Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1950
- Place of birth
- Canton, China
Biography
Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting (Chinese: 張婉婷, born 17 November 1950) is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema. Elected "Freshman's Queen" when she was studying undergrad at the University of Hong Kong, she was also an avid sportswoman representing Lady Ho Tung Hall and HKU. Cheung is known for working with the migration issues of Hongkongers and overseas Chinese, especially before the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.
Her films include the "migration trilogy": Illegal Immigrant (1985), An Autumn's Tale (1987) and Eight Taels of Gold (1989). The Soong Sisters (1997) marks another peak of her filming career. All four films were made in collaboration with writer Alex Law.
She has been in the relationship with teammate Alex Law since 1986. The couple first met as classmates in New York University.
Movies with Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting
- Twin Dragons 1992 · ★ 6.9
- The Banquet 1991 · ★ 5.8
- Now You See Love... Now You Don't 1992 · ★ 6.2
- Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong 2001
- Hong Kong Classics Reimagined 2024
Movies directed by Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting
- An Autumn's Tale 1987 · ★ 7.4
- The Soong Sisters 1997 · ★ 6.6
- A Tale of Three Cities 2015 · ★ 6.7
- Eight Taels of Gold 1989 · ★ 7.0
- City of Glass 1998 · ★ 5.8
- Beijing Rocks 2001 · ★ 6.1
- Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family 2003 · ★ 7.0
- The Illegal Immigrant 1985 · ★ 6.2
- 1:99 Shorts 2003 · ★ 6.3
- To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self 2022 · ★ 9.0
- Beautiful 2013 2013