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Daniel Hui

Daniel Hui

Editor, director, writer and producer, also actor · Born November 5, 1986 (39) · Singapore

Daniel Hui studied at the California Institute of the Arts. He collaborates with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Culture and writes articles for their website. He is one of the founding members of 13 Little Pictures, an independent film collective whose films have been screened with acclaim in several festivals around the world. He made his debut as a filmmaker and writer in 2007 with the short The Bracelet. Many other shorts have followed since, and in 2011 he made his first feature film, No Images, which won the Pixel Bunker Award for International New Talent at Doclisboa.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 5, 1986 (39)
From
Singapore
Works as
Editor, director, writer and producer, also actor
Titles
5 on Motif · 20 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Daniel Hui's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
17%
Survival
17%
Society
15%
Power
12%
Morality
9%
Ideas
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 0 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Contemplative
3
Tense
3
Hopeful
2

How their films linger

Haunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Daniel Hui's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 5 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Hui's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

20 credits, 5 with a Motif page.

  • 9 Temples to Heaven (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • The Burning Giants (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)

    Editor

  • Sleep No More(2026)

    Editor

    Motif score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Some Nights I Feel Like Walking(2024)

    Editor

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Don’t Cry, Butterfly (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Editor

  • Small Hours of the Night (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Last Shadow at First Light(2023)

    Editor

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Talking Leaves (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)

    Editor

  • An Invocation to the Earth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)

    Editor

  • A Land Imagined(2018)

    Editor

    Motif score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Demons(2018)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer · as John

    Motif score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Snakeskin (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • The Fifth Sun (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2014)

    Producer

  • Eclipses (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

  • Dreams of Youth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Writer

  • Animal Spirits (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director

  • No Images (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director

  • One Day in June (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director

  • Rumah Sendiri (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director

  • Sayang (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 14 of them dated from 2008 to 2026.

Highest rated

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking (2024)

Motif 59th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing10 of 19: 5 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting5 of 19: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing2 of 19: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing11 of 19: 8 only editing, 3 with another role

19 titles, 5 with more than one role — editing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s5 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Daniel Hui's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Motif score across 5 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 5 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Cult Classic2
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · editor

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking (2024)

83rd percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking (2024)

Motif 59th · 49% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Daniel Hui work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Hui's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Yu shares the most, 2.

Actors

Cinematographers

Producers