Leonard Tee
- Producer
- Actor
Leonard Tee is a Malaysian film producer of Chinese origin who has worked extensively in the Malaysian film industry, primarily with independent directors. Several of the films he produced made it to the international film festival circuit.
Leonard's move into the film industry started when he established the Malaysian office of film auteur Tsai Ming-Liang's Homegreen Films in 2006. That same year, he was co-producer for Tsai's ''I Don't Want to Sleep Alone'', which was screened at the Venice Film Festival.
In 2007, he produced ''It's a Dream'', directed by Tsai Ming Liang. It was presented at the 2007 Venice Biennale and was part of the omnibus ''To Each His Own'', a collective film which features a collection of 33 shorts directed by some of the most important autuers in cinema and was produced by Cannes Film Festival. The film was eventually added to the permanent collection of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. This collection, including the film, was presented in several countries across the world. The following year he produced Tsai's short film ''Madame Butterfly'' (2009).
Leonard remained active in the Malaysian film industry in the current decade, producing ''The New Village'' (2013), the first Malaysian epic Chinese film, directed by Malaysian director Wong Kew Lit; and Tsai Ming Liang's ''Walking on Water'' (2013), one of the episodes from ''Letters from the South'', a collective movie about the Chinese diaspora to South-East Asia. This film was screened at the Hong Kong Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse and was selected for a special screening at Busan International Film Festival 2013.
In 2014, he produced William Kwok-Wai's ''Day and Night'', an omnibus release of 3 short films consisting of 3 Malaysian filmmakers: Ho Yuhang's ''Trespassed'', Charlotte Lim's ''BITE'' and Yeo Joon Han's ''Bedside Manners'', reflecting their personal feelings about the health of Malaysian society. This film was screened at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival in 2016 and in the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. One of the shorts of this portmanteau 'Trespassed' by Ho Yuhang won best film in 2015 for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards.
In 2015, he produced ''You Mean the World to Me'', directed by Saw Teong Hin, which in 2017 was in competition at the Granada Film Festival in Spain and at the Manila Film Festival. Leonard's most recent producing credit is 2017's ''The White Girl'', directed by Christopher Doyle and Jenny Suen. Despite being a very recent production, several international film festivals have already expressed interest in this film for a world premiere.
In addition to his film producing credits, Leonard has also been involved in theatre, producing several stage plays, including Emily of Emerald Hill (2014), where he worked closely with actress Pearlly Chua and songstress Yudi Yap.
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NANYANG BROTHERS FILMS Formed in 2012 and is based in Kuala Lumpur. Nanyang Brothers has gathered many outstanding local filmmakers together. It made its first move in 2015. The leader of the company, Leonard Tee has been producing a few quality Chinese films in the past few years and has a good sense of film and detailed powers of observation over the film market. Nanyang Brothers is expecting to produce creative and different genres films. It is looking forward to making quality films by telling good stories and conducting rigorous production.
Nanyang Brothers Films No,8. 1st Floor, Jalan Panggong, 50000, Kuala Lumpur. Phone: +603 2857 6887 - Email: leonardtee88@gmail.com
Leonard's move into the film industry started when he established the Malaysian office of film auteur Tsai Ming-Liang's Homegreen Films in 2006. That same year, he was co-producer for Tsai's ''I Don't Want to Sleep Alone'', which was screened at the Venice Film Festival.
In 2007, he produced ''It's a Dream'', directed by Tsai Ming Liang. It was presented at the 2007 Venice Biennale and was part of the omnibus ''To Each His Own'', a collective film which features a collection of 33 shorts directed by some of the most important autuers in cinema and was produced by Cannes Film Festival. The film was eventually added to the permanent collection of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. This collection, including the film, was presented in several countries across the world. The following year he produced Tsai's short film ''Madame Butterfly'' (2009).
Leonard remained active in the Malaysian film industry in the current decade, producing ''The New Village'' (2013), the first Malaysian epic Chinese film, directed by Malaysian director Wong Kew Lit; and Tsai Ming Liang's ''Walking on Water'' (2013), one of the episodes from ''Letters from the South'', a collective movie about the Chinese diaspora to South-East Asia. This film was screened at the Hong Kong Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse and was selected for a special screening at Busan International Film Festival 2013.
In 2014, he produced William Kwok-Wai's ''Day and Night'', an omnibus release of 3 short films consisting of 3 Malaysian filmmakers: Ho Yuhang's ''Trespassed'', Charlotte Lim's ''BITE'' and Yeo Joon Han's ''Bedside Manners'', reflecting their personal feelings about the health of Malaysian society. This film was screened at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival in 2016 and in the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. One of the shorts of this portmanteau 'Trespassed' by Ho Yuhang won best film in 2015 for the FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Awards.
In 2015, he produced ''You Mean the World to Me'', directed by Saw Teong Hin, which in 2017 was in competition at the Granada Film Festival in Spain and at the Manila Film Festival. Leonard's most recent producing credit is 2017's ''The White Girl'', directed by Christopher Doyle and Jenny Suen. Despite being a very recent production, several international film festivals have already expressed interest in this film for a world premiere.
In addition to his film producing credits, Leonard has also been involved in theatre, producing several stage plays, including Emily of Emerald Hill (2014), where he worked closely with actress Pearlly Chua and songstress Yudi Yap.
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NANYANG BROTHERS FILMS Formed in 2012 and is based in Kuala Lumpur. Nanyang Brothers has gathered many outstanding local filmmakers together. It made its first move in 2015. The leader of the company, Leonard Tee has been producing a few quality Chinese films in the past few years and has a good sense of film and detailed powers of observation over the film market. Nanyang Brothers is expecting to produce creative and different genres films. It is looking forward to making quality films by telling good stories and conducting rigorous production.
Nanyang Brothers Films No,8. 1st Floor, Jalan Panggong, 50000, Kuala Lumpur. Phone: +603 2857 6887 - Email: leonardtee88@gmail.com
