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James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010), The Conjuring (2013) and Furious 7 (2015).
Before his success in the mainstream film industry, he made his first feature-length film, Stygian, with Shannon Young, which won "Best Guerrilla Film" at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) in 2000.
Prior to 2003, Wan and Leigh Whannell had begun writing a script based for a horror film, citing inspiration from their dreams and fears. Upon completing the script, Leigh and James had wanted to select an excerpt from their script, later to be known as Saw (2004), and film it to pitch their film to studios. With the help of Charlie Clouser, who had composed the score for the film, and a few stand-in actors, Leigh and James shot the film with relatively no budget. Leigh had decided to star in the film as well.
After the release of the full-length Saw (2004), the film was met with overwhelming success in the box office both domestically and internationally. The film ended up grossing 55 million dollars in America, and 48 million dollars in other countries, totaling over $103 million worldwide. This was over 100 million dollars profit, over 80 times the production budget. This green-lit the sequel Saw II (2005), and later the rest of the Saw franchise based on the yearly success of the previous installment. Since its inception, Saw (2004) has become the highest grossing horror franchise of all time worldwide in unadjusted dollars. In the United States only, Saw (2004) is the second highest grossing horror franchise, behind only the Friday the 13th (1980) films by a margin of $10 million.- Director
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Born in Kuching, Malaysia, he graduated from the Drama and Cinema Department of the Chinese Cultural University of Taiwan and worked as a theatrical producer and TV director. His second feature film, Vive L'Amour (1994), won the Golden Lion (best picture) at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. His idiosyncratic oeuvre continues to enthrall audiences worldwide.- Actress
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Voted as the "#1 Sexiest Woman in the World 2006" by FHM readers in Asia, and one of the "10 People in Entertainment to Look Out For" in Canada 2006 by Playback, Steph Song also has degrees in Nursing and Journalism.
She started as a television host for National Geographic's EarthPulse (2001) and her Asian sitcom Achar! (2004) made her a star in Asia. The series won second prize at the New York Festivals 2005, for Best International Situation Comedy behind Frasier (1993) and has been sold in en countries. Steph moved back to North America in 2005, and has since starred in the feature Everything's Gone Green (2005), and the made-for-TV film Dragon Boys (2007). She divides her time working in the US, Canada and Singapore.- Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Koreyoshi Kurahara was born on 31 May 1927 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He was a director and writer, known for Antarctica (1983), Eight Below (2006) and Kaitei kara kita onna (1959). He was married to Yumiko Miyagino. He died on 28 December 2002 in Yokohama, Japan.- Actor
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Nicholas Teo was born on 29 November 1981 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. He is an actor, known for Woody Sambo (2008), A Thousand Goodnights (2019) and Rhapsody in Blue (2006).- Judith Hepburn was born on 14 October 1948 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. She is an actress, known for Z Cars (1962), Angels (1975) and The Bill (1984).
- Cynthia Chong was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. She is known for Precious Babes (2010), Don't Stop Believin' (2012) and Happy Prince (2020).
- Dayang Sofia was born on 26 August 1938 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. She is an actress, known for Pilih Menantu (1963), Sayang si buta (1965) and Mambang moden (1964).
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Fabian Hee was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. After finishing his studies in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Fabian ventured into the video game industry, fulfilling his childhood dream of making games. While working as a sound designer in the industry, he realized that his passion lies in creating cinematic atmospheres and soundscapes that formed the worlds of the games he worked on. He began teaching himself filmmaking, using YouTube as an experimental playground, and released his first short film Google is Skynet is Nokia (2014) which won the Award of Merit at the Accolade Global Film Competition. His next successful short film The Accountant, the Man (2014) was nominated and screened as part of the Asians on Film Festival, USA and I Filmmaker International Film Festival in Spain. Following that, he set up a post-production studio and released his film Defenders of The Rainforest (2016) to showcase his team's visual effects capabilities, winning the "Sarawak Movie in the Rainforest" short film competition. He then worked together with British director Taras Demian Groves in late 2016 to create a cinematic soundscape for his short film Nowhere (2016) which went on to win multiple awards the world over.