MICHAEL CHUA ACTOR TELLING STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD: Finding The Perfect Language

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Actor-Screenwriter-Director

Actor "Ilo Ilo" (2013)

Dir Anthony Chen, Winner Cannes & Golden Horse Awards.

Lead actor, "Certified Dead" (2016)

Dir Marrie Lee aka Cleopatra Wong, Winner 14th Royal Bali International Film Festival (2016).

Director-Writer, "Bloodline Blues" (2018)

Selected Candidate - IMDA Lasalle Writerslab 2018

30,000,000

hits ONLINE: Gift (2014) & Hentak Kaki (2012)

400

productions in 9 years

Best Performance Awards, SSFA (2012/2014)

Lives: EU/SG

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Saturday, May 1, 2021

Finding The Perfect Language

This is a documentary about the 'Perfect Language' for humans. I was there because I speak Teochew.

For the documentary, I was asked to bring an item that is symbolic of the language. It was hard to think of something, so I asked around. Unsurprisingly, all my Teochew friends came up with something to do with food. lol

Eventually everyone agreed on the Teochew Glutinous Rice Cake mould.

Can you think of something else symbolically or uniquely Teochew?

Anyway, here is the documentary...

https://youtu.be/38RUMJSCZTY

So what is the Human Language?

For more posts about languages in this blog, including this one, click here.

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Official Selection, World Panorama - 4th Hanoi International Film Festival 2016 (World Premiere)

Winner - Best International Feature Film - 14th Royal Bali International Film Festival 2016

Official Selection, Best Narrative Feature - UK Screen One International Film Festival 2017

Official Selection, Best Feature Film – Utah Film Awards 2017

Official Selection, Best Feature Film – Brazil International Film Festival 2017

Official Selection, Special AIFFA Screening - 3rd Asean International Film Festival and Awards 2017

Official Selection, Portobello Film Festival 2017, London, UK.

ABOUT ME

Thank you for visiting my blog.

It is a privilege for me to be an actor, and a working one at that, as how many people really gets to live their passion everyday?

An actor works to a script. A good actor works to bring a script alive - so that the result can both entertain and inspire. My background as an entrepreneur, a technologist, a security consultant, a soldier and a community volunteer, who has experienced financial highs and lows while living in Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia for many years, has helped me to naturally understand and get into character with empathy and compassion.

A script is a fantasy and the actor re-enacts that fantasy, even if it is a true story or biography. It is a fantasy because eventually, we are displaying a multi-dimensional world into a 2D (or even 3D) camera in limited timeframe. A limited time to tell a story that sometimes stretches into eternity.

This blog is to help me connect with producers, directors, script writers, actors, anyone interested in acting, or movie lovers. It therefore attempts to appeal to its readers at their respective levels, be it the business of making films, the artistic aspects of making film; or just curiosity for what goes on behind the scenes.

Last but not least, this blog will perform like a good film, in that it will both entertain and inspire you.

My showreel:

Contact:

Michael Chua

mysticmichael@gmail.com

For my IMDB profile, click here

For my aadb profile, click here.

I am based in Singapore, but also spend extended stretches of time in Europe periodically.

As it will be difficult for me to organise my activities across geographies and different time zones, please contact my manager for assignments outside Asia:

Ms Rochele Hirsch

Los Angeles, USA

rochelehc@gmail.com

S C R E E N W R I T I N G

Selected candidate - Lasalle Writerslab 2018.

Member of Screenwriters' Assoc of Singapore.

1. The Next Plot (2016) (5-min, English/Mandarin drama)

A grieving old man struggles against religious stigma to be buried next to his late wife. Click here.

2. Bloodline Blues (2018) (23-min, Eng, action)

A young heir to an English noble family escapes from his duties to reconcile with his lover in Asia. Click here.

3. Standup comedy.

A Confused Nation - the socio-political and linguistic conflicts in Singapore. Click here.

4. What do the people in Singapore do that is different than the rest of the world? 100k views, 900 Upvotes, 85 Shares, 1 mth. Click here.

5. A feature film (in pre-production).

Poster and trailer completed. More later...

V O I C E - O V E R S

National Problem Gambling Council Advertisement 2012

- VO in English, click here

Singapore Health Hospital Phone App

- VO in Hokkien (Min Nan).

For VO samples, click here.

