Yeo Siew Hua
Singaporean director (born 1985)
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Yeo Siew Hua (born 1 April 1985) is a Singaporean director, screenwriter and visual artist.[1]
- Chris Yeo
- Yang Xiuhua
Yeo Siew Hua | |
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Yeo in 2023 | |
| Born | 1 April 1985 |
| Other names |
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| Education | Ngee Ann Polytechnic |
| Alma mater | National University of Singapore |
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| Years active | 2005−present |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 楊修華 |
| Simplified Chinese | 杨修华 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Xiūhuá |
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
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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]
In 2024, Stranger Eyes premiered in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the opening film for both the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and the 35th Singapore International Film Festival.[4]
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.[5]
In 2021, Yeo received the Young Artist Award, Singapore's most prominent award for young arts practitioners.[6][7]
Filmography
As director, writer and producer
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Producer | ||||
| 2005 | Aik Khoon | No | Yes | No | Short film | [8] |
| 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 | [9] | |
| 2012 | Wormhole | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | [9] |
| 2013 | He & His Necktie | No | Yes | No | Short film | |
| 2014 | The Obs: A Singapore Story | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary | [9] |
| 2015 | Mountain of Knives | Yes | Yes | No | Short film | [9] |
| 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 | [9] |
| 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 | [6] | |
| 2022 | The Once and Future | Yes | Yes | No | An Expanded Cinema work | [6][10] |
| 2023 | Deep End | Yes | No | No | TV series; co-director | [11][12] |
| 2024 | Stranger Eyes | Yes | Yes | No | Feature film | [13][14] |
As cinematographer
As editor
- Aik khoon (2005; short film)
- In the House of Straw (2009)
Film appearances
- Singapore Cinema: Between Takes (2018; documentary)
