Fiona Tan

Fiona Tan

Directing

Born January 1, 1966 · Pekanbaru, Indonesia

20 films as director · Active 1997–2025

Fiona Tan is a visual artist and filmmaker. She is best known for her skillfully crafted video and film installations, in which explorations of memory, time, history, and the role of visual images are…

Known for

Ascent

Ascent

2016

May You Live in Interesting Times

May You Live in Interesting Times

1997

Kingdom of Shadows

Kingdom of Shadows

2000

Here Is Always Somewhere Else

Here Is Always Somewhere Else

2007

Directed(20)

Janine’s Room

2025Janine’s Room

Dearest Fiona

2023Dearest Fiona

Footsteps

Gray Glass

Vertical White

2018Vertical White

Vertical Red

2018Vertical Red

Vertical Wide

2018Vertical Wide

2016History's Future★ 3.9

Ascent

2016Ascent★ 5.4

Nellie

Inventory

2008Island★ 8.0

A Lapse of Memory

2007A Lapse of Memory

2003News from the Near Future

Downside Up

2002Downside Up

Saint Sebastian

2001Saint Sebastian

2000Kingdom of Shadows

Facing Forward

1999Facing Forward

Linnaeus’ Flower Clock

1998Linnaeus’ Flower Clock

May You Live in Interesting Times

1997May You Live in Interesting Times★ 9.0

Acting(4)

2007Here Is Always Somewhere ElseHerself

2000Kingdom of Shadowsherself

Fiona Tan — Watchpile | Watchpile

1997May You Live in Interesting TimesHerself