Tan Pin Pin

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Tan Pin Pin (simplified Chinese: 陈彬彬; pinyin: Chén Bīnbīn) is a Singapore-based film director. Her credits include Singapore GaGa, which had a sold out seven week theatrical run in Singapore. The film, a survey of Singaporean life as expressed in sounds, has played in film festivals around the world. [1] [2]

Her short film Moving House won Best Documentary at the Student Academy Awards in 2002.[3] Other awards include two Asian Television Awards, Best Documentary at the US ASEAN Film and Photography Festival in 2006, and ELLE magazine's Filmmaker of the Year.[citation needed]

Her 2003 documentary 80kmh is a single continuous take of the 38-minute long drive across the island of Singapore on the Pan Island Expressway, and the view along the way. She intends to film a repeat trip every year, so that she can show all ten films side by side in 2013.[4]

Pin Pin is currently serving as a visiting fellow at a Singapore think tank, the Institute of Policy Studies.[5] Her latest documentary, Invisible City, on the documentary instinct in Singapore, was released on 22 July 2007.[6]

[edit] Works

  • 80 kmh [1]
  • Afterlife series [2]
  • Building Dreams [3]
  • Gravediggers' Luck
  • Invisible City [4]
  • John Woo: Crossings [5]
  • Lurve Me Now [6]
  • microwave [7]
  • Moving House [8]
  • Rogers Park [9]
  • Singapore GaGa [10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Leow, Joanne. "Local film to be screened at Rotterdam Film Festival", Entertainment News, Channel NewsAsia, 2005-06-20. Retrieved on 2007-03-05. 
  2. ^ Chng, Patrick (2006-03-06). Singapore Gaga: Sounds of a Nation. MTV Asia. MTV Networks. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
  3. ^ IMDb: Student Academy Awards, USA 2002.. Retrieved on 2007-03-28.
  4. ^ Tan Pin Pin (2006-06-18). About Tan Pin Pin. Notes from Serangoon Road (Tan Pin Pin's official blog}. Theron Parlin. Retrieved on 2007-03-05.
  5. ^ IPS welcomes Tan Pinpin, Institute of Policy Studies
  6. ^ Opens 22 July 2007. Tickets 63326919 (2007-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-20.


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