Co-Founders

Chang Soh Kiak graduated with an honours degree in Economics and Political Science, University of Toronto.  Her career in TV began as a producer for a Current Affairs show in Singapore’s national channel.  She ventured further afield into sub-tropical Africa where she was an audio-visual consultant to various NGOs. Over the course of two decades, she went from deforestation to urban jungle to downunder where she produced media for the corporate world, became an independent documentary film maker and co-founded Sitting In Pictures. With a base in Australia, she travels extensively as she assumes the role of thinker/doer for the company.

sohkiak@sittinginpictures.com

skype: sohkiakchang

Chih Chong

Tan Chih Chong. With 25 years of experience in the local film and television industry behind him, Chih Chong brings along with him both depth and breadth gained over a broad spectrum of works in factuals, magazine, entertainment, drama and feature film projects. Since graduating with a B.Sc in film production from the University of Texas at Austin, Chih Chong has proved his mettle in this extremely volatile and competitive industry in Singapore having done work for companies as diverse as MediaCorp, CTN, RTM, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Fremantle Media, Voom Networks, AETN and others. Apart from television,
Chih Chong also dabbled in feature films and was a producer on the highly successful Singapore film, Forever Fever. The film was sold to Miramax Films for US$3 million. Chih Chong is an active participant in the Singapore media industry, and has served as President of the Association of Independent Producers Singapore. He was a part-time lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic, and also took time out as juror at the International Emmy Awards, and New York Festivals. Chih Chong is the co-founder of Sitting in Pictures, and his next goal is to help steer the company into an internationally recognised media brand.

chihchong@sittinginpictures.com

skype: chihchongsip

 

FILMOGRAPHY

CHANG SOH KIAK

Writer, Director, Producer

 

2018- Route Awakening Season 4

6 x 30 min series for National Geographic

Writer, director, producer

 

2017 Route Awakening Season 3

6 x 30 min series for National Geographic

Writer, director, producer

Platinum Remi Award for Best Trailer 2018 Houston Worldfest

Gold Remi Award for Information, Cultural/Historical series at 2018 Houston Worldfest

Finalist for Cultural Issues at 2018 New York Festivals

 

2016 Route Awakening Season 2

6 x 30 min series for National Geographic

Writer, director, producer

Gold Remi Award for Information, Cultural/Historical series at 2017 Houston Worldfest

Bronze Medal, Cultural Issues  at 2017 New York Festivals

 

Gok’s Chinese Takeaway

6x1hr series for National Geographic Channel

Writer, director

Silver Remi, Cultural Program, 2017 Houston WorldFest

 

2015 Route Awakening Season 1

6 x 30 min series for National Geographic

Writer, director, producer

Winner, Best Infotainment Programme Asian Television Awards 2015,

Silver Medal, Best Editing, New York Festivals 2016

Gold Remi, Cultural or Historical Program, Houston WorldFest 2016

 

Singapore Archipelago

6 x 30 min series for Mediacorp Okto

Writer, director, producer

Platinum Remi, Cultural or Historical Program, Houston WorldFest 2016

 

2014 Campaigns

6 x 30 min series for Mediacorp Okto

Writer, producer

 

2013 History from the Hills Season 2

6 x 30 min series for Mediacorp Okto

Writer, producer

 

Kungfu Motion

6 x 1hr series for National Geographic Channel

Writer, producer

Bronze Remi Award Houston World Festivals 2015,

Finalist Best Infotainment Programme, Asian Television Awards 2014

 

2012 History from the Hills Season 1

6 x 30 min series for Mediacorp Okto

Writer, producer

 

Artisan Reboot

6 x 30 in series for Channel News Asia

Writer, producer

Winner, Best Infotainment Programme Asian Television Awards 2013

Finalist, Impact Awards 2014

 

2011 Foodage

6 x 1 hr series for Mediacorp Okto

Writer, director

 

Dream School Season 2

10 x 30min drama for Kidscentral

 

Find me a Cure

6 x 30min series for Channel News Asia International

 

2010 Kungfu Kitchen

6 x 1hr series for Channel News Asia International

Writer, producer

 

Dream School Season 1

13 x 30min drama series for Kidscentral

Writer

 

2009 Cafe 13

13 x 30 min drama series for KidsCentral

Writer

 

2008 Kylie Kwong: My China

6x 1 hr series for MDA/FremantleMedia UK

Writer, producer

 

Moonface

10 x 30min drama series for Kidscentral

Writer