Southeast Asian cinema
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Southeast Asian cinema refers to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, Southeast Asia. By definition, it describes any films produced in Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Southeast Asian cinema is a sub-section of continental Asian cinema, which in turn comes under the umbrella term of World cinema, a term used to describe any foreign language films.
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[edit] Key figures
[edit] Burma
- Kyi Soe Tun – Burma's most prominent director. His films include Upstream and Blood.
[edit] Cambodia
- Haing S. Ngor – Academy Award-winning Cambodian-American actor (The Killing Fields)
- Rithy Panh – French-schooled documentarian and filmmaker.
[edit] Indonesia
- Christine Hakim – Veteran actress (Whispering Sands).
- Dian Sastrowardoyo – Popular actress (Whispering Sands).
- Joko Anwar – Film critic and director (Joni's Promise).
- Riri Riza – Director of Gie.
- Mira Lesmana - Producer (Gie).
[edit] Laos
- Som Ock Southiponh – Independent director, producer and screenwriter (Red Lotus).
[edit] Malaysia
- P. Ramlee – Leading man, screenwriter and director.
- U-Wei Bin Hajisaari - Director and screenwriter
- Abdul Razak Mohaideen – Director.
- Tsai Ming-liang
- Yasmin Ahmad
- Amir Muhammad
- Ho Yuhang
- James Lee
- Tan Chui Mui
- Woo Ming Jin
[edit] Philippines
- Nora Aunor – Multi-awarded actress, known for her role in the film Himala.
- Ishmael Bernal – also considered one of the Philippines' greatest directors.
- Lino Brocka – One of the Philippines' greatest directors; four of his films were shown in the Cannes Film Festival, two of which were nominated for the Palme d'Or.
- Sharon Cuneta – Multi-awarded actress famous for her role as stepmother in critically-acclaimed Madrasta
- Lav Diaz – Director of Batang West Side, Ebolusyon ng Isang Pamilyang Pilipino and Heremias.
- Peque Gallaga – renowned for his Oro, Plata, Mata
- Eddie Garcia – Critically acclaimed, legendary action star.
- Gloria Romero – Prominent mid-century actress.
- Mother Lily Monteverde – Renowned film producer and head of Regal Films.
- Fernando Poe Jr. – Action legend.
- Vilma Santos – Multi-awarded actress.
[edit] Singapore
- Eric Khoo – Acclaimed director (Be with Me).
- Jack Neo – Popular Singaporean actor and director (I Not Stupid).
- Royston Tan – Acclaimed filmmaker (15, 881)
[edit] Thailand
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Cannes-prize winning Thai avant garde director (Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady).
- Chatrichalerm_Yukol – Veteran director (The Legend of Suriyothai, King Naresuan).
- Nonzee Nimibutr – Director and producer who influenced the Thai industry's pan-Asian directions (Nang Nak, Jan Dara).
- The Pang Brothers – Although born in Hong Kong, these twin-brother filmmakers got their start in Thailand and made Bangkok Dangerous in 1999 and The Eye, a pan-Asian co-production in 2002.
- Pen-Ek Ratanaruang – "New wave" director (Last Life in the Universe, Invisible Waves).
- Tony Jaa – Action star (Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong).
- Wisit Sasanatieng – "New wave" director (Tears of the Black Tiger, Citizen Dog)
[edit] Vietnam
- Tran Anh Hung – French-trained expatriate director of Cyclo and other films.
- Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh – (Buffalo Boy)
- Dang Nhat Minh – (Girl on the River, Guava Season)
- Tony Bui – (Yellow Lotus, Green Dragon)
- Dustin Nguyen – Vietnamese-American actor.
- Johnny Tri Nguyen – Vietnamese-American stuntman and actor (Tom-Yum-Goong, Saigon Eclipse)
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Contemporary Asian Cinema, Anne Tereska Ciecko, editor. Berg, 2006. ISBN 1 84520237 6
[edit] External links
- Criticine.com - Manila-based scholarly journal on Southeast Asian cinema.
- Asian Film Archive - Singapore-based organization founded to preserve the film heritage of Singapore and Asian cinema.
