Eric Khoo

Acting

Eric Khoo

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Birthday
Mar 27, 1965 (60 years old)

Eric Khoo

Known For

Singapore Films: To The World & Back
0h 44m
Movie 2024

Singapore Films: To The World & Back

Uncovers the remarkable story of how this small nation has...

Singapore Cinema: Between Takes
0h 52m
Movie 2018

Singapore Cinema: Between Takes

From Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to 12 Storeys (1997) to...

Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
1h 28m
Movie 2014

Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows

Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a...

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Movie 2007

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A profile of Toh Hai Leong, the director of the...

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.