Meng Ong

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Meng Ong is a Singapore born filmmaker. He began making movies at 16^[1] and graduated from New York University Film School. Miss Wonton is his first feature length film, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival 2001 in the American spectrum section^[2]. He has also been selected as one of the “Directors to Watch” by filmfestivals.com. It also won the prestigious PRIX FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival^[3] and showcased at other festivals like Pusan International Film Festival and as the opening night film at the Bite the Mango film festival in UK. The film has been released by United International Pictures in Singapore (2001) and at the Cinema Village in New York City (2002). It has been released on video by Comstar.

Meng Ong is currently writing his second feature screenplay, Chinese Ghost Wedding. It has been selected for Sundance Institute Screenwriter’s Lab.

Meng Ong is also directing and executive producing television for Channel 5 at Mediacorp Studios, Singapore. He is executive producing, Police and Thief, one of the most successful English comedies on channel 5, nominated for the Best Comedy of the Year at the Asian Television Awards 2006. The series is now in its 4th season.

His award winning short films and videos including, Waves of a Distant Shore, Chinadoll and Buddha’s Garden, have been shown at the Asian American Film Festival^[4], Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, Philadelphia International Film Festival, the MIX Festival in New York, the Young ASEAN filmmakers Festival in Japan and more^[5]. He is a multiple winner at the Silver Screen Awards at the Singapore International Film Festival including winner of two Best Director Awards.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Format	Position
1991	Chinadoll	Documentary Short	director/writer
1992	Waves of a Distant Shore	Short Film	director/writer
1993	Buddha’s Garden	Short Film	director/writer
1995	The Wooden Clogs	Video Short	director/writer
2001	Miss Wonton	Feature Film	director/writer
2001-2007	Chinese Ghost Wedding	Feature Screenplay	director/writer
2002/2003	First Touch Season 2	Television series	director
2004	Family Business	Television pilot	director/writer/Executive Producer
2004	Police and Thief	Television series	director
2004/2005	White Snake	Television Pilot	director/writer/Executive Producer
2005	Police and Thief 2	TV series	director/Executive Producer
2006	Police and Thief 3	TV series	director/Executive Producer
2007	Police and Thief 4	TV series	director/writer/Executive Producer