Pearry Reginald Teo
{{Short description|Singaporean filmmaker (1978–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pearry Teo
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1978|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Singapore
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|3|9|1978|7|23|df=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| birthname = Pearry Reginald Teo Zhang Pingli
| years_active = 2002–2023
| othername = Pearry Reginald Teo
| alma_mater = {{plainlist|
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
- Institute of Metaphysical Humanistic Science
}}
| occupation = Film director, film producer and screenwriter
| website = http://www.pearryteo.com/
| footnotes =
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Pearry Reginald Teo Zhang Pingli (23 July 1978 – 9 March 2023), commonly known as Pearry Teo, was a Singaporean filmmaker. He is considered the first Singaporean movie director to make a Hollywood film.{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/17676/|title=Director Pearry Reginald Teo Talks 'Necromentia'|website=bloody-disgusting.com|date=13 October 2009 |access-date=2019-01-21}}
Biography
Teo began his career as a school drop out, making quirky horror films, with borrowed cameras. His first film, Liberata Me, won the New York International Film Festival for best horror film. Shortly after, his following films won him awards leading to his first feature film deal The Gene Generation.
A fashion design drop out, Teo attended school in Melbourne, Australia before arriving to the United States to pursue his career in filmmaking (then he studied until he obtained a doctorate degree[https://web.archive.org/web/20180824232435/https://metaphysicsinstitute.org/about-imhs-faqs/our-top-graduates]). His fan base comprises mostly those in the underground sub-culture, whose keen interest in him lies in his unique but dark visual style.{{cite web |last=Tan |first=Jeanine |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/173388/1/.html |title=From school drop-out to Hollywood director |work=Channel NewsAsia |date=14 October 2005 }} The movie, The Gene Generation, stars Bai Ling and Faye Dunaway. The movie was released on DVD on 27 January 2009.
In August 2009, Teo shot NBC / Universal (Syfy) first production in China called Witchville which starred Luke Goss, MyAnna Buring and Sarah Douglas. The film premiered on 22 May 2010 in the USA via Syfy Channel.[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Witchville-The-Movie/106980055992607 Facebook post] {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
In 2013, Teo collaborated with author Christine Converse on Bedlam Stories,{{cite web |url=http://www.bedlamstories.com |title=Bedlam Stories |date=2013-09-24 }} a fictional account of famous reporter Nellie Bly's stay in a mental institution in the 1920s. The novel combines the fictional worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Wizard of Oz in a horror genre.
Teo died at his North Hollywood home on 9 March 2023, at the age of 44.{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Pearry Reginald Teo, Writer-Director of 'The Gene Generation,' Dies at 44 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pearry-reginald-teo-dead-gene-generation-1235349126/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=12 March 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Producer ! Ref. |
|---|
| 2002
| Liberata Me (aka Fade to Black) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2003
| Children of the Arcana | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2004
| Take Me Somewhere Nice | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2007
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
| 2009
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | [http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17676 Director Pearry Reginald Teo Talks 'Necromentia'] |
| 2010
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2011
| The Evil Inside | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
| 2013
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
| 2015
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| 2016
| The Curse of Sleeping Beauty | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Pale Horse | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
| Ghosthunters
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2017
| Stasis | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |
| 2018
| The Ghost Beyond | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2019
| The Assent | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2021
| Fast Vengeance | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2022
| Shadow Master | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
| 2023
| 19 HZ | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100521142903/http://www.pearryteo.com/ Official Site]
- [http://scifiwire.com/2010/03/syfys-saturday-movies-sha.php Syfy's Saturday Night Movies]
- {{IMDb name|id=1182611|name=Pearry Reginald Teo}}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Category:Singaporean film directors