Koo Chia Meng

Koo Chia Meng

Director · Producer · Writer

Biography

Trained as a filmmaker, Chia Meng has been actively involved in various aspects of film production since 2009. In 2013, he started directing music videos for Singaporean musicians as well as casting for feature films such as Anthony Chen’s ‘ILO ILO’ (2013) and Boo Junfeng's 'APPRENTICE' (2016). As Multimedia Designer, Chia Meng's credits include productions by W!ld Rice, The Finger Players, Drama Box, Toy Factory, The TENG Company, Warner Music Singapore and Singapore Repertory Theatre. Chia Meng then ventured into larger scale shows like Ah Boys To Men: The Musical, Michael Learns To Rock 25: Live in Singapore as well as National Day Parade 2017 & 2018. At the Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2019, Chia Meng and co-designer Andrew Robert Ng were awarded Best Multimedia for their work on W!ld Rice's 'Supervision'. Chia Meng founded Fiction Shore to produce video content, for both the film and theatre industries, along with other collaborators and artists.

Photo

Koo Chia Meng 1
Koo Chia Meng 2

Representative Works

Wet Season
Wet Season
6.4
/ Chinese Simplified
Ajoomma
Ajoomma
6.9
/ Chinese Simplified
Andrew
Andrew
No Rating Yet
/ English
Apprentice
Apprentice
6.9
/ Malay
The Gay Agenda 14
The Gay Agenda 14
No Rating Yet
/ English
After Noon
After Noon
6.7
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Wet Season
2019Nominee

Best Director

Wet Season

Ajoomma
2022Nominee

Best Picture

Ajoomma

Andrew
2020Nominee

Best Writing

Andrew

Career Highlights

Remembering His Touch
2023Highlight

Best Director

Remembering His Touch

Apprentice
2016Highlight

Best Director

Apprentice