- Law Wing-Cheong
Law Wing-Cheong (zh-ts|s=罗永昌|t= 羅永昌) is a
Hong Kong film editor , anassistant director ,film director andactor . He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made byJohnnie To andWai Ka-Fai ofMilkyway Image .Biography
Law began working for Johnnie To as an assistant director at TVB Studios in 1990. Later, when To left the TV studio, Law continued to work as a director there for three years. In 1997, Law was recruited by To to join his company, Milkyway Image, where he began to work as an assistant director for To. Gradually, Law was promoted to become his associate director.
Law describes being an associate director as having to think faster than the director, as well as handling some of the less complicated scenes for the director and making all kinds of job distributions on the set.
Law made his
directorial debut with a segment in the horror "Ghost Office ", followed by the cat-and-mouse thriller "Running Out of Time 2 " which won him an award for Best Film Editing at The 39th Golden Horse Awards.Filmography
* "
Tactical Unit - The Code " (2008) (TV movie) (director)
* "Sparrow" (2008) (actor)
* "Hooked on You " (2007) (director) (editor)
* "Exiled " (2006) (associate director)
* "Election 2 " (aka "Triad Election") (2006) (associate director) (editor)
* "2 Become 1" (2004) (director) (editor)
* "The Unusual Youth " (2005) (actor)
* "Election" (2005) (associate director)
* "Throw Down " (associate director)
* "Yesterday Once More" (2004) (associate director) (editor)
* "Breaking News" (2004) (associate director)
* "Running on Karma " (2003) (associate director) (editor)
* "Turn Left, Turn Right " (2003) (second unit director) (editor)
* "PTU" (2003) (associate director) (editor)
* "Love for All Seasons " (2003) (associate director) (editor)
* "My Left Eye Sees Ghosts " (2002) (associate director) (editor)
* "Fat Choi Spirit " (2002) (associate director) (editor)
* "Running Out of Time 2 " (co-director withJohnnie To ) (editor)
* "Fulltime Killer " (associate director)
* "Love on a Diet " (2001) (associate director)
* "Wu yen " (2001) (associate director)
* "Needing You... " (2000) (associate director) (editor)
* "Help!!! " (2000) (associate director) (editor)
* "The Mission" (1999) (assistant director) (actor)
* "Running Out of Time" (1999) (assistant director)
* "Where a Good Man Goes " (1999) (assistant director) (actor)
* "A Hero Never Dies " (1998) (assistant director)
* "The Longest Nite " (1998) (assistant director)Nominations
Awards
External links
*imdb name|id=0492408|name=Law Wing-Cheong
* [http://www.cinespot.com/einterviews14.html Cinespot : An Exclusive Interview with Hong Kong Director Law Wing-Cheong]
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