Jacob Cheung

Jacob Cheung

1959-08-06 Hong Kong, China 40 Credits

Biography

Jacob Cheung Chi-leung is a Hong Kong film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His credits include A Battle Of Wits, which was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the Golden Bauhinia Awards, and Beyond the Sunset, which was nominated for two awards at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards.

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The Opera House

The Opera House

2019

Director

Directing
The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom

The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom

2014

Director

6.3
Directing

In the twilight of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial court is plagued by corruption as tyrants rule over the land. With the Manchurians preying on a weak...

Christmas Rose

Christmas Rose

2013

Producer

5.8
Producing

Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she accuses her doctor Zhou of molesting her during a typical ...

The Silent War

The Silent War

2012

as Sparrow

5.9
Acting

An espionage thriller set in the 1950s and adapted from the novel "Year Suan/Plot Against" by May Jia. Tony Leung Chiu Wai plays a blind man who works...

Rest on Your Shoulder

Rest on Your Shoulder

2011

Director, Writer, Producer

4.7
Directing Writing Producing

In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo and his fiance-assistant Baobao move to Moon Island, a nature reserve, to research...

Ticket

Ticket

2008

Director

Directing

Abandoned as a baby, journalist Yue has only resent for the parents she never knew. While covering a tragic story about a woman and her unborn child, ...

All About Women

All About Women

2008

5.2
Acting

A series of intertwining stories focus on the lives and transformations of three women and their romantic relationships.

Battle of the Warriors

Battle of the Warriors

2006

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

In 370 B.C, China was separated as seven nations and several other small tribes, one of these being the city state of Liang. The nation of Zhao is led...

July Rhapsody

July Rhapsody

2002

Administration

6.5

Outwardly, Lam takes pride in his job teaching Chinese literature at an elite school and in his caring wife and two sons. But deep down, the forty-yea...

Midnight Fly

Midnight Fly

2001

Director

7.7
Directing

Michelle is a middle-aged Hong Kong woman who decides to take a trip to Southern France in order to find some inner resolution about her unhappy marri...

Never Say Goodbye

Never Say Goodbye

2001

Director

Directing

Man has been dumped by his ex-girlfriend Jenny. When he meets Jean he is finally able to forget Jenny, quoting a line about how they met on Valentine'...

The Kid

The Kid

1999

Director

7.0
Directing

When Maise's husband walks out on her, she leaves her baby son in a luxury yacht, hoping that he'll be adopted by affluent parents. Little did she kno...

Intimates

Intimates

1997

Director

6.1
Directing

Foon escapes an arranged marriage by walking the road of a Ji Sor. After an affair with Shing, she becomes pregnant. An attempted abortion nearly cost...

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

1997

as Rag & bone collector

Acting

Bo finally reaches college, but he apparently still has some growing up to do as his struggles with the opposite sex continues.

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

Yesterday You, Yesterday Me

1997

Director

Directing

Bo finally reaches college, but he apparently still has some growing up to do as his struggles with the opposite sex continues.

Whatever Will Be, Will Be

Whatever Will Be, Will Be

1995

Director

5.5
Directing

An aspiring dancer takes on a summer teaching job while practicing for an important audition. With the help of handsome and charming gym teacher Aaron...

Hong Kong Graffiti

Hong Kong Graffiti

1995

Acting

Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influenc...

Doctor Mack

Doctor Mack

1995

as Tattoo Choir's Member

6.1
Acting

Since dropping out from the medical school, Lau Mack has been living a humble but contented life, running a small clinic in a shabby area, treating lo...

Midnight Revenge

Midnight Revenge

1995

Producer

Producing

Taiwanese drama film.

Back to Back, Face to Face

Back to Back, Face to Face

1994

Producer

8.2
Producing

Wang Shuangli is Deputy Director of the local Cultural Centre, and hopes to be appointed Director. However Old Ma is brought in from the country and i...

Mr. Sardine

Mr. Sardine

1994

Producer

5.8
Producing

Derek Chiu Sung-kei directs this low-budget yarn about a mild-mannered grocery store clerk named Sardine (Dayo Wong Chi-wah) who lives a highly ordere...

The Returning

The Returning

1994

Director, Writer

4.5
Directing Writing

Chung has a book project that will make his career in publishing: a collector's edition of the work of Siu Lau, a reclusive woman who died mysteriousl...

He's a Woman, She's a Man

He's a Woman, She's a Man

1994

as MTV Director

7.0
Acting

Wing is a devoted fan of popular singer Rose who is involved in a topsy-turvy relationship with her charismatic producer Sam. Willing to go to any len...

He & She

He & She

1994

as Cheung Chi-Sing

4.5
Acting

Tony Leung Ka-Fai stars as a gay man who helps the spiritedly Anita Yuen through her single motherhood when her married boyfriend (Lawrence Cheng) imp...

Give and Take

Give and Take

1994

Acting

Simon Loui's character gets thrown out by his vicious girlfriend and ends up taking on a VERY different social status than before. That of the beggar ...

Give and Take

Give and Take

1994

Script, Producer

Producing

Simon Loui's character gets thrown out by his vicious girlfriend and ends up taking on a VERY different social status than before. That of the beggar ...

I've Got You, Babe!!!

I've Got You, Babe!!!

1994

Producer

7.5
Producing

Marriage is a tomb of love? This film depicts the struggle of modern man to choose between bachelorhood and marriage. A sensitive yet comical look at ...

Always on My Mind

Always on My Mind

1993

Director

7.6
Directing

Chang Yau-Wai is a family committed news reporter. Together with his wife, they have their hands full with their children, including their soon to be ...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father

1993

as Uncle Mark Seven

6.9
Acting

Yuen scorns his father, who he thinks is too generous and forgiving. Through a flashback/time travel gimmick, Yuen meets his parents during their joyo...

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri

C'est La Vie Mon Cheri

1993

as Fortune Teller

6.9
Acting

Unable to make it as a commercial success because he staunchly refuses to sell out, a struggling Hong Kong musician rediscovers his love of music and ...

Cageman

Cageman

1992

Director, Producer, Writer

6.8
Directing Producing Writing

The story about a young, unemployed man, who after being kicked out is desperate enough to live anywhere. He is directed to Fatso, who owns the caged ...

Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

1992

as Cafe Cashier

6.8
Acting

Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

Lover's Tear

Lover's Tear

1992

Director

8.0
Directing

A cop in the Hong Kong anti-smuggling unit goes to mainland China to retrieve some confiscated contraband. His real objective, though, is to arrest th...

This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

1991

8.5
Acting

A 1991 Hong Kong movie directed by Chi-Ngai Lee and starring Ying Sau Hui, Rosamund Kwan and Tony Leung Ka Fai.

This Thing Called Love

This Thing Called Love

1991

Producer

8.5
Producing

A 1991 Hong Kong movie directed by Chi-Ngai Lee and starring Ying Sau Hui, Rosamund Kwan and Tony Leung Ka Fai.

Goodbye Hero

Goodbye Hero

1990

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Frustration and recovery of a stunt man after his partner's accident.

Beyond the Sunset

Beyond the Sunset

1989

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

1990 Hong Kong Film Award winner of Best Picture.

Last Eunuch In China

Last Eunuch In China

1987

Director

7.8
Directing
The Final Test

The Final Test

1987

as Foreman's fighter with sunglass

3.5
Acting

Austin Wai plays Sum, a secret agent posing as the security chief of a remote mining colony where several employees have disappeared without a trace. ...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

1984

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

A widower named Baldy (Karl Maka) longs for his lovely neighbor, but is unable to summon the courage to tell her until another man enters the picture ...