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Mabel Cheung

Hong Kong film director and screenwriter · China · On the map · Directors · Born 1950 · age 75

Mabel Cheung Yuen Ting is a film director from Hong Kong. She is one of the leading directors in Hong Kong cinema and is considered one of the three women to achieve acclaim in the New Wave/Second Wave in Hong Kong. Cheung made her first film in 1985 as a student at New York University.

Mabel Cheung is read about 82 times a day, in 13 languages.

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A life in dates

2026Good TripFilm, Producer2024Hong Kong Classics ReimaginedFilm2022To My Nineteen-Year-Old SelfFilm, Director2015A Tale of Three CitiesFilm, Director, Writer2010Echoes of the RainbowFilm, Producer2006Be My GuestSeries20031:99 ShortsFilm, Director2001Beijing RocksFilm, Director1998City of GlassFilm, Director, Writer1997The Soong SistersFilm, Director1992Moon WarriorsFilm, Producer1989Eight Taels of GoldFilm, Director, Writer1988Painted FacesFilm, Writer, Producer1987An Autumn's TaleFilm, Director1986Hong Kong Film Award for Best DirectorAward1985The Illegal ImmigrantFilm, Director1950Born17 November 1950

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  • Echoes of the Rainbow 2010
  • An Autumn's Tale 1987
  • Twin Dragons 1992

Filmography 21

33 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director1986

About this person

Cheung is known for working with the migration issues of Hongkongers and overseas Chinese, especially before the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.

Country
China
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 75