Edmund Yeo
Editing
- Born
- March 6, 1984 (age 42) · Singapore
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.
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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)
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Behind the camera29
- 2026The Age Of Goodbyes Director, Editor, Writer
- 2026The Fox King Producer, Editor
- 2022Stone Turtle Producer, Editor
- 2021So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away Director, Screenplay
- 2021Moonlight Shadow Director
- 2020Malu Director
- 2020Zombitopia Editor
- 2017We, the Dead Director, Writer
- 2017Yasmin-san Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
- 2015Return to Nostalgia
