Irving Cheung

Irving Cheung was born Cheung Yee-man in 1982 in Hong Kong.{{Cite web |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/cultureleisure/culture/20200806/1596652978590/%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A-%E7%B6%93%E6%AD%B7%E7%94%9F%E6%AD%BB%E4%B9%8B%E9%96%93-%E7%94%A8%E6%83%B3%E5%83%8F%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C-%E6%8A%97%E7%8F%BE%E5%AF%A6%E9%80%86%E5%A2%83 |title=美指張蚊 經歷生死之間 用想像世界 抗現實逆境 |date=6 August 2020 |website=Ming Pao |author=溫兆明 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} She has two sisters, both of whom studied film and pursued careers in the industry.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/117346/%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%82%B3%E5%A5%87%E9%81%8E%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1-%E5%81%9A%E6%89%8B%E8%A1%93%E6%B5%819%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87%E8%A1%80-%E4%B8%80%E5%80%8B%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%895%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87%E8%A1%80 |title=美指張蚊傳奇過電影　做手術流9公升血：一個人只有5公升血 |date=6 September 2017 |website=HK01 |author=羅偉強 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129025212/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/117346/%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%82%B3%E5%A5%87%E9%81%8E%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1-%E5%81%9A%E6%89%8B%E8%A1%93%E6%B5%819%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87%E8%A1%80-%E4%B8%80%E5%80%8B%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%AA%E6%9C%895%E5%85%AC%E5%8D%87%E8%A1%80 |url-status=live }} Her eldest sister Purcy became a film producer, while her second sister Connie became a production designer in Hollywood. Cheung developed an interest in filmmaking after visiting her sisters' production sets at a young age, and became passionate about photography during secondary school. She credits Wong Kar-wai's films as a major influence on her aesthetics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.voguehk.com/zh/article/art-lifestyle/irving-cheung/ |title=專訪Irving Cheung：做好電影的服裝和場景，需要掌握「幻想」的本領 |date=16 May 2024 |website=Vogue Hong Kong |last=Wang |first=Junjie |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} Cheung studied abroad in Northern Ireland from the age of 11,{{Cite web |url=https://www.orangenews.hk/whydowedream/1240910/%E5%A4%A2%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA-%E9%80%90%E6%A0%BC%E5%AF%AB%E5%87%BA%E4%BA%BA%E7%94%9F%E5%9C%B0%E5%9C%96-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E7%9A%84%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93.shtml |title=夢專訪｜逐格寫出人生地圖 美指張蚊的電影藝術 |date=4 October 2024 |website=Orange News |author=李曉怡 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} and began working on her sisters' projects upon returning to Hong Kong during summer holidays since 15, which she considers valuable experience for her future in the film industry. She also suffered from scoliosis and underwent vertebral fixation surgery at the age of 15.{{Cite web |url=https://collection.news/appledaily/articles/J7XXTJTUJZG2AE5EYRU2TZFSHI |title=【果籽人話】20年捱三刀疤痕18吋 《殭屍》美指張蚊：整定嘅 |date=27 September 2017 |website=The Collection |publisher=Apple Daily |author=鄧天蔚 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} Cheung earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts London. She and her family are survivors of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, where they were traveling in London at the time of the attacks. In 2015, she began studying for a part-time master's degree at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2017.

