Clara Law Cheuk-yiu (traditional Chinese: 羅卓瑤; simplified Chinese: 罗卓瑶; pinyin: Luó Zhuóyáo; Jyutping: lo4 coek3 jiu4; born 29 May 1957) is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director who moved to Australia with her partner and fellow filmmaker Eddie Fong.
[citation needed] In 1992 she directed and produced Autumn Moon, which won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in 1992, as well as the European Art Theatres Association Best Picture Award and the Youth Special Jury Award in Switzerland and the Best Screenplay in Valencia (1994).
[citation needed] In 1994, Law finished a segment of the movie Erotique called "Wonton Soup".
It received three nominations at the Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Achievement in Direction and Best Original Screenplay, as well as nine nominations at the Taipei Golden Horse Awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Floating Life was also Australia's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards (1997).
[citation needed] She directed her first digital documentary in 2004 called Letters to Ali with Eddie Fong, who co-produced, edited, and shot the film.
[11] The Little Qipao Shop, directed by Law and Fong, and produced by Sue Maslin and Charlotte Seymour, was under development in 2023.
[12][13][8] Law's films explore themes surrounding migration and exile, including loyalty, family, love, and nostalgia.
She has used a variety of visual and narrative styles throughout her oeuvre to interrogate cultural dislocation and its effect on individuals and communities.