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Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting
Canton, China
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"…
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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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2026
Good Trip
Movie Executive Producer
- 2024
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2022
To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self
Movie Director
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2015
A Tale of Three Cities
Movie Writer
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2014
Neighbours
Movie Thanks
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2013
Why Don't We Share Our Solitude
Movie Thanks
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2013
You And Me
Movie Thanks
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2013
Beautiful 2013
Movie Director
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2012
Line
Movie Thanks
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2012
A Time to Be Born and A Time to Die
Movie Thanks
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2011
Step On Grass
Movie Thanks
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2010
Echoes of the Rainbow
Movie Producer
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2006
Be My Guest
TV show
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2003
Traces of a Dragon: Jackie Chan & His Lost Family
Movie Director
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2003
1:99 Shorts
Movie Director
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2001
Beijing Rocks
Movie Director
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2001
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Movie Self
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1998
City of Glass
Movie Director
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1997
The Soong Sisters
Movie Director
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1992
Moon Warriors
Movie Producer
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1992
Now You See Love... Now You Don't
Movie Writer
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1992
Twin Dragons
Movie Tsui
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1991
The Banquet
Movie
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1989
Eight Taels of Gold
Movie Director
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1988
Painted Faces
Movie Screenplay
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1987
An Autumn's Tale
Movie Director
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1986
The Coldest September in 30 Years
Movie Gaffer
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1985
The Illegal Immigrant
Movie Director
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十個學醫的少年
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