Eric Khoo
- Directing
- March 27, 1965 · Singapore
Biography
Cultural Medallion recipient and award winning film maker Eric Khoo who helms Zhao Wei Films/ Gorylah Pictures has been credited for reviving the Singapore film industry and for putting Singapore onto the International film map in 1995. He was the first Singaporean to have his films invited to major film festivals such as Berlin, Venice and Cannes. Khoo was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Letters, from the French Cultural Minister and his feature, My Magic was nominated for the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2008. Khoo was profiled in Phaidon Books, Take 100 the future of Film - 100 New directors. The Pompidou Centre in Paris held an Eric Khoo film retrospective and he served as President of the Jury at The Locarno international film Festival in 2010. In 2011, he released his first animated feature, Tatsumi, which was invited to the 64th Cannes Film Festival and made it's North American premiere at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Zhao Wei Films represents filmakers Boo Junfeng, Anthony Chen, and Brian Gothong Tan.
Known for
Filmography
- Morte Cucina · Executive producer
- Kopitiam Days · Executive producer
- Monster Island · Producer
- Spirit World · Director
- Hungry Souls · Screenplay
- Singapore Films: To The World & Back · Self
- A Year of No Significance · Police Inspector
- In My Mother's Skin · Executive producer
- The Daughter · Director
- Food Lore · Director, Creator
- Piece of Meat · Screenplay
- Singapore Cinema: Between Takes · Self
- Folklore · Director, Creator
- Buffalo Boys · Executive producer
- Ramen Shop · Director
- Art Through Our Eyes · Director
- Apprentice · Executive producer
- Wanton Mee · Director
- In the Room · Director
- 7 Letters · Director, Writer
- Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
- Recipe · Director
- Ghost Child · Producer
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · Director
- 23:59 · Executive producer
- Tatsumi · Producer, Director
- Sandcastle · Executive producer
- Macabre · Executive producer
- Invisible Children · Executive producer
- My Magic · Director, Screenplay
- F. · Self, Cinematography
- No Day Off · Director
- Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her · Writer, Director
- Be with Me · Director, Screenplay
- Zombie Dog · Producer
- 15 · Producer
- One Leg Kicking · Executive producer, Story
- Home Vdo · Director
- Liang Po Po: The Movie · Boy's Father (Uncredited), Executive producer
- 12 Storeys · Writer, Director
- Mee Pok Man · Director
- Pain · Director, Cinematography