Biography

Leon Cheo is the creator, writer and director of the Emmy®-nominated short form series "People Like Us". Most recently, he was selected for season two of the Hillman Grad / Indeed Rising Voices program in which he is mentored by Destin Daniel Cretton on his latest short "The 25th Filial Exemplar" which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2022.

Other highlights include "SIN-SFO" which won Best Live Action and Best Director at the 2019 National Youth Film Awards in Singapore. The film premiered in-competition at the Academy Award-qualifying 25th Austin Film Festival; "The Three Sisters" which won 'Best Short Film' at the 2012 NETPAC-Jogja Asian Film Festival; "Move Out Notice" which broadcast on the Lifetime (Asia) channel and nominated for Best Script at the Singapore Short Film Awards; "Nuts" which received honourable mention for the YOMYOMF Interpretations 2.0 competition, founded by Justin Lin ("Fast & Furious")

Commercially, Leon has worked with KFC, HSBC, 7-Eleven, Channel NewsAsia, Pink Dot SG, and government ministries and agencies.

A graduate of Chapman University with a BFA in Creative Producing, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Leon is also an alumnus of Outfest InFusion (2016), Berlinale Talents (2014), Asian Film Academy (2013) and Talents Tokyo (2012).
- IMDb mini biography by: Leon Cheo