Dennis Law Sau-yiu was born on 19 February 1963 and is a Hong Kong film producer, screenwriter, actor, director and presenter.
17 Facts About Dennis Law
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Dennis Law is the former chairman and executive director of Milkyway Image, and a founder of its subsidiary company Point of View Movie Production Co.
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Films directed by Law include teen comedies such as The Unusual Youth and Love @ First Note, and martial arts action films that include Fatal Contact and Fatal Move.
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Dennis Law holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications from Loyola Marymount University.
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On his return to Hong Kong, rather than pursue his career in film, Dennis Law decided to go into real estate.
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Dennis Law later befriended Charles Heung, who advised him to learn from veteran filmmakers such as Herman Yau.
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In 2003, Dennis Law befriended prolific filmmaker Johnnie To and became his financial partner at Milkyway Image, serving as a chairman and executive director.
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Dennis Law had many 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.
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Apart from filmmaking, Dennis Law is currently a managing director of the Yu Tai Hing Company Ltd.
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Apart from producing Election with To in 2005, along with its 2006 sequel, Dennis Law formed his own production company, Point of View Movie Production Co.
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Since its establishment, Point of View has notably been a frequent production partner for Charles Heung's company China Star Entertainment Group, producing films in which Dennis Law has served as a producer and director.
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Dennis Law made his directorial debut with the 2005 teen comedy-drama The Unusual Youth.
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Dennis Law wrote, produced and directed the teen comedy, Love @ First Note, which starred Justin Lo, Kary Ng, Stephy Tang and Miki Yeung.
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Dennis Law later made the martial arts romance film Fatal Contact, hoping to establish his lead actor Wu Jing as a martial arts icon.
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Dennis Law's next film was A Very Short Life, a film about child abuse and molestation.
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Dennis Law uses the same production crew for all of his films as well as having an ensemble cast of popular Chinese actors.
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Dennis Law uses computer-generated imagery to create blood, as seen in films such as A Very Short Life and Fatal Move.