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Southeast Asian cinema
	Cinema of Burma; Cinema of Cambodia; Cinema of Indonesia; Cinema of Malaysia; Cinema of the Philippines; Cinema of Singapore; Cinema of Thailand; Cinema of Vietnam;

Southeast Asian cinema refers to the film industry and films produced in, and/or by natives of, Southeast Asia. By definition, it describes any films produced in Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Southeast Asian cinema is a sub-section of continental Asian cinema, which in turn comes under the umbrella term of World cinema, a term used in some anglophone countries to describe any foreign language films.

The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

[edit] Key figures

[edit] Burma

Main article: Cinema of Burma

Kyi Soe Tun – Burma's most prominent director. His films include Upstream and Blood.

[edit] Cambodia

Main article: Cinema of Cambodia

Haing S. Ngor – Academy Award-winning Cambodian-American actor (The Killing Fields)
Rithy Panh – French-schooled filmmaker.
Tim Pek -Australian film producer.
Tea Lum Kun - Director of the highly acclaimed film The King Snake's Wife.

[edit] Indonesia

Main article: Cinema of Indonesia

Christine Hakim – Veteran actress (Whispering Sands).
Dian Sastrowardoyo – Popular actress (Whispering Sands).
Joko Anwar – Film critic and director (Janji Joni).
Riri Riza – Director of Gie.
Mira Lesmana - Producer (Gie).

[edit] Laos

Som Ock Southiponh – Independent director, producer and screenwriter (Red Lotus).

[edit] Malaysia

Main article: Cinema of Malaysia

P. Ramlee – Leading man, screenwriter and director.
U-Wei Bin Hajisaari - Director and screenwriter
Abdul Razak Mohaideen – Director.
Tsai Ming-liang
Yasmin Ahmad
Amir Muhammad
Ho Yuhang
James Lee
Michael Chuah
Tan Chui Mui
Woo Ming Jin
Azharr Rudin

[edit] Philippines

Main article: Cinema of the Philippines

Lino Brocka - Acclaimed Filipino director (Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag).
Ishmael Bernal - Filipino director (Himala).
Nora Aunor - Filipina Actress (Himala).
Gerardo de Leon - Filipino director (Banaue).
Rogelio de la Rosa - Pre-war Filipino matinee idol.
Eddie Garcia - Veteran Filipino actor.
Eddie Romero - National Artist
Brillante Mendoza - Cannes-prize winning Filipino film director (Kinatay).

[edit] Singapore

Main article: Cinema of Singapore

Eric Khoo – Acclaimed director (Be with Me).
Jack Neo – Popular Singaporean actor and director (I Not Stupid).
Royston Tan – Acclaimed filmmaker (15, 881)

[edit] Thailand

Main article: Cinema of Thailand

Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Cannes-prize winning Thai avant garde director (Blissfully Yours, Tropical Malady).
Chatrichalerm Yukol – Veteran director (The Legend of Suriyothai, King Naresuan).
Nonzee Nimibutr – Director and producer who influenced the Thai industry's pan-Asian directions (Nang Nak, Jan Dara).
The Pang Brothers – Although born in Hong Kong, these twin-brother filmmakers got their start in Thailand and made Bangkok Dangerous in 1999 and The Eye, a pan-Asian co-production in 2002.
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang – "New wave" director (Last Life in the Universe, Invisible Waves).
Tony Jaa – Action star (Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, Tom-Yum-Goong).
Wisit Sasanatieng – "New wave" director (Tears of the Black Tiger, Citizen Dog)

[edit] Vietnam

Main article: Cinema of Vietnam

Tran Anh Hung – French-trained expatriate director of Cyclo and other films.
Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh – (Buffalo Boy)
Dang Nhat Minh – (Girl on the River, Guava Season)
Tony Bui – (Yellow Lotus, Green Dragon)
Ringo Le - Vietnamese-American film director ("Saigon Love Story")
Dustin Nguyen – Vietnamese-American actor.
Johnny Tri Nguyen – Vietnamese-American stuntman and actor (Tom-Yum-Goong, Saigon Eclipse)

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

Contemporary Asian Cinema, Anne Tereska Ciecko, editor. Berg, 2006. ISBN 1 84520237 6

[edit] External links

Criticine.com - Manila-based scholarly journal on Southeast Asian cinema.
Asian Film Archive - Singapore-based organization founded to preserve the film heritage of Singapore and Asian cinema.

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