Despite having a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Singapore's film industry declined after independence in 1965. Film production increased in the 1990s, which saw the first locally produced feature-length films. There were a few films that featured Singaporean actors and were set in Singapore, including Saint Jack, They Call Her Cleopatra Wong and Crazy Rich Asians.
The literature of Singapore comprises a collection of literary works by Singaporeans. It is written chiefly in the country's four official languages: English, Malay, Standard Mandarin and Tamil.
The following lists events that happened during 1962 in Singapore.
The Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon, or Lok Sin Tong (樂善堂), is charity organisation in Hong Kong.
Yeo Yann Yann is a Malaysian actress. She has worked in theatre, television, and film. Her credits include Singapore Dreaming, Thunderstorm, 881, Ilo Ilo and Wet Season.
The Noose was a Singapore news satire sitcom produced by Mediacorp Channel 5, the country’s English language channel. It was also one of the most popular Singaporean local sitcoms after Under One Roof, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Police & Thief.
Love Matters is a Singaporean comedy film written and directed by Jack Neo and Gilbert Chan, and produced by Neo Studios, MM Studios & Grand Brilliance
Dance Dance Dragon is a Singaporean comedy film from Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Golden Village Pictures that was released for Chinese New Year on 19 January 2012 in Singapore and in March in Malaysia. It is MediaCorp Raintree Pictures's last film. It was produced by most of the production team of It's a Great, Great World. The cast includes artistes from both Singapore and Malaysia.
Ken Kwek is a Singaporean screenwriter, director, playwright and author. His short film compendium, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues, was banned by the Singapore and Malaysian governments in 2012. His first feature film Unlucky Plaza premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. His second feature #LookAtMe premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2022, to critical acclaim. He has written several full-length plays, including the #MeToo drama, This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls, which premiered in Singapore in 2019. He is also the author of several best-selling children’s books including Kelly and the Krumps, which won the Hedwig Anuar Book Award in 2020.
Anthony Chen is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films Ilo Ilo (2013) and Wet Season (2019).
Kimberly Chia Jing Yi is a Singaporean actress.
One Last Dance is a 2006 Singaporean crime film written and directed by Max Makowski and starring Francis Ng, Ti Lung, Vivian Hsu and Harvey Keitel. The film was shown in competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival as part of the "Tous Les Cinemas du Monde Sidebar" before being theatrically released in Singapore on 11 January 2007.
That One No Enough, is a 1999 Singaporean romance comedy film directed by Jack Neo. The film was Neo's directorial debut, not counting Hitman in the City which was directed for the direct-to-VCD market.
Being Human, originally titled Being Human Being!, is a 2010 Singaporean comedy film directed by Jack Neo.
Benjamin Heng is a Singaporean actor, known for starring in the romantic action film Eating Air, the comedy film Lelio Popo, and in the horror comedy film Zombiepura, as well as in several television series, such as Anything Goes, Durian King and Money No Problem!.
Collin Chee is a Singaporean businessman, actor and former Singapore national football team assistant manager.
The King of Musang King is a 2023 Singaporean-Malaysian comedy film directed by Jack Neo. The film stars Neo, Yeo Yann Yann, Mark Lee, Henry Thia, Glenn Yong, Angeline Teoh and Gadrick Chin. Set in Raub, Pahang, Malaysia, the film follows an ambitious durian farmer Wang Mao Shan (Neo) who aims to expand his business overseas. He develops feelings for his neighbour and business partner Liu Mei Lian (Yeo) along the way but faces complications when her estranged husband Wang Jin Shui (Lee) returns.
Eating Air is a 1999 Singaporean action romantic drama film directed by Kelvin Tong and Jasmine Ng, starring Benjamin Heng and Alvina Toh as two disaffected teenagers who are in love and about their days of being wild and crazy. Billed as "a motorcycle kung-fu love story", the directorial feature debut of Tong and Ng has since been considered a cult classic among the local film community.
Rishi Budhrani is a Singaporean stand-up comedian, actor, and host.
