Directing
Anthony Chen
EN, ZH, ID, TL cinema · 33 credits
Born
18 April 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Singapore
Also known as 陈哲艺 · Άντονι Τσεν · アンソニー・チェン · 앤서니 천 · 陳哲藝
Anthony Chen (Chinese: 陈哲艺; born 18 April 1984) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films Ilo Ilo (2013) and Wet Season (2019). His debut feature film, Ilo Ilo, won the Camera d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, making him the first and only Singaporean to have been awarded at Cannes. The film also earned him the Achievement in Directing award at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film, Best New Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Known for
Filmography
We Are All Strangers
Director, Writer, Producer
Crocodile Tears
Co-Producer
Four Seasons in Java
Co-Producer
Sleep No More
Co-Producer
She Said
Producer
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
Co-Producer
Reflection
Director, Writer
This City Is a Battlefield
Co-Producer
Singapore Films: To The World & Back
2024
Singapore Films: To The World & Back
as Self
Drift
Producer, Director
Happyend
Producer
The Breaking Ice
Producer, Director, Writer
The Cigarette
Director
Arnold Is a Model Student
Co-Producer
Ajoomma
Producer
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Director, Writer, Producer
Distance
2021
Distance
Director, Screenplay
The Break Away
Director, Writer
Wet Season
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Pop Aye
Executive Producer
Distance
Writer, Executive Producer
Ilo Ilo
Screenplay, Producer, Director
Karung Guni
Director
The Reunion Dinner
Writer, Director
Hotel 66
2010
Hotel 66
Director, Writer
Lighthouse
Writer, Director
Haze
Director, Writer
Ah Ma
Writer, Director
G23
Director, Writer