Personal Info

Gender

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Place of Birth

Yew Kwang Han

Biography:

Han Yew Kwang studied to be an architect but ended up as a scriptwriter at MediaCorp and then later SPH Channel U. In 2002, his short film The Call Home (2002) won Best Short Film at the Singapore International Film festival and garnered him great attention. He made his first feature Unarmed Combat in 2005, and followed that up with romance comedy 18 Grams of Love (2007). In 2009, he was awarded the National Arts Council Young Artist Award. His next features were a romantic comedy telemovie Love in a Cab (2010) and comedy When Hainan Meets Teochew (2011). His next project was the sex comedy, Rubbers (2015). Most recently, Yew Kwang directed the supernatural romance comedy When Ghost Meets Zombie (2019), starring Nathan Hartono.

Known For

Acting

2018

2010

When Hainan Meets Teochew as Hainan's Brother

2003

Writing

2015

Rubbers as Writer

2011

Perfect Rivals as Writer

2010

Love in a Cab as Writer

2005

Unarmed Combat as Writer

2001

Pinball as Writer

Directing

2019

2015

Rubbers as Director

2011

Perfect Rivals as Director

2010

2008

2007

18 Grams of Love as Director

2005

Unarmed Combat as Director

2002

The Call Home as Director

2001

Pinball as Director

Production

2010

When Hainan Meets Teochew as Executive Producer