Royston Tan, Singaporean director, producer, and screenwriter
Royston Tan (simplified Chinese: 陈子谦; traditional Chinese: 陳子謙; pinyin: Chén Zǐ Qiān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chí-khiam; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short films: Sons (2000), Hock Hiap Leong (2001), 48 on AIDS (2002), Mother (2002) and 15 (2002). He has so far directed four features.
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