
Acting
Zhu Houren is an established veteran artiste who has been in the entertainment scene since 1985. He has successfully left an indelible impression on audience both young and old with his convincing acting skill. In 1997, he received his first Best Actor nomination for his performance in “The Fall Guy” at Star Awards. And in 1999, he earned another Best Supporting Actor nod for his most notable role to date as Zheng Nanhua, the resident chef of a restaurant in the 50-ep drama “Wok of Life”. Houren has ventured beyond acting by taking up directing and producing roles too. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2003 with “After School”, a film based on a true story that happened in Singapore about teenagers. In 2010, he clinched the Best Supporting Actor Award at the annual Star Awards with his brilliant performance as the adorable and yet heart-warming grandfather who suffers from senile dementia in “Reunion Dinner”. In 2012, besides acting in movies and drama serials, Houren was also the resident judge for Silver Carnival, a 34–episode variety programme, where talented senior citizens compete with one another with their talents and skills. In 2014, Houren returned behind the lens to produce a Singapore-China collaboration “Meeting the Giant”, a film that revolves around young Chinese basketball players trying to achieve their dreams in Singapore. In the same year, “Served H.O.T.” earned him a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 19th Asian Television Awards. In 2017, he successfully clinched the Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 22nd Asian Television Awards for his role in Toggle Drama Trapped Mind. In 2019, Houren won his first Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste.

"The Gathering" tells the story of Xiao Mei who has a crush on one of her schoolmates, Fang Tai. However, her mother disapproves of the puppy love between the two. After her mother`s death, Xiao Mei starts attending the yearly gathering with her old schoolmates in hope of meeting Fang Tai once again.

Co-workers Chaoyang and Zi Hong have been dating for more than a year, with marriage on the cards. When a client requests for a livestream of their reunion dinner to promote his products, the couple realises that neither have met the other’s family. Zi Hong is excited to finally get to meet Chaoyang’s mother, unaware of the latter’s estranged relationship with his mother. Embarrassed by his mother Yan Ling’s occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to engage the help of a friend, Wei, to “rent-a-family”, resulting in a series of mishaps and hilarity. The carefully constructed sham falls to pieces when the lie is eventually exposed over the reunion dinner on livestream. Will Chaoyang be able to repair the broken relationship with his mother and reconcile his differences with Zi Hong?

“Meeting the Giant” traces a young teen’s encounter with a group of young Chinese basketball players who are brought to Singapore and groomed to play to win. After his initial resentment, he learns to look beyond the superficial veneer of the players’ nationality and understand their private struggles as well as the sacrifices their families had to make to give them a chance at a better life. As the young players gradually integrate and adapt to the local culture, the teen forms close bond with them.

After his son inadvertently killed a Korean girl in a hit and run accident, Hoh Yim travels to South Korea to reconcile with the victim's parents but learns far more about himself than he ever expected to.

Singapore’s first crime thriller follows Serious Crimes Unit Inspector Chen Shaoqiang as he tries to figure out a series of daring armed heists and seemingly unrelated murders. Shaoqiang must revisit his troubled past as a member of the elite Special Tactics Unit, after a botched raid seven years earlier that shattered the unity of his team, taking the life of his mentor Wu Tianle. The resulting cover up destroys his relationship with Tianle’s sister Wu Qizhen.Shaoqiang’s past collides with the present, as heists are targeted at financial firm BWB Capital, where Qizhen and another former team mate, Wang Zhengming, now work. Shaoqiang, and his new partner Yan Yongcheng, must race against the clock to the catch the perpetrators as the heists escalate into a tense hostage situation, where the stakes not only involve the nation’s security, but also the lives of his friends.

Real-life father and son acting duo, Choo Hou Ren and Joel Choo, team up in this meta-narrative on familial collaborations and behind-the-scenes frustrations.

An actor discovers his son’s university application in the boot of his car, which was supposed to be mailed out a while ago. This film follows him around in his car as he attempts to come up with an excuse and solve this problem.

Ming, a single parent, is forced to bring up his kid Xing because his wife left - no thanks to his gambling habit. That vice is still not kicked, and father and son spend occasional days on the run from loan sharks. Serendipity strikes when the runaway dog Dou Dou gets rescued by Xing, and despite his dad's disdain for canines, brings him home. Through a series of oh-so-cute-inducing scenes, Xing finally gets to keep his current best friend.

The Singapore Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) has received an order to wipe out all illegal activities of the organised criminal group. During the mission, Four-faced Buddha`s son Shawn was killed by an identified person, and a kidney that was intended to be illegally sold was stolen as well. Four-faced Buddha is a notorious human trafficker. STAR member Vincent hates Four-faced Buddha`s dehumanisation, and he joins the Singapore Special Investigation Division to destroy Four-faced Buddha. In the meantime, Four-faced Buddha has found Yusoff, who was once a STAR instructor, hiding in Malaysia. Yusoff was the one who killed Shawn and stole the kidney. He was willing to take the risk because his daughter was born with a kidney disease. Vincent and his team join forces to annihilate Four-faced Buddha`s organisation.

A black comedy centered on a recently engaged celebrity couple and the fans who have been following every stage of their romance.
A mockumentary on the phenomenon of Western backpackers travelling in Singapore and Southeast Asia during the 1980s. Featuring real interviews and interweaving staged sequences simulating a travel infomercial, the video offers a light-hearted look at the clash of cultures. The film was produced by Singaporean actor Choo Hoh Yim (better known as Zhu Houren) in 1983 when he had just returned to Singapore from Hong Kong, where he was a script supervisor. Choo was working as a social worker and had intended to test out his new filming equipment. With a colleague, they headed to the streets to capture some images that eventually evolved into the idea of making the documentary.

“Meeting the Giant” traces a young teen’s encounter with a group of young Chinese basketball players who are brought to Singapore and groomed to play to win. After his initial resentment, he learns to look beyond the superficial veneer of the players’ nationality and understand their private struggles as well as the sacrifices their families had to make to give them a chance at a better life. As the young players gradually integrate and adapt to the local culture, the teen forms close bond with them.
