Director

Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting

Directing

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 19

TMDB ID: 103602

IMDb ID: nm0156520

Known for: Directing

Born: November 17, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Canton, China

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1985 - 2024

Years active: 40

Average TMDB rating: 7

Wikidata: Q6125695

Also known as

Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting • 張婉婷 • 张婉婷

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Director (11)Thanks (3)Producer (2)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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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.

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