Law Wing-Cheong (born 26 June 1966), also known as Vincent Lo, is a

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, an

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film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

, and

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. He is best known for collaborating as an associate director for films made by

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and

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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

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with a segment in the horror omnibus ''

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'', followed by the cat-and-mouse thriller ''

Running Out of Time 2 ''Running Out of Time 2'' (, literal title:''Hidden War 2'') is a 2001 Hong Kong crime caper film co-directed by Johnnie To and Law Wing-cheung. It is a sequel to To's 1999 film '' Running Out of Time'', with Lau Ching-wan returning as Inspec ...

'' which won him an award for Best Film Editing at The 39th Golden Horse Awards.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

External links

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Cinespot : An Exclusive Interview with Hong Kong Director Law Wing-Cheong
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