Birth name Zhang Wanting | Role Film director Name Mabel Cheung | |
Born 17 November 1950 (age 74) Guangdong, China ( 1950-11-17 ) Nominations Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay Movies A Tale of Three Cities, Echoes of the Rainbow, An Autumn's Tale, City of Glass, The Soong Sisters Similar People Alex Law, Qin Hailu, Sean Lau, Boran Jing, Tang Wei | ||
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Mabel Cheung (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.
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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.
