Alex Law Kai-yum was a screenwriter and director who died on Saturday.
He was known for Echoes of the Rainbow and has died. The Hong Kong director died on Saturday at a hospital; no cause of death was disclosed. According to the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild issued a statement confirming Law’s death. He previously served as the organization’s vice-chairman.
He was 69
Alex Law Wife: Was Alex Law Married?
He got married to Mabel Cheung in 1986 in Hong Kong. Their children are however yet to be documented.
Mabel was a dedicated wife and loving mother who stood by his side to the very end.
Law frequently collaborated with longstanding collaborator Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting, whom he met while attending New York University.
He also penned Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh’s 1997 smash single The Soong Sisters. They collaborated on the “Migration Trilogy,” which included the films Illegal Immigrant (1985), An Autumn’s Tale (1987), and Eight Tales Of Gold (1989), which he authored and she directed.
Other collaborations include Painted Faces in 1988 and City Of Glass in 1998.
Cheung Law’s 2010 film Echoes Of The Rainbow, received the Crystal Bear Best Film award at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation Kplus section as well as Best Screenplay at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
