wah-scripted The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus the following year. In 1992, she won the Golden Leopard Award at the Locarno Film Festival and the European Art Theatres Association’s Best Picture award with Autumn Moon. Her 1993 period drama Temptation of a Monk was selected to compete for the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival and won Best Picture at the Cr�teil International Women’s Film Festival in France.

In 1995, Law relocated to Australia with her husband Eddie Fong while continuing her filmmaking career. Her 1996 film Floating Life was awarded the Silver Leopard at Locarno while collecting Grand Prix Asturias and Best Director prizes at Gij�n International Film Festival. While 2000’s The Goddess of 1967 won Law the Best Director award at the Chicago Film Festival, a young Rose Byrne—then a little known Australian actress—was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice for her performance in the film. Letters to Ali, Law’s 2004 documentary about the life of a young asylum seeker in Australia, was selected as one of the 100 greatest films in the history of Australian cinema. She eventually returned to Chinese-language cinema with the Hong Kong- Chinese production Like a Dream (2009).

Law’s husband, Eddie Fong, is also her long time collaborator. Most of her films were written and produced by Fong. In 2010, they made the short film Red Earth.

8 wins and 17 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

2

The Bazura Project Poster

The Bazura Project TV Series2006

Good Morning Australia Poster

Good Morning Australia TV Series1993

Director

15

Type

Year

Drifting Petals Poster

Drifting Petals Feature Film2021

The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan Poster

The Unbearable Lightness of Inspector Fan Feature Film2015

Red Earth Short Film2010

Like a Dream Poster

Like a Dream Feature Film2009

Letters to Ali Poster

Letters to Ali Documentary2004

The Goddess of 1967 Poster

The Goddess of 1967 Feature Film2000

Floating Life Poster

Floating Life Feature Film1996

Erotique Poster

Erotique Feature Film1994

Temptation of a Monk Poster

Temptation of a Monk Feature Film1993

Autumn Moon Poster

Autumn Moon Feature Film1992

Fruit Punch Poster

Fruit Punch Feature Film1991

Farewell China Poster

Farewell China Feature Film1990

The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus Poster

The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus Feature Film1989

Wo ai tai kong ren Poster

Wo ai tai kong ren Feature Film1988

They Say the Moon Is Fuller Here Poster

They Say the Moon Is Fuller Here Feature Film1985

Writer

6

Type

Year

Drifting Petals Poster

Drifting Petals Feature Film2021

Red Earth Short Film2010

Like a Dream Poster

Like a Dream Feature Film2009

Letters to Ali Poster

Letters to Ali Documentary2004

The Goddess of 1967 Poster

The Goddess of 1967 Feature Film2000

Floating Life Poster

Floating Life Feature Film1996

Producer

3

Type

Year

Drifting Petals Poster

Drifting Petals Feature Film2021

Letters to Ali Poster

Letters to Ali Documentary2004

Autumn Moon Poster

Autumn Moon Feature Film1992

Art Department

1

The Private Eye Blues Poster

The Private Eye Blues Feature Film1994

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