Meng Ong
Meng Ong is a Singapore born filmmaker. He began making movies at 16[1] and graduated from New York University Film School. Miss Wonton is his first feature length film, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2001 in the American spectrum section[2]. He has also been selected as one of the “Directors to Watch” by filmfestivals.com. It also won the prestigious PRIX FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival[3] and showcased at other festivals like Pusan International Film Festival and as the opening night film at the Bite the Mango film festival in UK. The film has been released by United International Pictures in Singapore (2001) and at the Cinema Village in New York City (2002). It has been released on video by Comstar.
Meng Ong is currently writing his second feature screenplay, Chinese Ghost Wedding. It has been selected for Sundance Institute Screenwriter’s Lab.
Meng Ong is also directing and executive producing television for Channel 5 at Mediacorp Studios, Singapore. He is executive producing, Police and Thief, one of the most successful English comedies on channel 5, nominated for the Best Comedy of the Year at the Asian Television Awards 2006. The series is now in its 4th season.
His award winning short films and videos including, Waves of a Distant Shore, Chinadoll and Buddha’s Garden, have been shown at the Asian American Film Festival[4], Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, Philadelphia International Film Festival, the MIX Festival in New York, the Young ASEAN filmmakers Festival in Japan and more[5]. He is a multiple winner at the Silver Screen Awards at the Singapore International Film Festival including winner of two Best Director Awards.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Format | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Chinadoll | Documentary Short | director/writer |
| 1992 | Waves of a Distant Shore | Short Film | director/writer |
| 1993 | Buddha’s Garden | Short Film | director/writer |
| 1995 | The Wooden Clogs | Video Short | director/writer |
| 2001 | Miss Wonton | Feature Film | director/writer |
| 2001-2007 | Chinese Ghost Wedding | Feature Screenplay | director/writer |
| 2002/2003 | First Touch Season 2 | Television series | director/writer |
| 2004 | Family Business | Television pilot | director/writer/Executive Producer |
| 2004 | Police and Thief | Television series | director/writer (one episode) |
| 2004/2005 | White Snake | Television Pilot | director/writer/Executive Producer |
| 2005 | Police and Thief 2 | TV series | director/writer/Executive Producer |
| 2006 | Police and Thief 3 | TV series | director/writer/Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Police and Thief 4 | TV series | director/writer/Executive Producer |
External links
- http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=239422 NY Times review of Miss Wonton
References
- ^ http://www.filmfestivals.com/servlet/JSCRun?obj=ShowNewsSundance&CfgPath=ffs/filinfo&Cfg=news.cfg&news=general&text_id=16276 Interview with Meng Ong
- ^ http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_001205_briefs.html
- ^ http://www.fipresci.org/awards/awards/awards_2001.htm
- ^ http://www.indiewire.com/ots/fes_01AAIFF_010731_wrap.html
- ^ http://www.filmfestival.gr/2001/uk/process.php?movieid=82&eventid=41