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Gilbert Chan

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Biography

Gilbert is an award-winning writer/director/trainer residing in Singapore. His writing accolades include the top prize in the Singapore Screenplay Awards in 2001 and the merit award at the MDA Scriptwriting Competition in 2002. He is also the producer, writer, and director of the digital movie S11 (2006). S11 is the official selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and also won the audience choice award at the Toronto-Singapore film festival. His second movie, Love Matters (2009), which he co-directed with Jack Neo, was a box office success in Malaysia and Singapore. In 2016, he co-directed 4Love, which tells the story of love; from strangers to marriage and then life together as an elderly couple. His movie 23:59 (2011), which he wrote and directed, was a critical success and popular with the Singapore audience. Its sequel, 23:59 The Haunting Hour was released in 2018.

Known For

23:59: The Haunting Hour
4.5

Recruit Tommy - a socially awkward individual, is the subject of teasing and bullying by his army mates. He seeks comfort from the compliments left by his readers on his blog that features fictitious army horror stories he writes in his free time. Tommy’s articles were well-received by his readers, from the story of a sinister spirit that haunts the pioneer batch of National Service cadets enlisted in 1967; to the strange encounters of a commando unit in 1983, believed to be the doings of a vengeful, seductive python spirit… Among the messages received, an attractive reader who praised Tommy for his article caught his eyes. Mesmerized by her looks, Tommy imagines being in a relationship with her and even doctored pictures of them together. One day, he received a text message from her and things started to go awry…

23:59: The Haunting Hour

2018Movie