Kathleen Bu

Réalisateur·trice

BIOGRAPHIE

Drawn to themes of human emotion and fantastical concepts, Kathleen Bu is a young Singaporean filmmaker who threads each story she encounters with empathy and a little bit of madness. Her thesis film Lady E’s Wedding Revenge Plan (2019) was awarded Best Live Action, Director & Editing at Singapore’s National Youth Film Awards 2020. Interested in learning from veteran filmmakers and improving her craft, she went on to take internships under film director Li Lin Wee and Zhao Wei Films. Kathleen was also a panelist at SGIFF’s Film Youth Jury & Critics 2020 where she wrote film critiques and judged for the Southeast Asian Short Film Competition. In 2021, she embarked on her first short film out of film school entitled Auntie Oh Lives In Your Memories (2021), which premiered at Singapore International Film Festival. YOU WILL SEE is her first horror short, mentored by award-winning filmmaker Bradley Liew.

FILMOGRAPHIE