In 2005, Cheung entered the film industry after graduating at the age of 23, working as a production assistant and apprenticing under production designer Silver Cheung.{{Cite web |url=https://paper.hket.com/article/2692637/%E8%A1%A3%E5%B8%B8%E8%B6%B3%20%E8%97%8F%E5%93%81%E6%95%B8%E8%90%AC%E4%BB%B6%20%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E6%9C%8D%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E8%A6%96%E7%82%BA%E6%95%91%E6%98%9F |title=衣常足 藏品數萬件 電影服指張蚊視為救星 |date=11 July 2020 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} Her first project was Soi Cheang's Shamo, filmed in Thailand, followed by Tsui Hark's Missing. In 2010, she befriended director Scud while attending a philosophy course. Cheung landed her first solo production designer credit in Scud's 2011 film Love Actually... Sucks!. In 2013, she served as the art director for Juno Mak's directorial debut Rigor Mortis,{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/761881/%E6%9C%AA%E4%BE%86%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB%E7%8F%AD-%E6%AE%AD%E5%B1%8D-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%85%AC%E5%B1%8B%E7%A0%8C%E5%87%BA%E5%A4%AA%E7%A9%BA%E8%89%99-%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%A0%E9%BA%A5%E6%B5%9A%E9%BE%8D%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%A5%E8%A9%B1 |title=《殭屍》美指張蚊公屋單位砌出科幻感　麥浚龍︰要《異形》太空艙 |date=22 April 2022 |website=HK01 |author=莫匡堯 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=25 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925134816/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/761881/%E6%9C%AA%E4%BE%86%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB%E7%8F%AD-%E6%AE%AD%E5%B1%8D-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%85%AC%E5%B1%8B%E7%A0%8C%E5%87%BA%E5%A4%AA%E7%A9%BA%E8%89%99-%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%A0%E9%BA%A5%E6%B5%9A%E9%BE%8D%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%A5%E8%A9%B1 |url-status=live }} earning a nomination for Best Art Direction in the 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards. Justin Chang described Cheung's art direction as "fastidiously grim, f/x-cluttered", resulting in a film that felt "monotonous" in his review for Variety. She continued as a production designer for Christopher Doyle's 2015 anthology film Hong Kong Trilogy: Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous and Chapman To's 2016 comedy Let's Eat!. Cheung also collaborated with Scud as a costume designer on his drama Utopians, and took on another production designer role in To's gangster film The Mobfathers that same year.

In 2017, Cheung collaborated with Scud again on his drama Thirty Years of Adonis. She worked as both the production and costume designer for Chapman To's karate-themed sports film {{ill|The Empty Hands|zh|空手道 (電影)}}, receiving her second nomination for Best Art Direction in the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards. Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter praised Cheung's production design as "impeccable", providing "a warm, tactile tone" for the film; while Lo Wai-keung of HK01 also commended Cheung's work on the Japanese dojo, noting that it was "full of charm".{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/130628/%E7%A9%BA%E6%89%8B%E9%81%93-%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%95-stephy%E5%BE%9E%E5%BD%B1%E6%9C%80%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4%E6%BC%94%E5%87%BA-%E6%BC%94%E6%B4%BB%E6%9A%97%E9%BB%91%E9%A0%B9%E5%BB%A2%E5%9E%8B%E6%B8%AF%E5%A5%B3 |title=【空手道．影評】Stephy從影最突破演出　演活暗黑頹廢型港女 |date=3 November 2017 |website=HK01 |last=Lo |first=Wai-keung |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519021750/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/130628/%E7%A9%BA%E6%89%8B%E9%81%93-%E5%BD%B1%E8%A9%95-stephy%E5%BE%9E%E5%BD%B1%E6%9C%80%E7%AA%81%E7%A0%B4%E6%BC%94%E5%87%BA-%E6%BC%94%E6%B4%BB%E6%9A%97%E9%BB%91%E9%A0%B9%E5%BB%A2%E5%9E%8B%E6%B8%AF%E5%A5%B3 |url-status=live }} In the same year, she underwent another surgery for her scoliosis, which affected her ability to work continuously, prompting her to reduce her film commitments.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/158127/%E9%87%91%E5%83%8F%E7%8D%8E2018-%E6%BA%96%E6%9C%80%E4%BD%B3%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A-%E6%9C%AA%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E5%B7%B2%E8%A2%AB%E9%80%BC%E6%B8%9B%E7%94%A2-%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%BD%89%E5%AF%AB%E5%8A%87%E6%9C%AC |title=【金像獎2018】準最佳美指張蚊　未得獎已被逼減產︰開始轉寫劇本 |date=8 February 2018 |website=HK01 |author=羅偉強 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802185720/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/158127/%E9%87%91%E5%83%8F%E7%8D%8E2018-%E6%BA%96%E6%9C%80%E4%BD%B3%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A-%E6%9C%AA%E5%BE%97%E7%8D%8E%E5%B7%B2%E8%A2%AB%E9%80%BC%E6%B8%9B%E7%94%A2-%E9%96%8B%E5%A7%8B%E8%BD%89%E5%AF%AB%E5%8A%87%E6%9C%AC |url-status=live }} In 2018, she wrote her first screenplay and joined the First Feature Film Initiative later in 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/641439/%E9%96%8B%E7%8F%AD-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%8E%BB%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%B6%E6%94%B6%E5%85%A5%E7%B5%82%E6%8D%B1%E9%81%8E-%E6%8C%91%E6%88%B0%E5%81%9A%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E9%A6%96%E9%83%A8%E5%8A%87%E6%83%85 |title=美指張蚊去年零收入終捱過 挑戰做導演參加首部劇情 |date=23 June 2021 |website=HK01 |author=沈洛嘉 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406155435/https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/641439/%E9%96%8B%E7%8F%AD-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A%E5%8E%BB%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%B6%E6%94%B6%E5%85%A5%E7%B5%82%E6%8D%B1%E9%81%8E-%E6%8C%91%E6%88%B0%E5%81%9A%E5%B0%8E%E6%BC%94%E5%8F%83%E5%8A%A0%E9%A6%96%E9%83%A8%E5%8A%87%E6%83%85 |url-status=live }} Cheung worked on Sunny Chan's drama {{ill|Men On The Dragon|zh|逆流大叔}}, followed by dual roles as production and costume designer for the drama Tracey, earning nominations for both Best Art Direction and Best Costume Make Up Design in the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards.

