Royston Tan | |
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Born |
Singapore |
5 October 1976
Occupation | director, screenwriter, producer, actor |
Years active | 1995– |
Website | royston-tan |
Royston Tan (simplified Chinese: 陈子谦; traditional Chinese: 陳子謙; pinyin: Chén Zǐ Qiān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chí-khiam; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker.
Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short films: Sons (2000), Hock Hiap Leong (2001), 48 on AIDS (2002), Mother (2002) and 15 (2002). He has so far directed four features.
1995
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1998
1999/2000
2000
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2002
2003
2004
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2007
2009
2010
In June 2010, Tan was part of a group of Singapore filmmakers to protest the Asian Film Archive's head Tan Bee Thiam's supposed conflict of interest. Their letter led to Tan's resignation as executive director in September.