Meng Ong is a Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 born filmmaker. He began making movies at 16 and graduated from New York University Film School

Tisch School of the Arts

Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....

. Miss Wonton is his first feature length film, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 2001 in the American spectrum section. 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

Locarno International Film Festival

The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...

 and showcased at other festivals like Pusan International Film Festival

Pusan International Film Festival

Busan International Film Festival , held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan , South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia...

 and as the opening night film at the Bite the Mango film festival in UK. The film has been released by United International Pictures

United International Pictures

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 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

Asian Television Awards

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 2006. The series is now in its 6th 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, Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, Philadelphia International Film Festival, the MIX Festival in New York, the Young ASEAN filmmakers Festival in Japan and more. He is a multiple winner at the Silver Screen Awards at the Singapore International Film Festival

Singapore International Film Festival

The Singapore International Film Festival was launched in 1987. The festival is an annual film event, held around April/May each year, and screens about 300 films from over 45 countries...

including winner of two Best Director Awards.

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

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External links

• http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=239422 NY Times review of Miss Wonton