Directing

Jow Zhi Wei

Born

1983-01-01 (43)

Place of birth

Singapore

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Jow Zhi Wei (姚志衞) is a Singaporean film director born in 1983. In 2010, he graduated with first class honours from The Puttnam School of Film at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is also an 2010 alumnus of the Golden Horse Film Academy in Taiwan, where he was mentored by Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien. In 2011, he was accepted into Le Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in France. His short films have screened and competed at prominent film festivals in Southeast Asia and internationally. As a filmmaker, Zhi Wei demonstrates an uncanny sensibility that helps him tell compelling stories of the lesser known segments of the community, with great artfulness and intimacy. Hi…

Known for

Outing poster
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A grandfather decides to take his grandson on an outing.

Outing

2009

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Uncovers the remarkable story of how this small nation has made an indelible mark on Asian cinema in the past five years. Through exclusive interviews and captivating scenes across seven countries, we learn the rich diversity of Singaporean stories, and cast a forward-looking gaze towards an exciting cinematic future. A documentary commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Singapore Film Commission.

Singapore Films: To The World & Back

2024

Tomorrow Is a Long Time poster
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Life is not the most fulfilling for sixteen-year-old Meng: Lounging at home with his grieving father on a daily basis, being excluded from his family’s past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Everything changes when he is thrown into a life-altering adventure that propels him into an exciting unfamiliar landscape.

Tomorrow Is a Long Time

2024

Singapore Cinema: Between Takes poster
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From Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to 12 Storeys (1997) to Sumpah Pontianak (The Curse of Pontianak) (1957), Singapore’s film industry is a diverse one and its evolution is nothing short of colourful. Recollecting Singapore’s famed studios in the 1950s to uncovering new waves of filmmakers in 90s and into today’s digital revolution, Singapore Cinema: Between Takes provides an insight into the rich history, and culture of Singapore films and its industry through candid reflections of filmmakers and content creators.

Singapore Cinema: Between Takes

2018

After the Winter poster
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After the Winter

2013

Waiting poster
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A father struggles to hold onto the remnants of his relationship with his son in the uncertainty of the present.

Waiting

2010

Film credits

Behind the camera