
Edmund Yeo
Biography
Edmund Yeo is a Malaysian filmmaker living and working in Malaysia and Japan. His short films, KINGYO (Venice Film Festival 2009) and INHALATION (Sonje Award winner, Busan International Film Festival 2010) secured his reputation as a promising filmmaker. In 2017, he won the Best Director award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his sophomore feature AQERAT (We, The Dead).
In 2020, he directed the Japanese-Malaysian co-production MALU which co-starred Malaysian stars Sherlyn Seo and Mayjune Tan and Japanese stars Masatoshi Nagase and Kiko Mizuhara.
His latest film is MOONLIGHT SHADOW (2021), an adaptation of internationally-acclaimed author Banana Yoshimoto’s novella starring Japanese superstar Nana Komatsu.
He's also known for his highly acclaimed collaborations with Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin, having produced, co-wrote or edited the films that Woo had directed, like WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER (Orrizonti section, Venice Film Festival 2009), THE TIGER FACTORY (Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Fest 2010), THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES, and STONE TURTLE (Locarno Film Festival 2022 FIPRESCI Prize winner)
Directing (17 movies)

Kingyo
2009

Moonlight Shadow
2021

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
2021

River of Exploding Durians
2014

Last Fragments of Winter
2011

3 Doors of Horrors
2013

Inhalation
2010

We, the Dead
2017

The White Flower
2010

Afternoon River, Evening Sky
2009

Love Suicides
2009

Exhalation
2010

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011

Yasmin-san
2017

Fleeting Images
2008

Chicken Rice Mystery
2008

Malu
2020
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Days of the Turquoise Sky | 2008 | Producer | 
| Chicken Rice Mystery | 2008 | Writer | 
| Fleeting Images | 2008 | Producer | 
| Fleeting Images | 2008 | Writer | 
| Love Suicides | 2009 | Screenplay | 
| Afternoon River, Evening Sky | 2009 | Writer | 
| Woman on Fire Looks for Water | 2009 | Producer | 
| Kingyo | 2009 | Screenplay | 
| Ladybird's Tears | 2010 | Writer | 
| The Tiger Factory | 2010 | Writer | 
| The Tiger Factory | 2010 | Producer | 
| Inhalation | 2010 | Writer | 
| Exhalation | 2010 | Writer | 
| Last Fragments of Winter | 2011 | Writer | 
| 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero | 2011 | Writer | 
| Double | 2012 | Writer | 
| 3 Doors of Horrors | 2013 | Writer | 
| The Second Life of Thieves | 2014 | Writer | 
| The Second Life of Thieves | 2014 | Producer | 
| River of Exploding Durians | 2014 | Producer | 
| Return to Nostalgia | 2015 | Executive Producer | 
| We, the Dead | 2017 | Writer | 
| Yasmin-san | 2017 | Producer | 
| So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away | 2021 | Screenplay | 
| Stone Turtle | 2022 | Producer | 
| The Fox King | 2025 | Producer |