Tzang Merwyn Tong (唐荣均; born 31 October 1979) is an underground filmmaker and screenwriter from Singapore, best known as the producer, scriptwriter and director of the dystopian teen movie Faeryville (2015). In 2015, Faeryville made its world premiere in Los Angeles.[1]
Tong is acclaimed for the films e'Tzaintes (2003), A Wicked Tale (2005), and V1k1 - A Techno Fairytale (2010), which has travelled to film festivals in Berlin, Montreal, Rotterdam, Munich and Australia. Tong's films are characterised by his off-beat style, often set in surreal worlds, incorporating elements of fairy tale and comic fantasy.[2]
Tong founded his own production company INRI studio in 1999.[3] He is the youngest Singaporean to ever release a film commercially on DVD/VCD.[4][5] F*** magazine calls Tong a "maverick director", with Twitch Film hailing him as a "Singapore filmmaker standing out from the rest of the pack".[6]
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