Director

Saw Teong Hin

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 1138189

IMDb ID: nm1672058

Known for: Directing

Born: August 24, 1962

Age: 63

Place of birth: Penang, Malaysia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2004 - 2025

Years active: 22

Wikidata: Q12702606

Also known as

蘇倧興 • Teong Hin Saw

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Biography

A multiple award-winning producer, writer and director for film, television and theatre, Teong Hin co-wrote and directed, "Puteri Gunung Ledang"; the first Malaysian film invited to the Venice International Film Festival, and submitted for Academy Awards. Given his wide-ranging interests, he went from historical epic to romantic comedy, musical, sports and political films as well as the first Penang Hokkien feature film, "You Mean The World To Me". For theatre, Teong Hin co-wrote the book for "Puteri Gunung Ledang – The Musical". He staged site-specific shows for George Town Festival: "Emily of Emerald Hill", "Silat" and "You Mean The World To Me". And the musical, “Chow Kit Road! Chow Kit Road!”, at the Istana Budaya,. Teong Hin directed limited series "Tangkal Besi" and the web series “Inikah Cinta” and produced "Tastemakers". He was the creative director for the 29th SEA Games & 9th ASEAN Para Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

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