
Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
Known for directing · Born 17 November 1950 · 75 · Canton, China
29 credits
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.
Known for

An Autumn's Tale
1987

The Soong Sisters
1997

Twin Dragons
1992

A Tale of Three Cities
2015

City of Glass
1998

Eight Taels of Gold
1989

Painted Faces
1988

Beijing Rocks
2001

Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family
2003

The Illegal Immigrant
1985

1:99 Shorts
2003

To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self
2022