Adrian Teh

Adrian Teh Kean Kok (born 1984) is a Malaysian film producer and director.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Teh.
Adrian Teh
郑建国
Born
Adrian Teh Kean Kok

1984 (age 38–39)
Penang, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
Occupation(s)Film producer, film director
Years active2010—present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄭建國
Simplified Chinese郑建国

Career

Adrian Teh is one of the renowned director and producer in Malaysia. He founded and presided over the Chinese Film Association of Malaysia in 2012, and organized Malaysia’s first ever Chinese movies awards ceremony – the Golden Wau Awards – in 2013. Teh is highly recognized as one of the Top-10 Outstanding Youths of Malaysia in 2016, (JCI TOYM)  and was named in the 2016 list of 100 Most Influential Young Entrepreneurs (MIYE 2016).

Teh has directed numerous Malaysian Chinese movies, including “Lelio Popo” , “The Wedding Diary”, “The Wedding Diary 2”, “King of Mahjong” & etc. In 2018, Teh directed Malaysia’s first military action-packed movie that is based on  true events - “PASKAL The Movie”. PASKAL recorded RM30million in box office sales. Since then, Teh started to explore further in Malay film industry. In 2019, he directed an action-packed movie – “WIRA”. In order to make it a world class action film, he’s managed to hire renowned Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian, who had involved in few Hollywood movies to choreograph the action sequences in the film.

In 2020, he attends to many new challenges. He directed his first Malay rom-com - “Pasal Kau” (All Because Of You) – the first Netflix Malaysian original film which is available in over 190 countries. Besides, he directed his first suspense-thriller series – “Model Family”, the first original production by Celestial Tiger Entertainment / Thrill.

This year, despite the pandemic's impact on the industry, he continues to seek and achieve new goals. “Ada Hantu”, a horror film produced by Teh will be streaming exclusively via Disney+ Hotstar Malaysia on Aug 13.

Filmography
Year Film / Series Credited as Notes
Director Producer
2010 Ice Kacang Puppy Love No Executive
Lelio Popo Yes No
2012 The Wedding Diary Yes No
The Golden Couple No Executive
2013 The Wedding Diary II Yes No
2014 Balistik No Executive
The Great Lion Kun Seng Keng[1] No Executive
Hungry Ghost Ritual No Executive
Reclaim No Co-producer
2015 Find My Dad No Yes
The Noise Yes No
King of Mahjong Yes No
2016 Let's Eat No Executive
2017 Goodbye Mr Loser Yes No
2018 PASKAL: The Movie Yes No Captain Stanley, as actor
2019 Wira Yes No
2020 Pasal Kau! Yes Yes
2021 Model Family (Series) Yes No
Ada Hantu No Yes
2021–2022 Dukun Diva No Yes
2022 The Assistant Yes Yes
Ada Hantu 2 No Yes
2023 Malbatt: Misi Bakara Yes Yes

References
  1. "Award-winning Lion Dance troupe's roaring success - News | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2016-01-11.


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