Sandi Tan

Directing

Sandi Tan

Born 1972-08-03 · Singapore

Born in Singapore, published a cult zine called The Exploding Cat at 16 and at 22 became the film critic at The Straits Times, Singapore's largest newspaper (1995-1997). Then she threw all that away to run off to film school at Columbia University. Directed the 2018 acclaimed documentary about her real life story 'Shirkers'.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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7.0

Narrated by a teenage boy, he brings us through to the various sights, sounds and characters ranging from a coffeeshop, to a Chinese wedding dinner in a traditional Chinese restaurant.

Moveable Feast

1996

The Idiot poster
NR

A Harvard student embarks on an ill-advised romance with an international student from Hungary.

The Idiot

The Idiot poster
NR

A Harvard student embarks on an ill-advised romance with an international student from Hungary.

The Idiot

Gourmet Baby poster
10.0

A lonely middle-aged man is neurotically fixated on his young niece. He wants to turn her into his ideal dining companion.

Gourmet Baby

2001

Gourmet Baby poster
10.0

A lonely middle-aged man is neurotically fixated on his young niece. He wants to turn her into his ideal dining companion.

Gourmet Baby

2001

Shirkers poster
7.2

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

Shirkers

2018

Shirkers poster
7.2

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

Shirkers

2018

Shirkers poster
7.2

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore's first indie road movie with her enigmatic American mentor Georges – who then vanished with all the footage. Twenty years later, the 16mm film is recovered, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges' vanishing footprints.

Shirkers

2018