Singapore’s latest Emmy winner Amanda Koh hopes award opens doors to more diverse storytelling

Singapore’s latest Emmy winner Amanda Koh hopes award opens doors to more diverse storytelling


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Before Ms Koh, only two Singaporeans had received Emmy honours.

Last year, animation artist Samantha Suyi Lee won the Children’s & Family Emmy for Outstanding Directing for the animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur – a Disney Television Animation production.

In 2000, Nora Fong won Best Music Video at the College Television Awards, which is often referred to as the College Emmys.

Ms Koh – who began her journey in Nanyang Polytechnic’s digital media design programme – has spent more than a decade working in Hollywood, contributing to documentaries on sports icons including gymnast Simone Biles and tennis player Serena Williams.

Her work on the Williams documentary earned her a nomination for the same award last year.




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