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Adrian Teh

Adrian Teh

Malaysian film producer and director


Adrian Teh Kean Kok (born 1984) is a Malaysian film producer and director known from PASKAL: The Movie, WIRA, Pasal Kau! and MALBATT: Misi Bakara.

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Career

Adrian Teh is one of the renowned director and producer in Malaysia. He founded and presided over the Chinese Film Association of Malaysia in 2012, and organized Malaysia’s first ever Chinese movies awards ceremony – the Golden Wau Awards – in 2013. He is highly recognized as one of the Top-10 Outstanding Youths of Malaysia in 2016, (JCI TOYM)  and was named in the 2016 list of 100 Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs (MIYE 2016).[1]

Adrian has directed numerous Malaysian Chinese movies, including “Lelio Popo” , “The Wedding Diary”, “The Wedding Diary 2”, “King of Mahjong” & etc. In 2018, he directed Malaysia’s first military action-packed movie that is based on true events - “PASKAL: The Movie”. PASKAL recorded RM30.08 million in box office sales across Malaysia and Singapore.[2]

Since then, Adrian started to explore further in Malay film industry. In 2019, he directed an action-packed movie – “WIRA”. In order to make it a world class action film, he’s managed to hire renowned Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian, who had involved in few Hollywood movies to choreograph the action sequences in the film.[3][4]

In 2020, he attends to many new challenges. He directed his first Malay rom-com - “Pasal Kau!” (All Because Of You) – the first Netflix Malaysian original film which is available in over 190 countries.[5] Besides, he directed his first suspense-thriller series – “Model Family”, the first original production by Celestial Tiger Entertainment / Thrill.

He got the recognition by Tatler Asia as '2021 Asia Most Influential MY'.[6]

He directed and produced the most expensive film in Malaysia, MALBATT: Misi Bakara that release on cinema starts 24th August 2023.[7][8]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Adrian Teh JCI TOYM Awards 2013". www.toym.com.my. Archived from the original on 2016-01-12. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  2. Mumtaj Begum (25 October 2019). "New film 'Wira' kicks into high gear with its action sequences". The Star. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. Seto Kit Yan (23 June 2020). "'Paskal' director Adrian Teh goes from action to rom-com with 'Pasal Kau'". The Star. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. "Adrian Teh". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  5. 18 January 2020. "Bakara papar peristiwa sebenar di Mogadishu". Berita Harian. Retrieved 15 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Haryati Karim (10 September 2022). "Kos RM20 juta, Malbatt Misi Bakara filem paling mahal di Malaysia". Kosmo! (in Malay). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  7. "Award-winning Lion Dance troupe's roaring success - News | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  8. "Let's Eat". cinema.com.my. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

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