F I L M O G R A P H Y

Feature Films

Ilo Ilo (2013)

Director: Anthony Chen.

Played the role of the close friend of the lead character.

Camera d'Or award, 2013 Cannes Film Festival

50th Golden Horse Awards 2014.

For more details, click here.

Certified Dead (2016)

Drama-thriller genre. Produced by Reel Frenz.

Producer/Director/Writer: Marrie Lee, aka Cleopatra Wong.

Played the lead character, Ian Lee.

Official Screening, 4th Hanoi International Film Festival (2016).

Best International Film award, 14th Royal Bali International Film Festival (2016)

For more details, click here.

Back Alley Bulls (2013)

Action genre. Produced by Naicoman Productions (US) Inc. Producer/Writer: Blainey Kaltman.

Director: Cynthia Rabinaico.

Played the role of the gangster boss Big Beng.

For more details, click here.

Rough Mix (2013)

Drama-thriller genre. Produced by Monochrome Films. Written by: Stephen Gerard

Produced & Directed by: Ying J. Tan

Shoot locations in Singapore and Thailand.

Played the role of the eccentric Inspector Bob Wu.

For more details, click here.

Justice Devil (2013)

Action-thriller genre, Produced by Lion City Film Studio, Writer/Director: Harva Raj.

Shoot locations in Malaysia and Singapore.

Played the role of the Drug Lord.

For more details, click here.

Taxi Taxi (2013)

Comedy genre. Director: Kelvin Sng.

Played the role of the lead character's boss.

For more details, click here.

Dance Dance Dragon (2012)

Drama genre. Produced by Raintree Pictures Ltd.

Director: Kat Goh.

Played the role of the lead character's friend.

For more details, click here.

That Girl In Pinafore (2013)

Comedy-Musical genre.

Director: Cai Yiwei.

Played the role of the lead character's mother's boyfriend.

For more details, click here.

Re:solved (2014)

Action-Thriller genre.

Produced by Betterman Asia.

Director: Randy Ang.

Played the role of an army general during a crisis.

For more details, click here.

We Not Naughty (2012)

Comedy-Drama genre

Director: Jack Neo

Played the role of a victim of illegal moneylenders.

For more details, click here.

Selected Short Films

Gift (2014)

Commissioned by Comchest Singapore.

Director: Daniel Yam.

Played lead character, as the misunderstood father of a boy.

- World Film Awards (Best Story, Best Newcomer, Best International Film, Best Director, Best Editing)

- 2nd Asian Short Film Festival (Best Film Winner - Singapore Short Film Category)

- Forster Film Festival (Best Film Under 30 Minutes)

- ProFiRe Short Film Festival (Special Awards of Progressive Film of Reality)

- Best Shorts Competition (Awards of Merit).

25 mil++ hits online.

Subtitled in 10 different languages.

For more, click here.

Hentak Kaki (2012)

A Puttnam School of Film Production.

Director: James Khoo.

Played the lead role of a demoralised Warrant Officer.

Silverscreen Award (Short Film) Best Film Award, 24th Singapore International Film Festival 2011

Best Performance Award, 3rd Singapore Short Film Awards 2012

1 mil++ hits online.

For more, click here.

Detour (2013)

Producer/Writer/Director: Michael Kam.

Played the role of the father of two squabbling boys in a car.

Winner of 4 categories in the 5th Singapore Short Film Awards 2014 - Best Fiction, Best Director, Best Performance (Michael Chua, Presley Lim & Yolby Low) and Best Script.

For more details, click here.

Dinner (2013)

Produced/directed/written by Lim Heng Le.

Played the role of a dutiful security guard and father.

Winner of Open Category, 180 Short Film Competition 2013, organised by Singapore Media Academy and Workforce Development Authority.

For more details, click here.

Reunion (2013)

Director: Josephy Hsu

Grand Prize (Gold Medal Award) 1st Taiwan Weifilm Festival 2013.

Played the role of the brother of a deceased during Chinese New Year.

More than Words that Touches (2016)

10 minute drama, commissioned by Ogawa.

I played the role of the father who is attending his daughter's wedding after not seeing her for ten years. Location in Pulau Ubin, an offshore island of Singapore.

For more details, click here.

In Sunrise (2012)

Director: Jenny Wang;

DOP: Bobby Webster, the cinematographer for 2011 Short Film Oscar award.

