Sandi Tan
Sandi Tan (born 1972 in Singapore) is a film critic, writer, and filmmaker. After attending the University of Kent, she wrote as the film critic for The Straits Times from 1995 to 1997 before attending Columbia University's film school and earning an Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting. Her first short film, Moveable Feast, was her entry in the 1996 Singapore International Film Festival, where she met film critic John Powers, one of the festival judges.[1] In 2000, she married Powers in Las Vegas, Nevada. They reside in Pasadena, California with their cats, Nico and Chubbington.[2]
Tan has worked as the director for short films Moveable Feast (1996) and Gourmet Baby (2001), but is best known for her full-length 2018 documentary, Shirkers. Shirkers made its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, at which it won the Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary.[3] Her debut novel, The Black Isle, was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2012 and was generally well received by critics and readers.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Writer | Director | Producer | Notes |
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| 2018 | Shirkers | 
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Documentary |
| 2016 | Gourmet Baby |
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| 1998 | Stop & Go | 
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| 1996 | Moveable Feast |
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References
- ^ Sep 6, Lynne Heffley |; 2012 | 0 | (2012-09-05). "A Literary Love Life". Pasadena Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "John Powers". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "2018 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS ANNOUNCED". Sundance. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "The Writing Life: Sandi Tan switches genres for 'The Black Isle'". LA Times. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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