Director

Jacen Tan

Directing

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Directed credits

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Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 5

TMDB ID: 1521569

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Singapore

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2018

Years active: 49

Also known as

杰生弹 • 제이슨 탄 • ジェイセン・タン

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Jacen Tan is an independent film director. Hailed as one of Singapore’s most exciting young filmmakers, his first short film, Tak Giu (Kick Ball), became a viral hit on the internet, with over 100,000 views, in pre-YouTube days. He then completed the “Zo” comedy trilogy: Zo Peng (Go Army), Zo Gang (Go Work) & Zo Hee (Make Movie), cemented by a DVD compilation of his short films (Hosaywood, 2011), shaping his popularity with a unique sense of local humor and use of slang. After 7 years in the making, Jacen combined his love for horror comedy and his experiences from serving in the army to make his first feature film, Zombiepura.

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