Siew Hua Yeo

Yeo Siew Hua (born 1 April 1985) is a Singaporean director, screenwriter and visual artist.

Education Graduating among the top of his cohort in Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Media Studies, Yeo went on to study philosophy at the National University of Singapore.

Career

Yeo is a founding member of the 13 Little Pictures film collective and is part of the autonomous art group soft/Wall/studs, where he curates documentary films in conversation with contemporary art practice. His experimental feature debut In the House of Straw (2009) was named by critics as being a significant entry in the Singapore New Wave. With his second feature film A Land Imagined, Yeo became the first Singaporean to win the Golden Leopard Award at Locarno in 2018. The following year, the film went on to win Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Film Score at the Golden Horse Awards, and was also chosen as Singapore's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards.

In 2024, Stranger Eyes premiered in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the opening film for both the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and the 35th Singapore International Film Festival.

Yeo has also taught at local institutions including the School of the Arts (SOTA), LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

In 2021, Yeo received the Young Artist Award, Singapore's most prominent award for young arts practitioners.

Filmography As director, writer and producer

YearTitleCredited as Notes Director Writer Producer 2005 Aik Khoon Short film Waking Monkey Short film 2012 Wormhole Short film 2022 The Once and Future An Expanded Cinema work 2023 Deep End TV series; co-director 2024 Stranger Eyes Feature film

As cinematographer Aik khoon (2005; short film) The Bohemian Rhapsody Project (2006) The Lucky Seven Project (2007)

As editor Aik khoon (2005; short film) In the House of Straw (2009)

Film appearances Singapore Cinema: Between Takes (2018; documentary)