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Edmund Yeo
Singapore
Edmund Yeo is a Malaysian filmmaker living and working in Malaysia and Japan. His short films, KINGYO (Venice Film Festival 2009) and INHALATION (Sonje Award winner, Busan Interna…
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Edmund Yeo is a Malaysian filmmaker living and working in Malaysia and Japan. His short films, KINGYO (Venice Film Festival 2009) and INHALATION (Sonje Award winner, Busan International Film Festival 2010) secured his reputation as a promising filmmaker. In 2017, he won the Best Director award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his sophomore feature AQERAT (We, The Dead). In 2020, he directed the Japanese-Malaysian co-production MALU which co-starred Malaysian stars Sherlyn Seo and Mayjune Tan and Japanese stars Masatoshi Nagase and Kiko Mizuhara. His latest film is MOONLIGHT SHADOW (2021), an adaptation of internationally-acclaimed author Banana Yoshimoto’s novella starring Japanese superstar Nana Komatsu. He's also known for his highly acclaimed collaborations with Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin, having produced, co-wrote or edited the films that Woo had directed, like WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER (Orrizonti section, Venice Film Festival 2009), THE TIGER FACTORY (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Fest 2010), THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES, and STONE TURTLE (Locarno Film Festival 2022 FIPRESCI Prize winner)
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2026
The Age Of Goodbyes
Movie Director
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2026
The Fox King
Movie Producer
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2022
Stone Turtle
Movie Producer
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2021
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
Movie Director
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2021
Moonlight Shadow
Movie Director
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2020
Malu
Movie Director
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2020
Zombitopia
Movie Editor
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2017
We, the Dead
Movie Director
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2017
Yasmin-san
Movie Director
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2015
Return to Nostalgia
Movie Color Grading
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2014
River of Exploding Durians
Movie Director
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2014
The Second Life of Thieves
Movie Writer
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2013
3 Doors of Horrors
Movie Writer
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2012
Double
Movie Writer
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2011
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Movie Writer
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2011
Last Fragments of Winter
Movie Director
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2010
Exhalation
Movie Director
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2010
Inhalation
Movie Director
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2010
The Tiger Factory
Movie Writer
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2010
Ladybird's Tears
Movie Writer
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2010
The White Flower
Movie Director
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2009
Kingyo
Movie Director
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2009
Woman on Fire Looks for Water
Movie Editor
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2009
Afternoon River, Evening Sky
Movie Director
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2009
Love Suicides
Movie Director
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2008
Fleeting Images
Movie Director
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2008
Chicken Rice Mystery
Movie Editor
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2008
Days of the Turquoise Sky
Movie Editor
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Being Gay in China
Movie Director
