SIYOU TAN | 陈思攸
Siyou Tan is a Los Angeles based filmmaker from Singapore. Her debut feature film, AMOEBA, premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Her short films COLD CUT (2024), STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE (2021) and HELLO AHMA (2019) premiered at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto, Locarno, among others. She is an alumna of Berlinale’s Talents Tokyo, Busan’s Asian Film Academy and Universal’s Director Initiative. She studied Film Studies at Wesleyan University before going on to the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women.
As a visual artist with a printmaking background, she has also worked on commercials, music videos, documentaries, VR pieces, and campaigns for non-profit organizations. Her work has garnered several awards, including a Cannes Lion, two AICP awards, a Ciclope Award and the Jury Award at SXSW. Her commercial clients have included Chanel, Mercedes, Nike, Taschen and Vanity Fair.
She <3s lithographs and acid baths, film noir, street art, the misunderstood Rafflesia.
Contact her at tansiyou (at) gmail (dot) com
Or listen to a podcast she was on.