Established in Singapore in Jan 2008, Island Man Pictures (IMP) set up its Macau office 2 months later when founder Thomas Lim moved to the South-China region. Now with representatives in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau, IMP is dedicated to producing quality productions representative of the South China and South East Asia region. Through our feature-films, short-films, documentaries and theatre plays, IMP hopes to win audiences who were paying attention to mainland China and offer them a glimpse of life in the Islander-Chinese regions of Singapore, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong.
To produce feature-films, short-films, documentaries and theatre productions representative of the South China and South East Asia region. Through our work, we hope to tell stories of the Chinese descendants in these regions, whom we believe are a very unique group of people.
Founder and Executive Director thomas@islandmanpictures.com A native of Singapore, Thomas Lim began working as an actor for theatre in 1999. He then moved to London in 2002 where he earned his Masters Degree in Theatre Practice. Thomas has since acted, directed and written scripts for theatre productions in London, Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore. In 2004, Thomas relocated to Beijing to train in Chinese Kung Fu. Since the move to China, Thomas had also successfully found himself a TV and film acting career, often performing in principal roles in both American and local Chinese productions. Whenever possible, Thomas also likes to make his own films. He has previously produced and directed shorts and features in exotic locations such as Tibet and Cambodia and is currently in preparation for his new feature ‘Roulette City’, which will be filmed in Macau this summer. Thomas names traveling as his one true love and has backpacked across over 30 countries, and 16 provinces in China. In 2006, Thomas wrote about much of his travel experiences in the play ‘The Rat-Ox Diaries’ which he performed (solo) in Hong Kong and Macau. To know more about Thomas Lim, please visit： www.thomas-lim.com Terence Hoi
A native of Macau, Terence has been a martial artist for near to a decade. Particularly passionate about Tai-chi, Terence devotes a lot of his time to the practice of it. Also an enthusiastic theatre practitioner, Terence aims to blend Tai-chi with theatre to create his own form of performing art. Two years ago, Terence co-founded a non-profit group ‘New Dynasty Multimedia Creations’ with hopes of creating work that is true to the Macanese culture for a worldwide audience. Terence is the production manager of Island Man Pictures. Jeffrey Low
Jeffrey Low is a bilingual producer and actor who is actively involved in cross-cultural, cross-language, cross-media (theater, TV, radio broadcasting, hosting, voice over) performances. In his formative years, he had the privilege of receiving Kuo Pao Kun’s mentorship in understudying him that enables him to incorporate rich cross-cultural elements into his future works. Trained in Practice Performing Arts School (TTRP) from January 2001 to January 2002, his extensive exposure through multilingual, multi-cultural theatrical studies and approach sees him in crossing over to various performance arts formats like musicals, short plays and drama. During his stay in Hong Kong, Jeffrey successfully produced various theatre shows like Reginald Rose’s 'Twelve Angry Men', Lanford Wilson’s 'Talley’s Folly', Hugh Leonard’s 'DA', Eric Emmanuel Schmitt's 'Oscar et la Rose' and Craig Lucas' 'Three Postcards'. Stoa Lau Wing-Tao
A Hong Kong native, Stoa graduated from the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Sound Design and Music Recording. Stoa then worked at the Studio of Peter Kam in 1999 and went on to collect numerous awards and nominations for his works in music, such as the Silver prize for 'War and Peace' by the Hong Kong Marching Band Association and the Best Sound Designer award at the 9th Hong Kong Theatre and Drama Awards for 'Mariso'. His compositions of 'Under Construction' and 'Eleven Ribs' were performed at the Prague Sound Design and Music Composition Exhibition and the Scotland Arts Festival respectively. Stoa was also nominated for Best Music Composition at the Hong Kong Theatre and Drama Awards for his work on 'DA', 'Oscar Et La Dame Rose' and 'PE Period' and was also the music director and composer for musicals in Hong Kong such as 'Perfect Marriage', 'Sai Fung' and 'PE Period'. Other than film and theatre, Stoa also composes music for TV stations and commercials such as 'Rabbit Brand', 'Nissin Instant Noodles', 'Sanyo' and the Chinese name brand 'Elizabeth'. Vicente Lei Vicente Lei, an energetic young man who works in media, design, system development and marketing industries. This young man has neither no excellent idea nor the strongest sense. Nevertheless, the immortal spirit of innovative ideas does exist in his blood. Besides his profession of I.T., art, design and music also inspire him in creation and exploration. Also, he is well experienced in web design, media production and programming. Working as a radio program host and marketing sales executive provides him good practical experience in the Broadcasting and Marketing area. His specialized knowledge, practical experience and good social network put him in an advantageous position in Project Planning, Media Production, and Marketing. At present, he is participating in local media production and project planning with his partner to gain more experiences in different industry. |
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