Jack Neo

Director and Actor / Singapore

ABOUT

Jack Neo (Chinese name: 梁志强/梁智强) is a Singaporean director and actor. From 1990 to 2008, jack neo successfully created numerous legends in Singapore variety shows. With his distinctive Taiwanese hosting style, he stood out among Singapore's variety shows and created the oldest weekly variety show in the history of Singapore, "funny action", a variety show that many Chinese had to go home to see on Mondays.

Jack Neo's contributions and achievements in Singapore cinema are extraordinary. From not enough money, Singapore's highest-grossing film since the founding of the country, to not enough money 2, not enough money 2 (not enough money 2 has been shown in taichung's bandaifu cinema for 10 years (since 2009). Each of leung's films is beloved by singaporeans because the comedian was born with a great sense of humor and comedy. His film series "no child is stupid" has become a teaching material for primary school students in China. Run boy also won six international film awards.

Jack received the presidential medal from the President in 2004 and is the first Singaporean entertainer to receive the PBM. In 2005, he won the Singapore film culture award, a nationally recognized cultural award dedicated to those who have made special contributions to the arts.

He joined Global Artists Committee of Asian Art Association in 2019.

I Not Stupid

I Not Stupid (Chinese name: 小孩不笨) was released in 2002 by Singapore's new media company star lane films. The film is aimed at educating children and is written, directed and acted by renowned Singaporean filmmaker leung chi-keung. When it was released in Singapore in February 2002, it topped the box office for four weeks in a row, grossing over s $3.8 million, and was nominated for best Asian film at the 22nd Hong Kong film awards in 2003.

Ah Boys To Men

In 2012, for the 45th anniversary of Singapore's military service, Jack Neo made a military training film called Ah Boys To Men（Chinese: 新兵正传）, but due to the limited funds, he had to use all the new faces to participate in the film. As the subject matter of recruits is close to people's hearts and is also the experience of every family, children and relatives, this film not only caused a sensation before it was released in Singapore, but also prime minister lee hsien loong mentioned in the 2012 National Day mass meeting that Jack and related films were being shot, which immediately created expectations for this film. Jack told the media, as a result of 45 years of national service development, through many stages, and then "recruit" the next episode released, also created a box office miracle and myth for Singapore film industry. In 2013, Ah Boys To Men was released in Chinese New Year's season in Singapore, and the box office quickly climbed to s $6.3 million, which not only broke his personal record for more than a decade, but also broke the record set by the first episode with 8 million yuan (about rm22.35 million).

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