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His short film debut November was nominated for the top prize at the Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film is archived in the Asian Short Film Collection at the University of Toronto’s Missisauga Library.
His graduate film Dawn was selected for the SciFi Film Festival in Sydney, Australia, the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival, and the Philip K. Dick Film Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City.
the future is hyperreal was featured in Der Greif Issue 17: One Day Soon by Torbjørn Rødland, Der Greif Guest Room: Willy Ndatira & Jack Stuart Mills, PhMuseum‘s Story of the Week, ZERO.NINE Magazine’s Top 10 Photo Stories of the Year, and was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Conceptual Category at the Minimalist Photography Awards.
2024-Current
Founder / Director
First-Editions.Co®
-Founded an e-commerce venture specialising in rare books and first editions, managing incorporation, finance, compliance, and daily operations.
-Built and designed full retail platform, integrating payments, inventory systems, and customer tools.
-Curated and marketed a catalogue of rare first editions, driving growth through research, branding, and SEO.
FILMOGRAPHY
DAWN: Redux
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SciFi Film Festival (AU)
Shockfest Film Festival (US),
Boston SciFi Film Festival (US)
Philip K. Dick Film Festival (US)
European Philip K. Dick Film Festival (FR)
INTO THE RIPPLE
Nominated: Best Student Film, Birmingham Film Festival (UK)
#L4L
Amarcort Film Festival (IT)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Albacete (ES)
Filmfest-Dresden International Short Film Festival (DE)
Bucharest Short Film Festival (RO)
Rina Sawayama - Alterlife
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Featured on VICE and Vogue
Vessel
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Vimeo ‘Staff Pick’
November
Nominated: Golden Reel, Best Short Film, Los
Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (US)
Best Script, Singapore Short Film Awards (SG)
Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,
National Youth Film Awards (SG)
Asian Short Film Collection, University of Toronto (CA)
PHOTOGRAPHY
the future is hyperreal
Der Greif Issue 17—One Day Soon: Torbjørn Rødland
Der Greif Guest Room: Willy Ndatira & Jack Stuart Mills
Honorable Mention, Minimalist Photography Awards
PhMuseum, Featured Project
ZERO.NINE, Top 10 Photo Stories of the Year
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts in Film and Television
Directing Fiction
National Film and Television School (UK)
Diploma (Merit) in Film, Sound and Video
Ngee Ann Polytechnic Scholarship
Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Film and Media Studies (SG)