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Leon Cheo

Overview

Leon Cheo is an award-winning director whose short film “SIN-SFO” won Best Live Action and Best Director at the 2019 National Youth Film Awards in Singapore. His web series “People Like Us” won ‘Best Short TV Drama’ at the 2016 ITVFest (Vermont), ‘Best Web Drama Series’ at the Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards, and ‘Best Supporting Actor – Drama’ at the 2017 Indie Series Awards. The series is distributed in the United States on premium LGBT cable channel HereTV.

Leon’s short films have screened at festivals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Tokyo, Tehran, Germany, Italy, and more. Highlights include “The Three Sisters” which won ‘Best Short Film’ at the 2012 NETPAC-Jogja Asian Film Festival and “Move Out Notice” which broadcast on the Lifetime (Asia) channel. His short film “Nuts” received honorable mention for the YOMYOMF Interpretations 2.0 competition, founded by Justin Lin (“Fast & Furious”, “Star Trek: Beyond”) to foster and develop Asian American voices in entertainment and the arts.

A graduate of Chapman University with a BFA in Creative Producing, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Leon Cheo is also an alumnus of Outfest InFusion (2016), Berlinale Talents (2014), Asian Film Academy (2013) and Tokyo Talent Campus (2012).

Known for

Acting
2009 The Casuarina Cove Actor Ordely Room Clerk 59
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Directing
2022 The 25th Filial Exemplar Directing Director N/A
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2022 Two Is Enough Directing Director N/A
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2018 SIN-SFO Directing Director N/A
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2015 Move Out Notice Directing Director N/A
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2012 The Three Sisters Directing Director N/A
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2010 Swing Directing Director 59
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2007 Nightless Day Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 Two Is Enough Writing Writer N/A
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2018 SIN-SFO Writing Writer N/A
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2012 The Three Sisters Writing Writer N/A
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2010 Swing Writing Writer 59
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2007 Nightless Day Writing Writer N/A
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302 Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2018 SIN-SFO Production Producer N/A
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2015 7 Letters Production Producer 59
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2015 Move Out Notice Production Producer N/A
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2014 As You Were Production Producer 59
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2012 The Three Sisters Production Producer N/A
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2010 Swing Production Producer 59
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Camera
2009 The Casuarina Cove Camera Grip 59
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