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'', as well as several short films, such as '' Centrepoint KidZ''.

Early life and education

When she was young, she would "trawl" the video library or go to the cinemas by herself on weekends. She attended

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, where she majored in art semiotics. She is also a graduate of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

In 1997, Wee directed her first short film, ''Norman on the Air'', for which she won the Best Director award at the 1997

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Silver Screen awards. She directed the short film ''Another Guy'', which won the Special Achievement Award at the Singapore International Film Festival in 1999. She directed her fifth short film, ''Holiday'', which starred

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, in 2002. She directed the short film ''All My Presents'' as a segment of '' Digital Compassion 02''. She directed the short films ''Maths Tuition'', ''Homemaker'' and ''Autograph Book'' in 2001, 2002 and 2003 respectively. Wee directed her first feature film, ''

'', in 2007. It competed at the Asia New Talent Section of the

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, and was shown at the 2008

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. Her second feature film was the 2011 romantic comedy film ''

''. In 2012, Wee directed the short film ''Singapore Country'' as part of a commission by the National Library Board for the ''Singapore Memory Project''. The film focuses on singer Matthew Tan and his hit song, '' Singapore Cowboy''. She directed the telemovie '' Hong Baos and Kisses'' in 2014. Later that year, she directed the short film ''That Loving Feeling''. Wee directed the short films '' Centrepoint KidZ'' and ''My Autograph'' in 2015, the latter of which was an expansion of her 2003 short film, ''Autograph Book''. She hoped that ''Centrepoint KidZ'' would help dispel negative stereotypes about

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. Both films played at the National Library Board's Singapore Memory Project Rewind/Remind film festival. She directed the music video for '' We Are Singapore'', the official

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song for 2018. In 2019, she directed the short film ''The Factory Girl'' as one of four short films on the ''Merdeka Generation'' package. Later that year, she directed the short film ''A Lifesaver's Passion'' as a segment of ''The Merdeka Stories II''. The

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describes her as one of the "pioneer female filmmakers in Singapore".

Filmography

* ''Norman on the Air'' (1997) * ''Another Guy'' (1999) * ''Maths Tuition'' (2001) * ''All My Presents'' (2002) * ''Holiday'' (2002) * ''Homemaker'' (2002) * ''Autograph Book'' (2003) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2011) * ''Singapore Country'' (2012) * '' Hong Baos and Kisses'' (2014) * ''That Loving Feeling'' (2014) * '' Centrepoint KidZ'' (2015) * ''My Autograph Book'' (2015) * ''Baby Bumps'' (2016) * ''The Perm'' (2016) * ''Areola Borealis'' (2017) * ''A Lifesaver's Passion'' (2019) * ''Interwoven'' (2019) * ''The Factory Girl'' (2019)

References

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