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Royston Tan
Singaporean filmmaker (born 1976)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Royston Tan (born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker and actor.
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Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications.[1] 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 six features.
In 2021 he was selected as a jury member for the Sonje Award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.[2]
He was appointed creative director of the Singapore National Day Parade in 2020 and 2023.[3] In 2023, Tan was one of the eight assentors appointed for eventual president-elect Tharman Shanmugaratnam in the 2023 Singaporean presidential election.[4]
Filmography
As director
Feature films
Short films
- Adam.Eve.Steve (1997)
- Jesses (1999)
- Sons (2000)
- Hock Hiap Leong (200