Royston Tan
Royston TAN (1976, Singapore) graduated from Temasek Polytechnic and has received numerous awards for his music videos and short films. Tan, sometimes called 'the cult icon of Singapore', was listed in the 'Top 20 Asian Heroes' by Time Magazine in 2004. In 2008, the filmmaker was a jury member of the Rotterdam Tiger Award Competition. His feature films, often with numbers in their titles, are welcomed at festivals worldwide. He still makes short films on the side.
Filmography
Remain (1995, short), Erase (1996, short), Adam. Eve. Steve. (1997, short), Kisses (1998, short), Jesses (1999, short), Sons (2000, short), Hock hiap leong (2001, short ), 15 (2002, short doc), 48 on Aids (2002, short), 24hrs (2002, short), Mother (2002, short), The Old Man and the River (2003, short), 177155 (2003, short), 15 (2003), Cut (2004, short), Blind (2004, short), Capitol Cinema (2004, short), Old Parliament House (2004, short), The Absentee (2004, short), Careless Whisperer (2005, short), New York Girl (2005, short), Monkey Love (2005, short), DIY (2005, short), 4:30 (2006), Sin sai hong (2006, short), 881 (2007), 12 Lotus (2008), Little Note (2009, short), Letters from the South (2013, co-dir)