Yeo Siew Hua Explained

Yeo Siew Hua
Birth Date:	1985 4, df=y
Birth Place:	Singapore
Education:	Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Alma Mater:	National University of Singapore
Years Active:	2005−present
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Yeo Siew Hua (born 1 April 1985) is a Singaporean director, screenwriter and visual artist.^[1]

Life and career

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

Filmography

As director, writer and producer

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
2005	Aik Khoon				Short film
2005	Waking Monkey				Short film
2007	Nightless Day				Short film; original story
2009	White Days
2009	In the House of Straw				Feature film	^[6]
2012	Wormhole				Short film
2013	He & His Necktie				Short film
2014	The Obs: A Singapore Story				Documentary
2015	Mountain of Knives				Short film
2015	The Playground: Gone Kimmy Gone				Telemovie
2016	The Minotaur				Short film
2016	Rojak				TV series
2016	Run Rachael Run				TV series
2017	Whoopie's World				TV series
2017	Sanjay				Short film
2018	A Land Imagined				Feature film
2018	Queen of Hearts				TV series
2019	Incantation				Short film
2020	The Wandering				Short film; co-director
2020	An Invocation to the Earth				Short film	^[7]
2022	The Once and Future				An Expanded Cinema work	^[8]
2023	Deep End				TV series; co-director	^[9] ^[10]
2024					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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yeo Siew Hua . Gajah Gallery . 3 September 2023.
2. Web site: Yeo Siew Hua . Infocomm Media Development Authority . 3 September 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Ong . Sor Fern . My Weekend: Film-maker Yeo Siew Hua catches up on reading and movies . The Straits Times . 3 September 2023 . en . 25 November 2021.
4. Web site: Yeo Siew Hua . Singapore National Arts Council . 3 September 2023.
5. Web site: Writer-Director Yeo Siew Hua Conferred With Young Artist Award . Sinema.SG . 3 September 2023 . 25 November 2021.
6. Web site: Yeo Siew Hua IFFR . iffr.com . 3 September 2023.
7. Web site: Yeo Siew Hua . NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore . 3 September 2023 . 25 March 2021.
8. Web site: House Programme - The Once and Future . SIFA 2023 . 3 September 2023 . en-gb.
9. Web site: 新台演员本地拍戏 宏荣"吻了"陈雪甄隔天确诊 早报 . Lianhe Zaobao . 3 September 2023 . zh-Hans.
10. Web site: Deep End (2023) — Akanga Film Asia . akangafilm.com . 26 July 2024 . en.
11. Web site: Frater . Patrick . Ramachandran . Naman . ‘A Land Imagined’ Director Yeo Siew Hua Casts Taiwan Star Lee Kang-Sheng in Surveillance Thriller ‘Stranger Eyes’ (EXCLUSIVE) . Variety . 3 September 2023 . 18 August 2023.
12. Web site: 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 . 3 September 2023 . zh-Hans.