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Yeo Siew Hua

Yeo Siew Hua

Singaporean director (born 1985)

Yeo Siew Hua (born 1 April 1985) is a Singaporean director, screenwriter and visual artist.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeo.
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Life and career

Graduating among the top of his cohort in Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Media Studies, Yeo went on to study philosophy at the National University of Singapore.[2] Yeo is a founding member of the 13 Little Pictures film collective and is part of the autonomous art group soft/Wall/studs, where he curates documentary films in conversation with contemporary art practice. His experimental feature debut In the House of Straw (2009) was named by critics as being a significant entry in the Singapore New Wave. With his second feature film A Land Imagined, Yeo became the first Singaporean to win the Golden Leopard Award at Locarno in 2018. The following year, the film went on to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Film Score at the Golden Horse Awards, and was also chosen as Singapore's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.[3]

Yeo has also taught at local institutions including the School of the Arts (SOTA), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.[4]

In 2021, he received the Young Artist Award, Singapore's most prominent award for young arts practitioners.[5][6]

Filmography

As director, writer and producer

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As cinematographer

  • Aik khoon (2005; short film)
  • The Bohemian Rhapsody Project (2006)[2]
  • The Lucky Seven Project (2007)[2]

As editor

  • Aik khoon (2005; short film)
  • In the House of Straw (2009)

Film appearances

  • Singapore Cinema: Between Takes (2018; documentary)

References

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    "Yeo Siew Hua". Gajah Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "Yeo Siew Hua". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    Ong, Sor Fern (25 November 2021). "My Weekend: Film-maker Yeo Siew Hua catches up on reading and movies". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "Yeo Siew Hua" (PDF). Singapore National Arts Council. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "Yeo Siew Hua". NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "Writer-Director Yeo Siew Hua Conferred With Young Artist Award". Sinema.SG. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "Yeo Siew Hua | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "House Programme - The Once and Future". SIFA 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    Frater, Patrick; Ramachandran, Naman (18 August 2023). "'A Land Imagined' Director Yeo Siew Hua Casts Taiwan Star Lee Kang-Sheng in Surveillance Thriller 'Stranger Eyes' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "杨修华新作《默视录》台湾帮演员挂帅 "偷窥者"李康生反被跟踪 | 早报". www.zaobao.com.sg (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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    "新台演员本地拍戏 宏荣"吻了"陈雪甄隔天确诊 | 早报". Lianhe Zaobao (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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