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Yen Tan (born March 12, 1975) is a Malaysian-born American [1] independent film producer and director. Early life. Tan emigrated from Malaysia at the age of 19 and is based in Dallas, Texas. [2] Career. He is known for award-winning films Happy Birthday (2002) and Deadroom (2005).
Yen Tan. Art Department. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:33. Ciao (2008) More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Yen Tan was born in 1975 in Malaysia. He is a director and writer, known for 1985 (2018), Pit Stop (2013) and Happy Birthday (2002). Born 1975. Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. Awards.
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Oct 25, 2018 · Yen Tan Has Been Making Movies For Over 15 Years, But Says ‘Being a Queer Asian’ Has Hurt His Career. The director of "1985" assumed racial prejudices were impacting his work for years, but one...
1985 is a 2018 American drama film directed by Yen Tan and starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Aidan Langford, and Jamie Chung. The film is an expansion of an earlier short film of the same name that Tan released in 2016.
Sep 9, 2018 · My first encounter with Yen Tan’s films was the award-winning short 1985, a frank but graceful portrayal of illness and stigma, set in a time before AIDS awareness entered the popular imagination. Tan confronts a dying man’s resolve with honesty – his attempt to cover up his visible symptoms prior to a family reunion – but finds the ...
Apr 24, 2019 · 1985, the fifth feature from Austin-based writer-director Yen Tan, is a low-budget film with a high emotional resonance. Tan (whose 2013 feature Pit Stop was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award) developed 1985 from his tender short of the same name, where a man with HIV hires a make-up artist to help him prepare to visit his mother.
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Yen Tan. Director: 1985. Yen Tan was born in 1975 in Malaysia. He is a director and writer, known for 1985 (2018), Pit Stop (2013) and Happy Birthday (2002).
