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Cho Jun Ming
Cho Jun Ming (Chinese: 曹峻铭; pinyin: cáo jùn míng; born 14 February 1996) is a Singaporean filmmaker. He has been featured in various national and international news sources for his short films that connect to the audiences realistically which relate to social issues and he is conferred as the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (Singapore Merit) in 2018 by the Junior Chamber International, he was also the youngest recipient during that year.

Background
Cho was born in 1996 and is the only child of his family. His father was a kidney dialysis patient for more than 20 years and had passed on in 2015 due to major implications from his illness in the hospital. Cho failed his 'N' levels during his secondary school days and could not enroll in a film school to pursue his passion in filmmaking due to not meeting the cut-off points. Cho attended ITE College Central studying Nitec in Social Media & Web Development (2013-2015) and then eventually graduated to Temasek Polytechnic Diploma in Big Data Management & Governance (2015-2018). He enlisted for his National Service as an Army Media Team in the 9th Division HQ (2018-2020). After 7 years of making his short films using his free time ever since he was 17, he managed to achieve some awards locally as well as nominations in both local and international film festivals for his short films. He was known as an independent self-taught filmmaker who makes many of his short films that deal with social issues in Singapore. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts(Honours) Film at the LASALLE College of the Arts as a level 1 student (2020-2023). Cho's films are usually uploaded on his personal Facebook page and his highest view counts for his film is at 120,000. www.facebook.com/mrchojunming

Short Films

 *  Flush Flush (2013)
 * Never Break Limits (2017)
 * hangeD (2017)
 * Sine Quo Non (2017)
 * The Vow (2018)
 * Bullied (2018)
 * struggleD (2018)
 * An Untold Story (2018)
 * 28 (2018)
 * Dear Uncle Chan, Thank You (2019)
 * Bring Me Back (2019)
 * Special Jimmy (2020)
 * My Only Sunshine (2020)

Awards

 * External Short Film Competition Student Category, Runner Up (2013)
 * Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, Singapore Merit (2018)
 * "My Singapore Style Microfilm Competition" Most Popular Micro Film, Silver (2019)
 * Singapore Mental Health Film Festival, Top Ten Finalists (2020)
 * Official Selection 3rd China-ASEAN University Culture Week Short Film Competition (2020)
 * Singapore Mental Health Film Festival, Top Ten Finalists (2020)
 * Official Selection 3rd China-ASEAN University Culture Week Short Film Competition (2020)
 * Official Selection 3rd China-ASEAN University Culture Week Short Film Competition (2020)
 * Official Selection 3rd China-ASEAN University Culture Week Short Film Competition (2020)