Yew Kwang Han

Yew Kwang Han

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Biography

Han Yew Kwang studied to be an architect but ended up as a scriptwriter at MediaCorp and then later SPH Channel U. In 2002, his short film The Call Home (2002) won Best Short Film at the Singapore International Film festival and garnered him great attention. He made his first feature Unarmed Combat in 2005, and followed that up with romance comedy 18 Grams of Love (2007). In 2009, he was awarded the National Arts Council Young Artist Award. His next features were a romantic comedy telemovie Love in a Cab (2010) and comedy When Hainan Meets Teochew (2011). His next project was the sex comedy, Rubbers (2015). Most recently, Yew Kwang directed the supernatural romance comedy When Ghost Meets Zombie (2019), starring Nathan Hartono.

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Representative Works

Unarmed Combat
Unarmed Combat
No Rating Yet
/ English
Pinball
Pinball
7.0
/ English
Rubbers
Rubbers
No Rating Yet
/ Chinese Simplified
Perfect Rivals
Perfect Rivals
8.0
/ Chinese Simplified
When Ghost Meets Zombie
When Ghost Meets Zombie
No Rating Yet
/ Chinese Simplified
Love in a Cab
Love in a Cab
No Rating Yet
/ Chinese Simplified
Singapore's Funniest Home Video
Singapore's Funniest Home Video
10.0
/ Chinese Simplified
Singapore Cinema: Between Takes
Singapore Cinema: Between Takes
No Rating Yet
/ English
18 Grams of Love
18 Grams of Love
No Rating Yet
/ Chinese Simplified
Folks Jump Over the Wall
Folks Jump Over the Wall
No Rating Yet
/ Chinese Simplified
The Call Home
The Call Home
7.0
/ Tamil

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Unarmed Combat
2005Nominee

Best Performance

Unarmed Combat

Rubbers
2015Nominee

Best Director

Rubbers

Perfect Rivals
2011Winner

Best Director

Perfect Rivals

Career Highlights

When Ghost Meets Zombie
2019Highlight

Best Director

When Ghost Meets Zombie

When Hainan Meets Teochew
2010Highlight

Best Performance

When Hainan Meets Teochew