Clara Law

Clara Law ( Chinese  羅卓瑤  /  罗卓瑶 , Pinyin Luó Zhuóyáo , Jyutping lo ⁴ coek ³ jiu ⁴ , born May 29, 1957 in Macau ) is a director , producer and writer from Hong Kong .

Life

Clara Law moved to Australia in 1997 when the People's Republic of China took control of Hong Kong and the associated establishment of a special administrative zone. Influenced by this social background, she made various films in the previous years that deal with migration and the identity crisis of the residents of Hong Kong. Her works Farewell China (1990) and Autumn Moon (1992) are particularly noteworthy .

After moving, she successfully continued her film career in Australia and has since made several films there, including Floating Life (1996) and The Goddess of 1967 (2000), both of which have won numerous awards in Australia and at various film festivals around the world were awarded. At present it last film is Like a Dream from 2009 and is about a young American-born Chinese who travels to China, in order to find his imaginary love, and the science fiction - Short Red Earth (2010).

Filmography

Director

• 1985: They Say the Moon is Fuller Here - short film
• 1988: The Other Half & the Other Half (Wo ai tai kong ren)
• 1989: The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus (Pan Jin Lian zhi qian shi jin sheng)
• 1990: Farewell China (Ai zai bie xiang de ji jie)
• 1991: Yes! yi too
• 1992: Autumn Moon (Qiu yue)
• 1993: Temptation of a Monk (You Seng)
• 1994: Erotique - Wonton Soup section
• 1994: The Great Conqueror's Concubine (Xi chu bawang) - co-director
• 1996: Floating Life
• 2000: The Goddess of 1967
• 2004: Letters to Ali
• 2009: Like a Dream
• 2010: Red Earth - short film

Author

• 1996: Floating Life
• 2000: The Goddess of 1967
• 2004: Letters to Ali
• 2009: Like A Dream - screenplay
• 2010: Red Earth

Producer

• 1992: Autumn Moon (Qiu yue)
• 2004: Letters to Ali

Awards

• 1985: Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago Film Festival for They Say the Moon is Fuller Here .
• 1990: Nomination in the categories Best Director and Best Film at the Golden Horse Film Festival for Farewell China .
• 1991: Nomination for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Special Jury Award at the Torino Film Festival for Farewell China .
• 1992: Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and Best Film award from the European Art Theaters Association for Autumn Moon .
• 1994: Nomination for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Grand Prix at the Gréteil International Film Festival for Temptation of a Monk .
• 1996: Silver Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, nomination for the AFI Award in the category Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (together with Eddie Ling-Ching Fong ) by the Australian Film Institute and Award for Best Director and Grand Prix Asturias at the Gijón International Film Festival , Spain .
• 1997: Grand Prix at the Grétail International Women's Film Festival, France .
• 2000: Silver Hugo in the Best Director category at the Chicago Film Festival and nomination for the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for The Goddess of 1967 .
• 2001: Golden Key for Best Director at the Art Film Festival , Slovakia and FIPRESCI Award at the Tromsø International Film Festival , Norway for The Goddess of 1967 .
• 2004: Nomination in the category Best Documentation (together with Eddie Ling-Ching Fong) at the IF Awards for Letters to Ali .
• 2009: Nomination in the categories Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (together with Eddie Ling-Ching Fong) at the Golden Horse Film Festival for Like a Dream .

Trivia

• Clara Law works extensively with her husband, Eddie Ling-Ching Fong, who commonly serves as her screenwriter and producer.

Web links

• Clara Law in the Internet Movie Database (English)