Eric Khoo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Khoo
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Mar 27, 1965(1965-03-27)
Age	59
Birthplace	Singapore
Country	Singapore
Horoscope	Aries

Eric Khoo Biography

Eric Khoo is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on March 27, 1965 in Singapore, Singapore.

Eric Khoo Kim Hai (Chinese: 邱金海 ; pinyin: Qiū Jīn Hǎi ; born 27 March 1965) is a Singaporean director and producer credited for the revival of the Singapore film industry.

Khoo has five critically acclaimed feature films that were at film festivals all over the world: Mee Pok Man (1995), 12 Storeys (1997), Be with Me (2005), My Magic (2008) and Tatsumi (2011). Mee Pok Man won prizes in Singapore, Fukuoka and Pusan. It was also entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. 12 Storeys won him the Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award and the UOB Young Cinema Award at the 10th Singapore International Film Festival, and the Golden Maile Award for Best Picture at the 17th Hawaii International Film Festival. 12 Storeys was also the first Singapore film to be invited to take part in the Cannes Film Festival. Be With Me opened the Directors’ Fortnight at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, while My Magic was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was voted as one of the top five films of that year by Le Monde. Most recently, Tatsumi, based on manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s memoir, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Eric Khoo Net Worth

Eric Khoo is one of the richest Film Director from Singapore. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric Khoo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in 27 March 1965 in Singapore, Eric Khoo was the youngest son of the 15 children of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat from his second wife Rose Marie Wee. His mother, who was a cinephile, introduced him to cinema when he was three years old. He later received his education at the United World College of South East Asia.

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In 2007, Khoo was appointed as a board member of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Asia. He produced Royston Tan’s “881” a box office hit and received the highest arts honor the Cultural Medallion by the President of Singapore in the same year. In 2008, Khoo was awarded the Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des letters from the French Minister of Culture and his feature film, My Magic was selected for Cannes official selection main competition. It is distributed in France by ARP and Wild bunch for international sales. My Magic picked up the best film award at Fribourg International Film Festival and was voted best film of 2008 by Le Monde.

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Tatsumi, based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi, is Khoo’s first animation feature which premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and world sales is handled by The Match Factory. Tatsumi won best animated feature at the Sitges Film Festival and the best film and best composer in the Muhr Asia/Africa Awards at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival. It made its North American premiere at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In the same year his production 23:59, an army paranormal film, was number one at the Singapore box office. In 2012 Khoo was Jury President at the Asian Film Awards and Rotterdam International Film Festival. He was the head of the Jury at Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2013.