Gilbert Chan is a multiple award-winning writer/director/trainer residing in Singapore. His writing accolades include the top prize in the Singapore Screenplay Awards in 2001 and the merit award at the prestigious MDA Scriptwriting Competition in 2002.

He also won the UTV International Award for the short film “A Cantonese Crime Story”. In addition, he won the

Script Development Grant from the Singapore Film Commission for his movie treatment “Little Genius” and “The Girl Next Door”. His horror short film “The Flat” is also a finalist for the Canon Digital Film Festival (2006).

He is also the producer, writer and director of the digital movie “S11”. “S11” is the official selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006 and also won the audience choice award at the Toronto-Singapore film festival.

His second movie, Love Matters, which he co-directed with Jack Neo, is a box office success, grossing more than SGD$3million in Malaysia and Singapore. He is also a co-writer on the project.

 “2359”, which he wrote and directed, was a commercial success, earning SGD$1.6million in Singapore. The movie has been touted as “creepy and unnerving” (The New Paper) and “one of the scarier local film productions” (F*** magazine).

 He also co-wrote and directed the horror movie “Ghost Child” which earned 1.8 million at the Malaysian box office.

 Gilbert is also an accomplished media/arts trainer, having worked with many schools and institutions on various arts development programs. He has won numerous awards at the Singapore Youth Festivals (Drama) and the School Video Awards with various schools and institutions including the prestigious platinum award for drama at the 2006 Video Awards.

 In addition, he has also directed many television commercials and corporate projects for multi-national corporations like Sony, Acer, and Nokia.