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{{Short description|Malaysian filmmaker based in Malaysia (born 1978)}}
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| t           = 陳翠梅
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'''Tan Chui Mui''' ({{zh|c=陳翠梅|p=Chén Cuìméi|poj=Tân Chhùi-mûi}}, born 1978) is a [[Malaysia]]n filmmaker, [[film producer]] and director.

== Background ==
Tan was born in Sungai Ular, a small fishing village in [[Kuantan]], [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kwan|first=Brian|date=22 June 2009|title=Close up… Tan Chui Mui|url=http://www.timeoutkl.com/film/articles/Tan-Chui-Mui|journal=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Kuala Lumpur]]|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> Her father is from [[Kinmen]], Taiwan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) in Film and Animation in 2002 from [[Multimedia University]], [[Malaysia]].

== Career ==
Wang Ge of ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Beijing]]'' identifies Tan Chui Mui of being at the forefront of a new wave of Malaysian filmmakers who deal with social issues.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Books__Film/12690/Tan-Chui-Mui.html|title=Tan Chui Mui|journal=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out Beijing]]|last=Ge|first=Wang|date=22 August 2011|accessdate=23 August 2013|archive-date=6 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406071757/http://www.timeoutbeijing.com/features/Books__Film/12690/Tan-Chui-Mui.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]] with her debut feature film ''Love Conquers All''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vijn|first=Ard|title=The IFFR Shows the Whole World for Free that LOVE CONQUERS ALL !|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2009/12/the-iffr-shows-the-whole-world-for-free-that-love-conquers-all.html|work=[[Twitch Film]]|accessdate=23 August 2013|date=14 December 2009|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061927/http://twitchfilm.com/2009/12/the-iffr-shows-the-whole-world-for-free-that-love-conquers-all.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film had previously won the New Currents Awards and Fipresci Award at the 11th [[Pusan International Film Festival]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Paquet|first=Darcy|title='Love' Conquers Pusan Fest|journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=19 October 2006|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/love-conquers-pusan-fest-1117952321/|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref>  In 2010, ''Year Without a Summer'' was selected for the Asian Cinema Fund, receiving funding for both the script and post-production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/pusan-asian-cinema-fund-supports-tan-chui-mui-ashvin-kumar/5016421.article|title=Pusan Asian Cinema Fund Supports Tan Chui Mui, Ashvin Kumar|last=Noh|first=Jean|work=[[Screen Daily]]|date=27 July 2010|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref> She is also a prolific short filmmaker, who had won prizes in two short film festivals, Oberhausen Short Film Festival<ref>{{cite news|last=Fahmi|first=Fadzil|title=Mui's Moving Movies|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2005%2f7%2f3%2flifearts%2f11355199&sec=lifearts|accessdate=23 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=3 July 2005}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Everyday Everyday|url=http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=154&c=3&id_film=100074678&o=|work=International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand|accessdate=23 August 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050126/http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=154&c=3&id_film=100074678&o=|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In 2008, she had a project of making a short film every month. She had made 7 short films, and she called them ''All My Failed Attempts''.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}  In 2010, she was a judge at the [[Malaysia Airlines]] short film competition.<ref>{{cite news|title=MAS launches film contest|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2010%2f3%2f13%2fnation%2f5846673&sec=nation|accessdate=23 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=13 March 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

She has been actively involved in the Malaysia independent film scene, working as a producer, editor, script writer, and occasionally an actress. In 2004, she set up Da Huang Pictures with [[Amir Muhammad (director)|Amir Muhammad]], [[James Lee (Malaysian film director)|James Lee]] and [[Liew Seng Tat]].

==Political views==
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Tan Chui Mui signed an open letter published in ''[[Libération]]'' demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]], and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.<ref>{{cite news|date=28 December 2023|title=Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat|url=https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/tribunes/gaza-des-cineastes-du-monde-entier-demandent-un-cessez-le-feu-immediat-20231228_WMAUSVJVLFEBNK4ME4XU3ZRU3M/|newspaper=[[Libération]]|language=fr|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/claire-denis-ryusuke-hamaguchi-kiyoshi-kurosawa-christian-petzold-apichatpong-weerasethakul-more-sign-demand-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/|title=Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza|last=Newman|first=Nick|date=29 December 2023|website=The Film Stage|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=31 December 2023|title=Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-780176|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|access-date=24 January 2024}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===As writer and director===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2005
| ''A Tree in Tanjung Malim'' || short film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006 || ''[[Love Conquers All (2006 film)|Love Conquers All]]''||
|-
| ''Company of Mushrooms''|| short film; director only
|-
| ''South of South''|| short film
|-
| 2010 || ''Year Without A Summer''||
|-
|2021
|''Barbarian Invasion''
|
|}

===As film producer===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Chemman Chaalai]]'' (The Gravel Road)||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 
| ''[[Apa Khabar Orang Kampung|Apa khabar orang kampung?]]'' 
|
|-
| ''Before we fall in love again'' 
|
|-
| 2020 || ''Sometime, Sometime'' 
|Also actress
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1472235}}
* [http://www.dahuangpictures.com/blogs/index.php/2007/01/04/tan_chui_mui Da Huang Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042639/http://www.dahuangpictures.com/blogs/index.php/2007/01/04/tan_chui_mui |date=28 September 2007 }}

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