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My Take
Mabel Cheung commands real respect from me. Born in Hong Kong in 1950, educated at the University of Hong Kong and later New York University, she made her first film in 1985 and stands alongside Ann Hui and Clara Law as one of the women who shaped the Hong Kong New Wave. Her 1986 Best Director win at the Hong Kong Film Awards only underlines the achievement. To carve out an authorial voice in a male-dominated industry, during a city living through the anxieties of its handover, took serious resolve. What moves me most is the tenderness in how she looks at migration, family, and home. That empathy is her signature.
Overview
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 and is considered one of the three women (along with Ann Hui and Clara Law) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mabel Cheung
- Name (Japanese)
- メイベル・チャン
- Reading
- めいべる・ちゃん
- Born
- November 17, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Tiger
- Origin
- Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / actor / screenwriter / film producer / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Hong Kong
Awards & achievements
- 1986 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.