Yeo Siew Hua

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Yeo Siew Hua
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Yeo in 2023
Born (1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 (age 39)
Other names
  • Chris Yeo
  • Yang Xiuhua
Education Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Alma mater National University of Singapore
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • cinematographer
  • editor
  • NFT artist
  • visual artist
  • educator
Years active2005−present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 楊修華
Simplified Chinese 杨修华
Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Xiūhuá

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

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Education

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]

Career

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

Filmography

As director, writer and producer

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleCredited asNotesRef.
Director Writer Producer
2005Aik KhoonYesYesNoShort film [2]
Waking MonkeyYesYesNoShort film [2]
2007Nightless DayNoYesNoShort film; original story
2009White DaysNoYesNo
In the House of StrawYesYesYesFeature film [7]
2012WormholeYesYesYesShort film [7]
2013He & His NecktieNoYesNoShort film
2014The Obs: A Singapore StoryYesYesYesDocumentary [7]
2015Mountain of KnivesYesYesNoShort film [7]
The Playground: Gone Kimmy GoneNoYesNoTelemovie
2016The MinotaurYesYesNoShort film
RojakNoYesNoTV series
Run Rachael RunNoYesNoTV series
2017Whoopie's WorldNoYesNoTV series
SanjayNoYesNoShort film
2018 A Land Imagined YesYesNoFeature film [7]
Queen of HeartsNoYesNoTV series
2019IncantationYesYesYesShort film
2020The WanderingYesYesNoShort film; co-director
An Invocation to the EarthYesYesNoShort film [5]
2022The Once and FutureYesYesNoAn Expanded Cinema work [5] [8]
2023Deep EndYesNoNoTV series; co-director [9] [10]
2024 Stranger Eyes YesYesNoFeature film [11] [12]

As cinematographer

As editor

Film appearances

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  12. "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.