Eric Khoo
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (39)
Morte Cucina
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Kopitiam Days
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Monster Island
Producer (Production)
2025
Spirit World
Director (Directing)
2025
Singapore Films: To The World & Back
as Self
2024
A Year of No Significance
as Police Inspector
2023
In My Mother's Skin
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
The Daughter
Director (Directing)
2021
Piece of Meat
Screenplay (Writing)
2019
Singapore Cinema: Between Takes
as Self
2018
Buffalo Boys
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Ramen Shop
Director (Directing)
2018
Art Through Our Eyes
Director (Directing)
2016
Apprentice
Executive Producer (Production)
2016
Wanton Mee
Director (Directing)
2016
In the Room
Director (Directing)
2015
7 Letters
Director (Directing)
2015
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
2014
Recipe
Director (Directing)
2013
Ghost Child
Producer (Production)
2013
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Director (Directing)
2011
23:59
Executive Producer (Production)
2011
Tatsumi
Producer (Production)
2011
Sandcastle
Executive Producer (Production)
2010
Macabre
Executive Producer (Production)
2009
Invisible Children
Executive Producer (Production)
2008
My Magic
Director (Directing)
2008
F.
as Self
2007
No Day Off
Director (Directing)
2006
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
Writer (Writing)
2006
Be with Me
Director (Directing)
2005
Zombie Dog
Producer (Production)
2004
15
Producer (Production)
2003
One Leg Kicking
Executive Producer (Production)
2001
Home Vdo
Director (Directing)
2000
Liang Po Po: The Movie
as Boy's Father (Uncredited)
1999
12 Storeys
Writer (Writing)
1997
Mee Pok Man
Director (Directing)
1996
Pain
Sound (Sound)
1994
