Jow Zhi Wei

Biography

Jow Zhi Wei (姚志衞) is a Singaporean film director born in 1983. In 2010, he graduated with first class honours from The Puttnam School of Film at LASALLE College of the Arts. He is also an 2010 alumnus of the Golden Horse Film Academy in Taiwan, where he was mentored by Taiwanese film director Hou Hsiao-hsien. In 2011, he was accepted into Le Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in France. His short films have screened and competed at prominent film festivals in Southeast Asia and internationally.

As a filmmaker, Zhi Wei demonstrates an uncanny sensibility that helps him tell compelling stories of the lesser known segments of the community, with great artfulness and intimacy. Hi...