Adrian Teh

Directing · Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Adrian is a renowned director/producer in Malaysia. He founded the Chinese Film Association of Malaysia in 2012 and organized Malaysia's first ever Chinese movies awards ceremony - the Golden Wau Awards - in 2013. He is highly recognized as one of the Top-10 Outstanding Youths of Malaysia (JCI TOYM) in 2016, and was named in the 2016 list of 100 Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs (MIYE 2016).

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In 2018, he directed Malaysia's first military action-packed movie that is based on true events - "PASKAL The Movie". PASKAL recorded RM30million in box office sales. Since then, he explores further into Malay film industry. In 2019, he directed an action movie - "WIRA". In order to further elevate the film, he collaborated with world renowned Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian, who had involved in multiple Hollywood movies to choreograph the action sequences in the film.

In 2020, he attends to many new challenges. He directed his first Malay romantic comedy - "Pasal Kau" (All Because Of You) - the first Netflix Malaysian original film which is available in over 190 countries. Besides, he directed his first suspense-thriller series - "Model Family", also the first original production by Celestial Tiger Entertainment / Thrill.

This year, despite the pandemic's impact on the industry, he continues to seek and achieve new goals. "Ada Hantu", a horror film produced by The will be streaming exclusively via Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia on Aug 13.