Director
Anthony Chen
Born April 18, 1984 in Singapore19 films
Anthony Chen (Chinese: 陈哲艺; born 18 April 1984) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films Ilo Ilo (2013) and Wet Season (2019).
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His debut feature film, Ilo Ilo, won the Camera d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, making him the first and only Singaporean to have been awarded at Cannes. The film also earned him the Achievement in Directing award at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film, Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay.
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First watchIlo Ilo20136.8During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
19 films as director- TBASecret DaughterDirector
- 2026We Are All StrangersDirector
- 2025ReflectionDirector
- 2024DriftDirector
- 2023The CigaretteDirector
- 2023The Breaking IceDirector
- 2021The Year of the Everlasting StormDirector
- 2021The Break AwayDirector
- 2021DistanceDirector
- 2019Wet SeasonDirector
- 2013Ilo IloDirector
- 2013HomesickDirector
- 2012Karung GuniDirector
- 2011The Reunion DinnerDirector
- 2010Hotel 66Director
- 2010LighthouseDirector
- 2008HazeDirector
- 2007Ah MaDirector
- 2005G23Director