Leon Cheo

Biography

Leon Cheo is an award-winning director whose short film “SIN-SFO” won Best Live Action and Best Director at the 2019 National Youth Film Awards in Singapore. His web series “People Like Us” won ‘Best Short TV Drama’ at the 2016 ITVFest (Vermont), ‘Best Web Drama Series’ at the Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards, and ‘Best Supporting Actor – Drama’ at the 2017 Indie Series Awards. The series is distributed in the United States on premium LGBT cable channel HereTV. Leon’s short films have screened at festivals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Tokyo, Tehran, Germany, Italy, and more. Highlights include “The Three Sisters” which won ‘Best Short Film’ at the 2012 NETPAC-Jogja Asian Film Festival and “Move Out Notice” which broadcast on the Lifetime (Asia) channel. His short film “Nuts” received honorable mention for the YOMYOMF Interpretations 2.0 competition, founded by Justin Lin (“Fast & Furious”, “Star Trek: Beyond”) to foster and develop Asian American voices in entertainment and the arts. A graduate of Chapman University with a BFA in Creative Producing, and Ngee Ann Polytechnic with a diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Leon Cheo is also an alumnus of Outfest InFusion (2016), Berlinale Talents (2014), Asian Film Academy (2013) and Tokyo Talent Campus (2012).

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2009	The Casuarina Cove	Ordely Room Clerk

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	302	Director
—	302	Writer
2022	Two Is Enough	Writer
2022	Two Is Enough	Director
2022	The 25th Filial Exemplar	Director
2018	SIN-SFO	Writer
2018	SIN-SFO	Director
2018	SIN-SFO	Producer
2016	People Like Us	Creator
2015	7 Letters	Producer
2015	Move Out Notice	Producer
2015	Move Out Notice	Director
2014	As You Were	Producer
2012	The Three Sisters	Writer
2012	The Three Sisters	Producer
2012	The Three Sisters	Director
2010	Swing	Writer
2010	Swing	Director
2010	Swing	Producer
2009	The Casuarina Cove	Grip
2007	Nightless Day	Writer
2007	Nightless Day	Director