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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
- ^ a b Baey Shi Chen, Theresa Tarpey and Terry Ong (3 April 2009). "The Next Frame – Online Maverick: Jacen Tan, director". IS Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ "Making films, the Jacen Tan way". Sinema. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
- ^ "Zo Hee (Make Movie)". Toronto Singapore Film Festival. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
- ^ Lizard, Lounge. "Interviews: documentary in amber". Aging Youth. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2009.