Born on the 6th of March, 1984 in Singapore, Edmund Yeo did a one-year postgraduate course in film production at Murdoch University, Perth in 2006. He joined Woo Ming Jin’s Greenlight Pictures in 2007 and became involved in numerous productions as producer and editor. Notable productions include telemovie Days of the Turquoise Sky (2008) and the short film, Blue Roof (2007). He was also the associate producer of the award-winning feature film THE ELEPHANT AND THE SEA (2007). His latest collaboration with Woo Ming Jin as producer/editor is WOMAN ON FIRE LOOKS FOR WATER (2009).
He started writing and directing his own short films in 2008, the first one being CHICKEN RICE MYSTERY (2008), premiered at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival and winner of two awards at the BMW Shorties competition in Malaysia. Another short film of his, LOVE SUICIDES (2009), had been shown at international competition at the 7th edition of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival. He’s also an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus 2009.
He currently lives in Tokyo.