Tan Bee Thiam has worked as a producer, director, writer, and editor. An alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Rotterdam Lab, and European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), he produced Daniel Hui’s Demons (Berlinale Forum 2019), Snakeskin (Award of Excellence, Yamagata IDFF 2015), and Eclipses (Pixel Bunker Award for International New Talent, Doclisboa IFF 2013); Lei Yuan Bin’s 03-FLATS (In Competition, Wide Angle Documentary, Busan IFF 2014) and White Days (Hong Kong IFF 2009); Liao Jiekai’s As You Were (International Competition, Torino FF 2014) and Red Dragonflies (Special Jury Prize, Jeonju IFF 2010); and Yeo Siew Hua’s In the House of Straw (In Competition, Bangkok 2009). His upcoming films include Glen Goei and Gavin Yap’s Revenge of the Pontianak, Lav Diaz’s Henrico’s Farm and Lei Yuan Bin's Tuition (Busan Asian Cinema Fund award). As a director, his works include Kopi Julia, one of 13 short films curated by Apichatpong Weerasethakul for the Sharjah Biennale. His co-directorial feature Fundamentally Happy, a film adaptation of the 2006 award-winning play by Haresh Sharma and Alvin Tan, was shot by Christopher Doyle and premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights FF 2015. His first feature film Tiong Bahru Social Club (Udine Far East FF Genre Project Market) is currently in post-production.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Producer and actor
- 4 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Bee Thiam Tan's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 1
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 0 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
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 Bee Thiam Tan's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Bee Thiam Tan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits 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
11 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Stranger Eyes(2024)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Small Hours of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Tiong Bahru Social Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Dendam Pontianak(2019)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Demons(2018)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Fundamentally Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
As You Were (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Julia’s Coffee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
I Have Loved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Sandcastle(2010)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all filmsStrange Root (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles, 10 of them dated from 2010 to 2024.
How do Bee Thiam Tan's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 32nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 32nd percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; 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 Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove 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 Bee Thiam Tan work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bee Thiam Tan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Glen Goei shares the most, 3.
Producers
- Glen GoeiShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), Dendam Pontianak (2019), Demons (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Glen Goei
- Dan KohShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), Demons (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Koh
- Fran BorgiaShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), Sandcastle (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Fran Borgia
- Wan Ping LooiShared titles: Dendam Pontianak (2019), Demons (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Wan Ping Looi