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Yen Tan is a Director and Scriptwriter American
Yen Tan (born 1975) is a Malaysian film producer and director. He immigrated to the United States when he was 19 and was based in Dallas, Texas. He is known for award winning films Happy Birthday (2002) and Deadroom (2005). He also directed the gay-themed Ciao (2008). that he had co-written with the film's lead actor Alessandro Calza.
His screenwriting lab semi-finalist screenplay Pit Stop was selected by the Outfest Screenwriting Lab. The film also screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He was also a finalist for the prestigious Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise.
He is openly gay.
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Yen Tan
His screenwriting lab semi-finalist screenplay Pit Stop was selected by the Outfest Screenwriting Lab. The film also screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He was also a finalist for the prestigious Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise.
He is openly gay.
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Filmography of Yen Tan (4 films)
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Pit Stop (2013)
Directed by Yen Tan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Amy Seimetz, Heather Kafka
Rating60%
Ciao (2008)
, 1h27Directed by Yen Tan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza
Rating65%
With the slogan "If you could go back... what would you say to the one you loved", Ciao (meaning both hello and goodbye in Italian) tells the story of two men who form an unlikely bond when a mutual friend named Mark (played by Charles W. Blaum) dies unexpectedly in a car crash in Dallas
Deadroom (2005)
Directed by Yen Tan, David Lowery
Genres Drama
Rating61%
"Four Conversation Between the Living and the Dead: If you had the chance, what would you say? says the film caption.
Happy Birthday (2002)
, 1h10Directed by Yen Tan
Origin USA
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about pornography, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating52%
The film recounts two days in the lives of five very different characters all born on July 12, that are faced with problems as their birthday approaches. Jim (Benjamin Patrick), a gay, overweight telemarketer working for a weight loss program is facing self-esteem issues, whereas Ron (John Frazier), a church minister who preaches about conversion but himself is addicted to watching gay porn, and Javed (Devashish Saxena), a Pakistani lives in the U.S. with a gay porn actor but is faced by the double dilemma of being condemned by his Muslim family and is in imminent danger of being deported from the States.
Scriptwriter
Pit Stop (2013)
Directed by Yen Tan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Amy Seimetz, Heather Kafka
Rating60%
Ciao (2008)
, 1h27Directed by Yen Tan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza
Rating65%
With the slogan "If you could go back... what would you say to the one you loved", Ciao (meaning both hello and goodbye in Italian) tells the story of two men who form an unlikely bond when a mutual friend named Mark (played by Charles W. Blaum) dies unexpectedly in a car crash in Dallas
Deadroom (2005)
Directed by Yen Tan, David Lowery
Genres Drama
Rating61%
"Four Conversation Between the Living and the Dead: If you had the chance, what would you say? says the film caption.