Yeo Siew Hua

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeo.
Yeo Siew Hua
Yeo in 2023
Born (1985-04-01) 1 April 1985 (age 39)
Singapore
Other names
  • Chris Yeo
  • Yang Xiuhua
EducationNgee Ann Polytechnic
Alma materNational 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 PinyinYáng Xiūhuá

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

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
Year Title Credited as Notes Ref.
Director Writer Producer
2005 Aik Khoon Yes Yes No Short film [2]
Waking Monkey Yes Yes No Short film [2]
2007 Nightless Day No Yes No Short film; original story
2009 White Days No Yes No
In the House of Straw Yes Yes Yes Feature film [7]
2012 Wormhole Yes Yes Yes Short film [7]
2013 He & His Necktie No Yes No Short film
2014 The Obs: A Singapore Story Yes Yes Yes Documentary [7]
2015 Mountain of Knives Yes Yes No Short film [7]
The Playground: Gone Kimmy Gone No Yes No Telemovie
2016 The Minotaur Yes Yes No Short film
Rojak No Yes No TV series
Run Rachael Run No Yes No TV series
2017 Whoopie's World No Yes No TV series
Sanjay No Yes No Short film
2018 A Land Imagined Yes Yes No Feature film [7]
Queen of Hearts No Yes No TV series
2019 Incantation Yes Yes Yes Short film
2020 The Wandering Yes Yes No Short film; co-director
An Invocation to the Earth Yes Yes No Short film [5]
2022 The Once and Future Yes Yes No An Expanded Cinema work [5][8]
2023 Deep End Yes No No TV series; co-director [9][10]
2024 Stranger Eyes Yes Yes No Feature film [11][12]

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

  1. ^ "Yeo Siew Hua". Gajah Gallery. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Yeo Siew Hua". Infocomm Media Development Authority. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Yeo Siew Hua" (PDF). Singapore National Arts Council. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Yeo Siew Hua". NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Writer-Director Yeo Siew Hua Conferred With Young Artist Award". Sinema.SG. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Yeo Siew Hua | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  8. ^ "House Programme - The Once and Future". SIFA 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Deep End (2023) — Akanga Film Asia". akangafilm.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  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.
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