---
name: "Teresa Cheng"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/teresa-cheng"
fi1m_id: "teresa-cheng"
imdb_id: "nm1256262"
tmdb_id: 64443
wikidata_id: "Q7702112"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T11:45:42.225021+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Teresa Cheng

## Identity

Teresa Cheng

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/teresa-cheng
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** teresa-cheng
- **IMDb ID:** nm1256262
- **TMDB ID:** 64443
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7702112
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Cheng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7702112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64443

Producer. Born 10 January 1973 in Hong Kong.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 January 1973, Hong Kong
- **Active:** 1995–2010
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 54 (1), 2000s 70 (2), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 59 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Adventure 3, Animation 3, Family 3, Fantasy 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,440m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Cheng, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7702112, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1256262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64443

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek Forever After*](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Teresa Cheng is an animation producer. Born in Hong Kong, she moved to Seattle and graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in communications in 1979. She began her career at CBC Television in Toronto, where she was introduced to computer graphics, before working as a commercial and visual effects producer at Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues.

Cheng spent 17 years at DreamWorks Animation in roles including production manager, head of production and producer. Her credits there include *Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron* (2002), *Shrek 2* (2004), *Madagascar* (2005) as co-producer, and *Shrek Forever After* (2010) as producer. She later served as general manager of Industrial Light & Magic Singapore, a Lucasfilm division, and held roles with Oriental DreamWorks. She is chair of the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

In 2010 Cheng was named to the Producers Guild of America’s Digital 25 list for her work on *Shrek Forever After*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Fi1m 60, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Fi1m 60, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Head of Production — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Fi1m 54, Production Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular* (2010), Producer
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Shrek the Halls* (2007), Producer
- *The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper* (2005), Producer
- *Madagascar* (2005), Co-Producer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), as Head of Production — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Production Supervisor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Digital Effects Producer — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *True Lies* (1994), Digital Effects Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/true-lies.md)

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