Thomas Lim (Traditional Chinese: 林毅煒 ) is Head of Sun Entertainment Culture Los Angeles and a prominent filmmaker [ 1] in the Macau film industry, originally of Chinese Singaporean descent. He is best known for directing and writing the Macau movie Roulette City , which was commercially released in theaters in Japan and Singapore in 2012,[ 2] and Macau in 2014. Lim is also known as an actor in leading roles in Chinese TV drama series such as The Game ,[ 3] musicals like The Wizard of Oz (as the Cowardly Lion), and movies like Hong Kong's One Last Dance .[ 4]
In 2016, Lim began production of his new directorial feature film Sea of Mirrors in Macau. Shot on the iPhone, principal photography was completed in Los Angeles in the summer of 2017. The film stars Toru Uchikado[ 5] (from NBC serial drama series "Heroes Reborn ") and Japanese actress Kieko Suzuki. News of the production were widely reported by all major Macau press: such as the Macao Daily News ,[ 6] The Macau Post Daily ,[ 7] Macau Daily Times ,[ 8] Hoje Macau ,[ 9] Jornal Tribuna de Macau [ 10] , Macau Closer , Va Kio Daily ,[ 11] M-Art [ 12] and TDM TV station . The film premiered in Macau on May-24, 2019.
Lim is reported to be planning a third feature film to complete a planned trilogy of films set in Macau.
^ "Thomas Lim Biography" .
^ "The Macau Post Daily features Roulette City's Japan cinema release" . macaupostdaily.com. Retrieved 2012-08-10 .
^ Lim, Thomas. "Pojian erchu (TV Series)" . IMDB . Retrieved 13 August 2015 .
^ Lim, Thomas. "One Last Dance" . IMDB .
^ "Sea of Mirrors aiming at 2018 premiere | MACAU DAILY TIMES 澳門每日時報" . macaudailytimes.com.mo . Retrieved 2017-10-28 .
^ "澳門日報電子版" . www.macaodaily.com . Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-05-04 .
^ Leong, Monica (Apr 29, 2016). "Fog and Rain Major Challenge When Shooting "Sea of Mirrors." " . Fog and Rain Major Challenge When Shooting "Sea of Mirrors." . The Macau Post Daily. Retrieved Apr 29, 2016 .
^ " 'Sea of Mirrors' being filmed in Macau" . MACAU DAILY TIMES . 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-05-04 .
^ Nunes, Manuel (2016-04-06). " "Sea of Mirrors", novo filme de Thomas Lim, começa a ser gravado amanhã" . Hoje Macau . Retrieved 2016-05-04 .
^ Ferreira, Liane (Feb 24, 2016). "Muitos cineastas locais têm relutância em usar Macau como cidade de jogo" . Jornal Tribuna de Macau . Retrieved Feb 24, 2016 – via Jornal Tribuna de Macau.
^ Daily, Via Kio (May 9, 2016). "Thomas Lim returns to Macau to direct "Sea of Mirrors." " . Thomas Lim returns to Macau to direct "Sea of Mirrors." . Va Kio Daily. Retrieved May 9, 2016 .
^ "A mobile new film in Macau" . mART | Macau and Lisbon on the same page . Retrieved 2016-05-05 .