Dennis Law Sau-Yiu

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor


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birthdate = 1963
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othername = Dennis S.Y. Law
Dennis Law Sau-Yiu
occupation = film director, film producer, screenwriter, presenter, actor
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Dennis Law Sau-Yiu is a Hong Kong film producer, actor, screenwriter, director, and presenter.

He is the former chairman and executive director of Johnnie To's independent film production company Milkyway Image, and is currently a managing director of the Yu Tai Hing Company Ltd., which is a well-established private property investment and development group in Hong Kong. [http://gem.ednews.hk/listedco/listconews/gem/20070626/GLN20070626055.pdf] [ [http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=69716 Asia Pacific Arts: May 11, 2007: News From Abroad ] ]

Background

Law chose to study filmmaking at university in Los Angeles, California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications from Loyola Marymount University. [ [http://irdoc.quamnet.com/irpdf/e/8130/GLN20070629040.pdf untitled ] ]

On his return to Hong Kong, rather than pursue his career in film, Law decided to go into real estate. He later befriended Charles Heung, who advised him to learn from veteran filmmakers such as Herman Yau. [http://www.bcmagazine.net/hk.bcmagazine.issues/bcmagazine_webissue251/03-dennis.html BC Magazine, Hong Kong] ]

In 2003, Law made friends with Johnnie To and became his financial partner at Milkyway Image As a Milkyway Image senior executive, Law came to have plenty of opportunities to travel to the world’s film markets and festivals, meet film industry personnel from different parts of the globe, find out their views of Hong Kong cinema, as well as seeing To on set as a director. Apart from producing "Election" with To in 2005, Law later formed his own production company, Point of View Movie Production Co. Ltd. and made his directorial debut with "The Unusual Youth".

Filmography

Director

*"The Unusual Youth" (2005)
*"Love @ First Note" (2006)
*"Fatal Contact" (2006)
*"Fatal Move" (2008)

Producer

*"Warriors of Virtue" (1997)
*"" (2002) (executive producer)
*"The Unusual Youth" (2005)
*" Election" (2005)
*"Election 2" (aka "Triad Election") (2006) (executive producer) (producer)
*"Love @ First Note" (2006)
*"Fatal Contact" (2006) (executive producer) (producer)
*"" (2007) (executive producer) (producer)
*"Triangle" (2007) (executive producer)
*"Fatal Move" (2008) (producer) (executive producer)

Presenter

*"The Unusual Youth" (2005)
*"Election" (2005)
*"Love @ First Note" (2006)

Writer

*"Warriors of Virtue" (1997) (characters)
*"" (2002) (story)
*"The Unusual Youth" (2005)
*"Love @ First Note" (2006)
*"Fatal Contact" (2006)
*"Fatal Move" (2008)

Actor

*"The Unusual Youth" (2005)
*"The Shopaholics" (2006)

References

External links

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* [http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=69716 Asia Pacific Arts: May 11, 2007: News From Abroad]