Yuhang Ho

Ho Yuhang (b. 1971, Malaysia) studied engineering at Iowa State University. After returning to Malaysia he began working in TV and directed short films as well as the award-winning documentaries Semangat Insan: Masters of Tradition (1999) and Not Far from Here (2001). His first feature film, Min (2003), won the Special Jury Prize in Nantes. His second feature, Sanctuary (2004), won the NETPAC award in Pusan. Alongside friends and fellow filmmakers, such as James Lee, Amir Muhammad or Tan Chui Mui (most of them, like himself, of Chinese nationality), Ho Yuhang is now recognised as one of the leading figures of Malaysia's internationally acclaimed contemporary independent film movement.

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