After a hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic and her pregnancy, Cheung worked as the production designer on the 2021 drama {{ill|The Way We Keep Dancing|zh|狂舞派3}} and the 2022 horror film {{ill|Social Distancing (2022 film)|lt=Social Distancing|zh|電子靈}}. She then served as production designer for Sunny Chan's film Table for Six, released in 2022. Due to budget constraints, her crew completed the main set—a city apartment—in just 16 days.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1/818568/%E9%A3%AF%E6%88%B2%E6%94%BB%E5%BF%83-%E4%B8%89%E5%85%84%E5%BC%9F%E5%B1%8B%E4%BC%81%E7%94%B1%E5%9C%B0%E6%9D%BF%E8%AC%9B%E8%B5%B7-%E7%BE%8E%E6%8C%87%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A16%E6%97%A5%E8%B5%B7%E8%B2%A8-%E6%9C%89%E8%A1%80%E6%9C%89%E6%B1%97 |title=飯戲攻心︱三兄弟屋企由地板講起　美指張蚊16日起貨︰有血有汗 |date=25 September 2022 |website=HK01 |author=莫匡堯 |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} Tara Judah of Screen Daily lauded Cheung's "colorful production design", which made the city apartment that serves as the film's sole set "feel like a lively playroom". She received another nomination for Best Art Direction in the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards. Cheung also founded a production company Mitsu Visual in the same year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elle.com.hk/celebrity/irving-cheung-interview |title=訪問資深美術指導張蚊！如何利用科技追求美感的完美平衡 |date=26 September 2022 |website=Elle Hong Kong |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201025040/https://www.elle.com.hk/celebrity/irving-cheung-interview |url-status=live }} In 2023, she served as the production designer for Nick Cheuk's directorial debut Time Still Turns the Pages, which earned her a fifth nomination for Best Art Direction in the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards. She reprised her role as production designer in Table for Six's 2024 sequel Table for Six 2.

Cheung was married for three years and divorced in 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://today.line.me/hk/v2/article/GgXQ3qQ |title=美術指導張蚊分享半世經歷 五度落空金像獎三次脊椎手術 |date=16 August 2024 |website=Entertainment on Line |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}} She gave birth to a daughter in 2020.{{Cite web |url=https://hk.news.yahoo.com/30%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4%E4%BC%81%E5%8A%83-%E7%BE%8E%E8%A1%93%E6%8C%87%E5%B0%8E%E5%BC%B5%E8%9A%8A-%E7%94%A8%E8%87%AA%E6%8B%8D%E7%85%A7%E5%A4%A7%E8%AC%9B%E6%87%B7%E5%AD%95%E8%8D%92%E8%AC%AC%E7%A6%81%E5%BF%8C-102755407.html |title=【30周年企劃】美術指導張蚊 用自拍照大講懷孕荒謬禁忌 |date=6 April 2020 |website=Yahoo! News |publisher=Marie Claire |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/art-and-design/irving-cheung |title=專訪美術總監張伊雯：美與醜都一樣， 關鍵是甚麼能觸動你 |date=6 February 2024 |website=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=26 November 2024 |language=zh |archive-date=3 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703201054/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/art-and-design/irving-cheung |url-status=live }}

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