Ken Kwek | |
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 Kwek speaks at "Telling Stories Live" in 2015 | |
| Born | 7 May 1979 |
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| Spouse | Pamela Oei |
| Children | 1 |
| Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 郭智軒 |
| Simplified Chinese | 郭智轩 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guō Zhìxuān |
Ken Kwek (born 7 May 1979) is a Singaporean screenwriter, director, playwright and author. His short film compendium, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues,[1] was banned by the Singapore and Malaysian governments in 2012.[2] His first feature film Unlucky Plaza premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014.[3] His second feature #LookAtMe premiered at the New York Asian Film Festival in 2022, to critical acclaim.[4] He has written several full-length plays, including the #MeToo drama, This Is What Happens To Pretty Girls, which premiered in Singapore in 2019.[5] He is also the author of several best-selling children’s books including Kelly and the Krumps, which won the Hedwig Anuar Book Award in 2020.[6]
- ^ Sex.Violence.FamilyValues Archived 26 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Svfv.com.sg.
- ^ Singapore bans satirical local film – Yahoo! Entertainment Singapore Archived 28 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sg.entertainment.yahoo.com (10 October 2012).
- ^ Lui, John (12 November 2014). "Singapore film festival opening film Unlucky Plaza is entertaining and has depth, says festival director". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "#LookAtMe (2022) External reviews". IMDB - External reviews. 1 October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Steel, Emily (July 2019). "In Singapore, a #MeToo Play Sparks Discussion on Sexual Misconduct". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ migration (10 October 2020). "Writer-director wins children's book prize". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.