Hweiling Ow

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Hweiling Ow
Born
Malaysia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • film
  • television
  • producer

Hweiling Ow is a New Zealand film and television producer, director and actor. [1] In 2020 she won the Woman to Watch Award at the Women in Film and Television New Zealand Awards. [2] [3]

Biography

Hweiling Ow was born in Malaysia and moved to New Zealand when she was young. [4] She started acting in her 20s and has appeared on the New Zealand television soap opera Shortland Street and Mean Mums . She has been a producer and director on AFK — a web series set inside an online roleplaying game — and Ao-Terror-Oa. [5]

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References

  1. "Hweiling Ow: the uncensored brain of a filmmaker". Click Studios. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  2. "WIFT NZ - Who will be this year's Woman To Watch?". www.wiftnz.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  3. "WIFT NZ Awards 2020 Winners". www.scoop.co.nz. December 4, 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. Ng, Kristen (2015-09-26). "Blood, Sweat and Tears: Interview with Hweiling Ow" . Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  5. "Hweiling Ow". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.