Director
Eric Khoo
61 years · Singapore · 23 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 23
Monster Island
2025 · Producer
On AMC+
Spirit World
2025 · Director
A Year of No Significance
2023 · Police Inspector
Piece of Meat
2019 · Screenplay
On Vimeo
Singapore Cinema: Between Takes
2018 · Self
Ramen Shop
2018 · Director
On MUBI
Art Through Our Eyes
2016 · Director
Wanton Mee
2016 · Director
In the Room
2015 · Director
On AsianCrush
7 Letters
2015 · Director, Writer
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
2014 · Actor
Recipe
2013 · Director
Ghost Child
2013 · Producer
On Hoopla
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 · Director
Tatsumi
2011 · Producer, Director
On MUBI
My Magic
2008 · Director, Screenplay
F.
2007 · Self
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her
2006 · Writer, Director
Be with Me
2005 · Director, Screenplay
15
2003 · Producer
Liang Po Po: The Movie
1999 · Boy's Father (Uncredited)
12 Storeys
1997 · Writer, Director
Mee Pok Man
1996 · Director