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Gender: Male

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Homepage: https://leoncheo.com/

Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 1


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Biography

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).

Most Famous Work

People Like Us
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People Like Us

(2016) Creator
7 Letters
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7 Letters

(2015) Producer
The Casuarina Cove
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The Casuarina Cove

(2009) Grip
The 25th Filial Exemplar
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The 25th Filial Exemplar

(2022) Director
Two Is Enough
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Two Is Enough

(2022) Writer
SIN-SFO
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SIN-SFO

(2018) Writer
Swing
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Swing

(2010) Writer
Move Out Notice
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Move Out Notice

(2015) Producer

Acting

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2009 Ordely Room Clerk
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Directing

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2016 Creator
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2009 Grip
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