Played a depressed widower whose life is brightened by the unexpected encountered with his late wife's nurse (played by Beijing based actress Huang Lu )

King of Guangzhou (2013)

Writer/Director: Quester Hannah

Played the role of an Immigration Officer in hot pursuit of a Nigerian over-stayer in China. Location, Xiao Beijing, Guangzhou, China.

For more details, click here.

Films I Wrote/Produced/Directed

Bloodline Blues (2018)

23-min action-thriller, in English.

A young heir to an English noble family, escapes from his duties to reconcile with his lover in Asia.

Writer/Producer/Director -Michael Chua.

Producer/DOP/Choreographer/Editor - Elliot Chan

For more, click here.

The Next Plot (2016)

6-min drama, in English/Mandarin.

Producer/Director/Writer/Actor: Michael Chua

Co-producer: Red Dot Films.

Played the role of a grieving old man struggling against religious stigma to be buried next to his late wife.

For more, click here.

Let's Unite Against Corruption (2014)

40-sec, public education, in English.

Producer/director/Writer: Michael Chua.

Merit Award in CPIB Singapore Video Competition 2014.

For more details, click here.

Rene (2013)

15-min thriller, in English.

Producer/Director: Marrie Lee

Co-Director/Casting: Michael Chua

Played the role of the Bodyguard character.

For more details, click here.

Selected TV Dramas

In Cold Blood Season 3, Episode 8

Mediacorp (English) Channel 5

Played the role of a Resident Committee member caught in the cross fires of homicide.

For more details, click here.

Crimewatch 2011, Episode 6

Mediacorp (English) Channel 5

Played the r

ole of a club manager enraged with a recent burglary.

For more details, click here.

Thiru Valluvan Season 2

Mediacorp Vasantham (Tamil) channel

Played the role of a covert illegal moneylender in a condominium.'

For more details, click here.

9 Nywa (Nine Lives)

Mediacorp Suria (Malay) Channel

Played the role of a factory boss who is dunked into a barrel of water and drowned.

For more details, click here.

English Language Education Programme (2012)

NHK (Japanese) Channel

Acted as a driver for a Japanese tourist in Singapore.

Selected Corporate Videos

Anti-Corruption Video

Produced by Little Red Ants.

Gold Award, International Anti-Corruption Public Service Announcements Award organised by the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), Hong Kong

Played the lead character fish supplier.

For more details, click here.

Vigilance - RECAAP Training Video

Produced by OneDash22

Silver Award, Australian Cinematographers' Society Queensland 2012,

Played the role of the Boat Captain.

For more details, click here.

Web Series

Caishen

Producer/Writer/Director: Ding An

A comedy web series about a compulsive gambler and his encounter with money magic.

I played the Sage. :)

For more details, click here.

In Pre-Production

Will Power

A mumblecore style 7 minute short film

Writer/Director - Michael Chua.

About sibling squabbles over daddy's will.

Sandcastle Blues

A 10-minute drama about family love.

Writer/Director - Michael Chua.

For more details, click here.

Wake Up Grandpa

A 10-minute drama about grandpa in coma

Writer/Director - Michael Chua.

For more details, click here

Bak Kut Teh

A 10-minute romantic drama about the struggles of keeping the tradition of Bak Kut Teh.

Writer/Director - Michael Chua.

L I V E

McBeth (2018)

An adaptation of Shakespeare's MacBeth with improv acting.

Sold to full-house.

Instant Comedy (2015)

At Laffio Restaurant

For more details, click here.

LTA Construction Safety Competiion 2015

Commissioned by SKC

Played the role of the Project Manager, with some singing.'

For more details, click here

E m c e e

Cloud Asia 2017

Master of Ceremony at Cloud Asia 2017, an Asia-Pacific information security summit at Suntec Expo Singapore.

For more details, click here.

M Y - W I S H L I S T

An Asian Politican Biography

To act as a politician/dictator.

Got started: As an Asian dictator in a short film. See here.

Multi-Character Comedy

To act as a multi-character character.

Got started in standup comedy. See here.

Musical

To act and sing in a musical

Got started: As a Hokkien Rapper. See here.

Got started: As a street busker/father. See here

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Saturday, May 1, 2021

Finding The Perfect Language

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