Gilbert Chan
Nacimiento : , Singapore
Historia
Gilbert is an award-winning writer/director/trainer residing in Singapore. His writing accolades include the top prize in the Singapore Screenplay Awards in 2001 and the merit award at the MDA Scriptwriting Competition in 2002. He is also the producer, writer, and director of the digital movie S11 (2006). S11 is the official selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and also won the audience choice award at the Toronto-Singapore film festival. His second movie, Love Matters (2009), which he co-directed with Jack Neo, was a box office success in Malaysia and Singapore. In 2016, he co-directed 4Love, which tells the story of love; from strangers to marriage and then life together as an elderly couple. His movie 23:59 (2011), which he wrote and directed, was a critical success and popular with the Singapore audience. Its sequel, 23:59 The Haunting Hour was released in 2018.
Writer
Recruit Tommy - a socially awkward individual, is the subject of teasing and bullying by his army mates. He seeks comfort from the compliments left by his readers on his blog that features fictitious army horror stories he writes in his free time. Tommy’s articles were well-received by his readers, from the story of a sinister spirit that haunts the pioneer batch of National Service cadets enlisted in 1967; to the strange encounters of a commando unit in 1983, believed to be the doings of a vengeful, seductive python spirit… Among the messages received, an attractive reader who praised Tommy for his article caught his eyes. Mesmerized by her looks, Tommy imagines being in a relationship with her and even doctored pictures of them together. One day, he received a text message from her and things started to go awry…
Director
Recruit Tommy - a socially awkward individual, is the subject of teasing and bullying by his army mates. He seeks comfort from the compliments left by his readers on his blog that features fictitious army horror stories he writes in his free time. Tommy’s articles were well-received by his readers, from the story of a sinister spirit that haunts the pioneer batch of National Service cadets enlisted in 1967; to the strange encounters of a commando unit in 1983, believed to be the doings of a vengeful, seductive python spirit… Among the messages received, an attractive reader who praised Tommy for his article caught his eyes. Mesmerized by her looks, Tommy imagines being in a relationship with her and even doctored pictures of them together. One day, he received a text message from her and things started to go awry…
Director
“4Love” is a compilation of four stories revolving around love. In the first story, two young adults come into contact through a book while the second story revolves around the obstacles a man encounters on the day he intends to propose to his girlfriend. The third story revolves around the consequences of a married woman’s infidelity while in the last story, a couple decide to give their marriage a second chance after an encounter with a loving elderly couple.
Writer
Luchando por reconciliarse con la muerte de su madre, Kim de repente tiene que lidiar con una nueva madre en su vida. Choon, el padre de Kim, trae a casa a una mujer un día y anuncia su decisión de casarse con ella. Una serie de incidentes misteriosos y terroríficos comienzan a ocurrir en la casa de la familia después de su regreso. ¿Podría ser el espíritu celoso de la esposa muerta de Choon que ha vuelto para mostrar su disgusto por haber sido reemplazada? ¿O hay algo más siniestro? Lo que desvela es una historia de maldad indescriptible que amenaza con destruir a la familia. ¿Qué secreto profundo y oscuro es Na, la nueva esposa de Choon, escondiéndose de ellos? ¿Kim puede ayudar a salvar a su familia de la destrucción completa?
Director
Luchando por reconciliarse con la muerte de su madre, Kim de repente tiene que lidiar con una nueva madre en su vida. Choon, el padre de Kim, trae a casa a una mujer un día y anuncia su decisión de casarse con ella. Una serie de incidentes misteriosos y terroríficos comienzan a ocurrir en la casa de la familia después de su regreso. ¿Podría ser el espíritu celoso de la esposa muerta de Choon que ha vuelto para mostrar su disgusto por haber sido reemplazada? ¿O hay algo más siniestro? Lo que desvela es una historia de maldad indescriptible que amenaza con destruir a la familia. ¿Qué secreto profundo y oscuro es Na, la nueva esposa de Choon, escondiéndose de ellos? ¿Kim puede ayudar a salvar a su familia de la destrucción completa?
Writer
Encuentran muerto a un recluta, y los demás soldados deben enfrentar un secreto aterrador que asola el campamento de entrenamiento militar.
Director
Encuentran muerto a un recluta, y los demás soldados deben enfrentar un secreto aterrador que asola el campamento de entrenamiento militar.
Writer
"Love Matters" is a movie revolving around three main protagonists - 52-year-old Tan Bo Seng, his 17-year-old teenage son Benny and 36-year-old Jeremy, Bo Seng's 'adopted' brother - and their accidental journey in seeking and keeping love and happiness. Bo Seng (Henry Thia) who leads a routine life attempts to revive the passion with his wife Jia Li (Yeo Yann Yann). Jeremy (Jack Lim) lives a colourful life; with "Never to commit" as his motto for love. Benny (Alex Leong) has just started school life and his only distraction is his crush, Jennifer (Natalli) who is his classmate's girlfriend.
Director
"Love Matters" is a movie revolving around three main protagonists - 52-year-old Tan Bo Seng, his 17-year-old teenage son Benny and 36-year-old Jeremy, Bo Seng's 'adopted' brother - and their accidental journey in seeking and keeping love and happiness. Bo Seng (Henry Thia) who leads a routine life attempts to revive the passion with his wife Jia Li (Yeo Yann Yann). Jeremy (Jack Lim) lives a colourful life; with "Never to commit" as his motto for love. Benny (Alex Leong) has just started school life and his only distraction is his crush, Jennifer (Natalli) who is his classmate's girlfriend.
Writer
The stories of three characters - an absent-minded goldsmith clerk, an introverted junior chef, and a juvenile peddler girl - whose lives coincide in the course of a day, and the result of a series of events involving farcical villains.
Director
The stories of three characters - an absent-minded goldsmith clerk, an introverted junior chef, and a juvenile peddler girl - whose lives coincide in the course of a day, and the result of a series of events involving farcical villains.
