Eric Khoo
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
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.
