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Sandi Tan (born 1972 in Singapore) is a film critic, writer, and filmmaker. After attending the University of Kent, she wrote as the film critic for The Straits Times from 1995 to 1997 before attending Columbia University's film school and earning a Master of Fine Arts in Screenwriting.
Sandi Tan. Producer: Shirkers. Sandi Tan published a cult zine called The Exploding Cat at 16 and at 22 became the film critic at The Straits Times, Singapore's largest newspaper (1995-1997). Then she threw all that away to run off to film school at Columbia University.
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Oct 15, 2018 · In 1992, a budding Singaporean filmmaker named Sandi Tan, then 18, wrote a screenplay called Shirkers and recruited two cinephile classmates—Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique—to help produce it.
- Julia Felsenthal
Mar 30, 2021 · Sandi Tan “Unscares” Herself by Writing Her Worst Nightmares. The visionary director behind Shirkers returns with a beautiful, demented, and deeply funny new novel called Lurkers. By Naomi ...
Jan 9, 2019 · Sandi Tan is a Singapore-born, California-based filmmaker who made her debut with Shirkers, a documentary about her lost first film project. In this interview, she shares her memories of growing up as a cinephile in Singapore and how she found her voice in cinema.
5,132 Followers, 735 Following, 695 Posts - Sandi Tan (@_sanditan_) on Instagram: "SHIRKERS on Netflix🛵 LURKERS in print & audio🦊 (THE BLACK ISLE is better than either👻) 🖋️WGA, DGA 🎥🇺🇸".
Nov 7, 2018 · Filmmaker Sandi Tan used the long-lost footage from her teenage road movie to tell an unbelievable making-of story.
