Tzang Merwyn Tong

Directing

Tzang Merwyn Tong

Born

1979-10-31 (46)

Place of birth

Singapore

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Tzang Merwyn Tong is an independent script writer/ film director with films that have traveled to critical acclaim in prestigious film festivals. Tzang's films are characterized by his rather offbeat style, often set in a surreal environment, incorporating elements of fairytale and comic fantasy. Tong graduated from Curtin University in Western Australia with a degree in Mass Communications. But his aspirations of being a filmmaker/storyteller started way back. He embarked on his debut film [e'Tzaintes], a self-written, self-funded teenage epic at the age of 19 with no prior knowledge and experience in filmmaking. This film, which took 3 years to complete, with the help of the Singapore Fil…

Known for

e'Tzaintes poster
NR

A bunch of social outcasts decide to band together and make sense out of their meaningless existence.

e'Tzaintes

2003

A Wicked Tale poster
5.5

A Wicked Tale is a thriller based on the story of the Little Red Riding Hood, a tale about manipulation, seduction and innocence lost.

A Wicked Tale

2005

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale poster
NR

Set in a modern-day alternate universe, V1K1 tells the story of Gabriel, a human scientist, and his obsession to prove the existence of fairies. He accidentally captures one of them in his laboratory and gets invited into a dimension beyond his dreams. Produced with the assistance of the staff and students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West, V1K1 is Tzang Merwyn Tong’s third film that won the Gold Remi Award in the Fantasy/Sci Fi category at the 2011 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale

2011

Faeryville poster
5.7

Set in an alternate universe, in a college called FAERYVILLE, a group of teenage misfits struggle to find themselves and make sense of their ‘purpose’. They decide that there is no reason in trying to fit-in, trying like ‘everybody’ to be ‘somebody’, choosing instead to mock the establishment, as pranksters – calling themselves The Nobodies. Now, what’s their plan? Frankly, they have no idea, until Laer, a transfer student, joins them and takes them on a warpath of self-discovery and no return. Faeryville is a dystopian teen movie, a stylish coming of age film about youth making sense of their idealistic dreams in our increasingly surreal world - a fictional manifestation of very real issues prevalent in the Post 9-11 world.

Faeryville

2015

Film credits

Behind the camera

e'Tzaintes poster
NR

A bunch of social outcasts decide to band together and make sense out of their meaningless existence.

e'Tzaintes

2003

e'Tzaintes poster
NR

A bunch of social outcasts decide to band together and make sense out of their meaningless existence.

e'Tzaintes

2003

e'Tzaintes poster
NR

A bunch of social outcasts decide to band together and make sense out of their meaningless existence.

e'Tzaintes

2003

A Wicked Tale poster
5.5

A Wicked Tale is a thriller based on the story of the Little Red Riding Hood, a tale about manipulation, seduction and innocence lost.

A Wicked Tale

2005

A Wicked Tale poster
5.5

A Wicked Tale is a thriller based on the story of the Little Red Riding Hood, a tale about manipulation, seduction and innocence lost.

A Wicked Tale

2005

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale poster
NR

Set in a modern-day alternate universe, V1K1 tells the story of Gabriel, a human scientist, and his obsession to prove the existence of fairies. He accidentally captures one of them in his laboratory and gets invited into a dimension beyond his dreams. Produced with the assistance of the staff and students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West, V1K1 is Tzang Merwyn Tong’s third film that won the Gold Remi Award in the Fantasy/Sci Fi category at the 2011 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale

2011

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale poster
NR

Set in a modern-day alternate universe, V1K1 tells the story of Gabriel, a human scientist, and his obsession to prove the existence of fairies. He accidentally captures one of them in his laboratory and gets invited into a dimension beyond his dreams. Produced with the assistance of the staff and students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West, V1K1 is Tzang Merwyn Tong’s third film that won the Gold Remi Award in the Fantasy/Sci Fi category at the 2011 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale

2011

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale poster
NR

Set in a modern-day alternate universe, V1K1 tells the story of Gabriel, a human scientist, and his obsession to prove the existence of fairies. He accidentally captures one of them in his laboratory and gets invited into a dimension beyond his dreams. Produced with the assistance of the staff and students from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College West, V1K1 is Tzang Merwyn Tong’s third film that won the Gold Remi Award in the Fantasy/Sci Fi category at the 2011 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

V1k1: A Techno Fairytale

2011

Faeryville poster
5.7

Set in an alternate universe, in a college called FAERYVILLE, a group of teenage misfits struggle to find themselves and make sense of their ‘purpose’. They decide that there is no reason in trying to fit-in, trying like ‘everybody’ to be ‘somebody’, choosing instead to mock the establishment, as pranksters – calling themselves The Nobodies. Now, what’s their plan? Frankly, they have no idea, until Laer, a transfer student, joins them and takes them on a warpath of self-discovery and no return. Faeryville is a dystopian teen movie, a stylish coming of age film about youth making sense of their idealistic dreams in our increasingly surreal world - a fictional manifestation of very real issues prevalent in the Post 9-11 world.

Faeryville

2015