Biography
Edmund Yeo is a Malaysian filmmaker living and working in Malaysia and Japan. His short films, KINGYO (Venice Film Festival 2009) and INHALATION (Sonje Award winner, Busan International Film Festival 2010) secured his reputation as a promising filmmaker. In 2017, he won the Best Director award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his sophomore feature AQERAT (We, The Dead).
In 2020, he directed the Japanese-Malaysian co-production MALU which co-starred Malaysian stars Sherlyn Seo and Mayjune Tan and Japanese stars Masatoshi Nagase and Kiko Mizuhara.
His latest film is MOONLIGHT SHADOW (2021), an adaptation of internationally-acclaimed author Banana Yoshimoto’s novella starring Japanese superstar Nana Komatsu.
He's also known for his highly acclaimed collaborations with Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin, having produced, co-wrote or edited the films that Woo had directed, like WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER (Orrizonti section, Venice Film Festival 2009), THE TIGER FACTORY (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Fest 2010), THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES, and STONE TURTLE (Locarno Film Festival 2022 FIPRESCI Prize winner)
Filmography
all 30
Movies 30
Director 16
Producer 6
Writer 4
Stone Turtle (2022)
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (2021)
Moonlight Shadow (2021)
Malu (2020)
Zombitopia (2020)
Jeux de plage (2019)
Yasmin-san (2017)
We, the Dead (2017)
Return to Nostalgia (2015)
River of Exploding Durians (2014)
The Second Life of Thieves (2014)
3 Doors of Horrors (2013)
Double (2012)
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
Last Fragments of Winter (2011)
Girl in Water (2011)
Exhalation (2010)
Inhalation (2010)
The Tiger Factory (2010)
Ladybird's Tears (2010)
The White Flower (2010)
Kingyo (2009)
Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2009)
Afternoon River, Evening Sky (2009)
Love Suicides (2009)
Fleeting Images (2008)
Chicken Rice Mystery (2008)
Days of the Turquoise Sky (2008)
The Elephant and the Sea (2007)
Tanah Kubur
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GenderMale
Birthday1984-03-06 (40 years old)
Birth PlaceSingapore, Singapore
CitizenshipsMalaysia
ResidencesTokyo, Japan
Also Known As杨毅恒, エドモンド・ヨウ, エドモンド ヨウ, 에드문드 여
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