Colin Goh

History

COLIN GOH is the co-creator of Dim Sum Warriors ???®, a graphic novel series about kung fu-fighting dumplings that has been featured by Fast Company, Time, the BBC and Publishers Weekly. In 2017, it was adapted into a stage musical with music by Pulitzer Prize-winning and Grammy-nominated composer Du Yun, which premiered in Shanghai before touring 25 major cities in China in 2018. Colin is also the founder of the pioneering Singaporean satirical website TalkingCock.com and the editor of the bestselling Coxford Singlish Dictionary. He is also a filmmaker whose award-winning feature Singapore Dreaming (2006) has been sold to multiple territories and screened at numerous festivals and venues worldwide. Colin also composed all the cartoons for the New York Times bestsellers Search Inside Yourself and Joy on Demand. He is currently working on Little Dim Sum Warriors, a children’s storybook and app series that helps kids learn both Mandarin and English, which is supported by the Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism. Even with all this on his plate, he remains an attorney with qualifications from England, Singapore and New York because, you know, who needs enough sleep?

Movies

Singapore Dreaming
Writer
Disappointed by his failed dreams, Loh Poh Huat visits his frustrations on his family. So when he wins the lottery, everyone believes the money will deliver them from their struggles. However, Loh dies abruptly and his elaborate and surreal Taoist funeral pitches the family into a battle where the stakes are the very meaning of life itself. Singapore Dreaming is a poignant yet darkly humorous story which follows the lives of six individuals as they navigate the rapidly changing conditions experienced in today’s modern South-East Asian cities.
Singapore Dreaming
Director
Disappointed by his failed dreams, Loh Poh Huat visits his frustrations on his family. So when he wins the lottery, everyone believes the money will deliver them from their struggles. However, Loh dies abruptly and his elaborate and surreal Taoist funeral pitches the family into a battle where the stakes are the very meaning of life itself. Singapore Dreaming is a poignant yet darkly humorous story which follows the lives of six individuals as they navigate the rapidly changing conditions experienced in today’s modern South-East Asian cities.
Talking Cock the Movie
Talking Cock has what no other Singaporean movie has...a sense of humor. Not just concerning the subject matter at hand, but also concerning itself. The Python-esque flick jumps from story to story embracing the language the Singaporean government would love its citizens to forget. Showcasing Singapore's ability to produce something of actual merit, Talking Cock doesn't just talk cock...it walks it too...if that makes any sense.
Talking Cock the Movie
Writer
Talking Cock has what no other Singaporean movie has...a sense of humor. Not just concerning the subject matter at hand, but also concerning itself. The Python-esque flick jumps from story to story embracing the language the Singaporean government would love its citizens to forget. Showcasing Singapore's ability to produce something of actual merit, Talking Cock doesn't just talk cock...it walks it too...if that makes any sense.
Talking Cock the Movie
Director
Talking Cock has what no other Singaporean movie has...a sense of humor. Not just concerning the subject matter at hand, but also concerning itself. The Python-esque flick jumps from story to story embracing the language the Singaporean government would love its citizens to forget. Showcasing Singapore's ability to produce something of actual merit, Talking Cock doesn't just talk cock...it walks it too...if that makes any sense.