Amir Muhammad (Director)
Amir Muhammad is an independent writer and filmmaker based
in Kuala Lumpur. He has a law degree but does not use it. In 2000 he wrote
and directed Malaysia's first DV feature, Lips
to Lips, which travelled to over a dozen festivals around the world
and which will be finally released on VCD in Malaysia this year. In 2002
he made six short videos (shown collectively as 6horts);
two of these shorts have won awards at the Singapore
International Film Festival. "The Big Durian" is his second
feature. He will spend the second half of 2003 shooting his third, as-yet-untitled
feature in Japan under a grant from The Nippon Foundation. He has been
writing for the Malaysian print media since the age of 14, and now contributes
to The Edge and kakiseni.com.
(Pix by Danny Lim)