Jacen Tan is a Singaporean independent film director,[1][2] and has been named by The Straits Times Life! as one of Singapore's "most exciting young talents" and “Singapore's latest film funnyman”.
Tan is known for his low budget films, highly localised treatment of Singaporean issues and the liberal use of Singlish in his films.[3] All his film titles consist of commonly spoken Hokkien words. He has directed music videos for popular Singaporean bands Rudra, Lunarin and Documentary in Amber,[1][4] and has been named by The Straits Times Life! as one of Singapore's "most exciting young talents". His films Tak Giu and Zo Peng are used in the course "Singapore Literature & Culture II" at Nanyang Technological Univers