Jack Neo

Jack Neo (born Neo Chee Keong on 24 January 1956) is a Singaporean movie director at MediaCorp, a Singapore media company. He directed I Not Stupid, Money No Enough, Ah Boys to Men and Ah Boys to Men 2, all of which were very popular. Neo was once a comedian.

Jack Neo

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Neo in 2013
Born
Jack Neo Chee Keong

(1960-01-24) 24 January 1960
Colony of Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
EducationTanjong Katong Secondary School
Occupation(s)Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer, Executive producer, Host, Actor
SpouseIrene Kng
Children4

Neo received the Best Director Award at the Silver Screen Awards in 1998. He was also awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award in the following year for his contributions to Singapore's media industry. In 2004, Neo became the first moviemaker in Singapore to be honoured with the Public Service Award. He also received the Cultural Medallion on 21 October 2005 together with musician Dick Lee.[1]

In 2008, Neo and Mark Lee bought the Singapore master franchise rights for Old Town White Coffee. It is a coffee retail store from Ipoh, Malaysia. Their first store at Big Splash opened on 30 March in 2008.

Neo married Irene Kng in 1988 and they have four children.[2] It is his second marriage.[2] He is a Christian and worships at City Harvest Church.

In March 2010, it was revealed Neo had an affair with model Wendy Chong.[3] Later it was reported that Neo tried to have relations with up to 11 women.[4]

Filmography
Movie
Year Title Role Notes
199712 StoreysAh GuActor
1998Money No EnoughChew Wah KeongWriter, Actor
Hitman in the CityWriter, Director, Narrator
1999That One Not EnoughWriter, Director
Liang Popo: The MovieLiang PopoWriter, Actor
2002I Not StupidMr LiuWriter, Director, Actor
2003HomerunMr TanWriter, Director
2004The Best BetWriter, Director
2005I Do I DoDirector
One More ChanceReporterWriter, Director
2006I Not Stupid TooMr Yeo (Steven)Writer, Director, Actor
2007Just Follow LawDoctorWriter, Director, Narrator
2008Ah Long Pte LtdComposerWriter, Director, Actor
Money No Enough 2Yang BaoqiangWriter, Director, Actor
2009Love MattersWriter, Director
Where Got Ghost?Yang BaoqiangDirector, Actor
2010Being HumanWaiterDirector
2011HomecomingKaren NeoActor
The Ghosts Must Be CrazyExecutive Producer, Writer
2012We Not NaughtyWriter, Director, Narrator
Ah Boys to Men ?
2013Ah Boys to Men 2TBCWriter, Director
Everyone's Business ? ?

References
  1. "The rise and fall of Jack Neo". www.asiaone.com.
  2. "Nanyang100 - Jack Neo's Car modified to have sexual tryst in". Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. "Model exposes affair with S'pore director Jack Neo], 07 March 2010, Channel Newsasia". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  4. French girl spills on Neo
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