Tan Chui Mui (Chinese: 陳翠梅; pinyin: Chén Cuìméi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chhùi-mûi, born 1978) is a Malaysian filmmaker and film producer based in Malaysia.
Tan was born in Sungai Ular, a small fishing village in Kuantan, Malaysia.[1] Her father is from Kinmen, Taiwan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) in Film and Animation in 2002 from Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Wang Ge of Time Out Beijing identifies Tan Chui Mui of being at the forefront of a new wave of Malaysian filmmakers who deal with social issues.[2] In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam with her debut feature film Love Conquers All.[3] The film had previously won the New Currents Awards and Fipresci Award at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.[4] In 2010, Year Without a Summer was selected for the Asian Cinema Fund, receiving funding for both the script and post-production.[5] She is also a prolific short filmmaker, who had won prizes in two short film festivals, Oberhausen Short Film Festival[6] and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Festival.[7] In 2008, she had a project of making a short film every month. She had made 7 short films, and she called them All My Failed Attempts.[citation needed] In 2010, she was a judge at the Malaysia Airlines short film competition.[8]
She has been actively involved in the Malaysia independent film scene, working as a producer, editor, script writer, and occasionally an actress. In 2004, she set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee and Liew Seng Tat.
Year | Title | Role | Film | |
2005 | Chemman Chaalai (The Gravel Road) 红泥路 | Producer | ||
A tree in Tanjung Malim 丹绒马林有棵树 | Director | short film | ||
2006 | Love Conquers All | Director | ||
Company of Mushrooms 蘑菇兄弟们 | Director | short film | ||
South of South 南国以南 | Director | short film | ||
Apa khabar orang kampung? | Producer | |||
Before we fall in love again | Producer | |||
2010 | Year Without A Summer | Director | ||
2020 | Sometime, Sometime | Producer and actress | ||
2021 | Barbarian Invasion | Writer , Director |
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