Mabel Cheung (張婉婷) (born 17 November 1950) is one of the leading film directors in Hong Kong. She was elected "Freshman's Queen" when she was studying undergrad at the University of Hong Kong, and was an avid sportswoman representing Lady Ho Tung Hall and HKU. She 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.
The government should clarify what would be banned under the proposed film censorship law, Mabel Cheung, a Hong Kong movie director who directed well-known films including Autumn’s Tale and City of Glass, said Wednesday. No one in Hong Kong would intentionally make films to threaten national security, Cheung added.
The Hong Konger landlord in Full Moon in New York, who begins the film by threatening to cut off a tenant’s heat and water, is a far cry from the titular Illegal Immigrant in Mabel Cheung’s 1985 debut feature, who works a string of low-wage jobs while under constant threat of deportation.
Directors who have already joined the scheme include Wong Kar Wai, Derek Yee, Peter Chan, Gordon Chan, and Mabel Cheung and Alex Law (as a duo) ... She has been selected for the Directors’ Succession Scheme and paired with filmmaking duo Mabel Cheung and Alex Law, whose credits include and .
[Photo/VCG] ... Each film will be granted a subsidy of around HK$9 million. Directors who have accepted invitations to join the first round of the scheme include Wong Kar-wai, Derek Yee, Peter Chan, Gordon Chan, and duo Mabel Cheung and Alex Law ... The measures will benefit more than 10 film productions, involving government financing of HK$100 million.