Edmund Yeo

Editing·Mar 6, 1984·Singapore

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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)

Film	Credit
The Fox King2025 · Producer	Producer
Stone Turtle2022 · Producer	Producer
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away2021 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Moonlight Shadow2021 · Director	Director
Malu2020 · Director	Director
We, the Dead2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Yasmin-san2017 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
River of Exploding Durians2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Second Life of Thieves2014 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
3 Doors of Horrors2013 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Double2012 · Writer	Writer
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Last Fragments of Winter2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Exhalation2010 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Inhalation2010 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Tiger Factory2010 · Writer, Producer	Writer, Producer
Ladybird's Tears2010 · Writer	Writer
The White Flower2010 · Director	Director
Kingyo2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Woman on Fire Looks for Water2009 · Producer	Producer
Afternoon River, Evening Sky2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Love Suicides2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Fleeting Images2008 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Chicken Rice Mystery2008 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Days of the Turquoise Sky2008 · Producer	Producer
Being Gay in ChinaDirector, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Age Of GoodbyesDirector	Director