Filed under: broadcast, directing, documentary, journalism, press | Tags: astro, documentary, kathigasu, sybil, the star, zan azlee
The Star, 2nd May 2010, page 1
The Star, 2nd May 2010, page 2
The Star, 2nd May 2010, page 3
Wooo!! Look at my sexy face in the newspaper!! Wooo!! I get goosebumps just looking at how beautiful I am! Muahaha!! Click on the images to read (or click here).
The article is about the documentary I produced/directed with my posse (Hilmi and Fatul) called SUATU KETIKA… SIAPA SYBIL? If you missed the first airing yesterday, no worries! ASTRO will be repeating it on ASTRO PRIMA (105) on these dates:
Monday (3rd May 2010) – 1pm
Friday (7th May 2010) – 6pm
Saturday (8th May 2010) – 8pm
Don’t forget to catch the drama version too!
Filed under: I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, I'm Muslim Too!, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, press | Tags: documentary, film, heading to the border, I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, I'm Muslim Too!, islam, malay mail, malaysia, muslim, ntv7, pattani, terrorism, thailand, The Life & Times of an Islamic Insurgency, zan azlee
An article in the Malay Mail about how a documentary filmmaker and a news anchor ended up together! Aww… how sweet! My favourite part is where the writer stated my age being 26! Muahahaha! [Click here or here to read the article]
Okay… you can throw up now!
Filed under: I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, journalism, press | Tags: documentary, fat bidin, film, heading to the border, I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, islam, malaysia, muslim, ntv7, pattani, terrorism, thailand, The Life & Times of an Islamic Insurgency, zan azlee
I have just been informed that the ‘powers above’ have taken my film, I’M MUSLIM TOO! HEADING TO THE BORDER, off the broadcasting line up on ntv7 at the last minute. Let’s hope an appeal is successful. I really want Malaysians to see it.
Filed under: I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: documentary, fat bidin, film, heading to the border, I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, islam, krue se mosque, malaysia, massacre, muslim, ntv7, pattani, terrorism, thailand, The Life & Times of an Islamic Insurgency, zan azlee
The time has come for all of you to stop chewing your fingernails to a pulp! The anticipation is over! Zan’s latest film I’M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border is now ready for consumption on ntv7 throughout September 2009! Above is the freshly cut trailer to the film.
Serialized version:
30 minutes x 4 episodes
Every Fridays (starting 4th Sept 2009) at 7:30pm on ntv7.
Full length version:
74 minutes
20th Sept 2009 at 2pm on ntv7.
Catch it for a life-altering experience!
Also… I will be appearing on BERNAMA Radio24 on Monday, 31st Aug 09, on the All Angles talk show to talk about my film. It’ll be live, so tune in to 93.9FM at 12nn-1pm!!!
Filed under: I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: documentary, fat bidin, film, heading to the border, I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, islam, malaysia, muslim, ntv7, terrorism, thailand, the breakfast show, The Life & Times of an Islamic Insurgency, zan azlee
Fear not those of you who missed my appearance on ntv7′s The Breakfast Show. I have uploaded the segment online! Now go watch me promote the hell out of my latest film!
Filed under: I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: documentary, fat bidin, film, heading to the border, I'M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border, islam, muslim, ntv7, pattani, terrorism, thailand, the breakfast show, The Life & Times of an Islamic Insurgency, zan azlee
Voize.com interviewed me during my preview screening last week.
And Rezuan (dude… why didn’t you tegur me that night?) also posted a video of the introduction to the film that evening. Thanks! I appreciate the support from all that came!
Being the super duper star that I am… I’ve been invited to appear on ntv7′s live The Breakfast Show this Tuesday, 25th Aug 2009, between 9am and 10am, to talk about I’M MUSLIM TOO! Heading to the border. So catch it! If you have to go to work that morning… don’t! Muahahaha!
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog, writing | Tags: anwar, facebook, khairy, satay, The Malaysian Insider, unity government
Unity? How about some satay? Check out the video I did this week for The Malaysian Insider. His satay really is good!
Also featured is my latest column entitled ‘Facebook is a crime’. Who’s that poking you? Is it Khairy or Anwar? Go read now! Here’s an excerpt:
JUNE 21 – I’m a very New Media guy. I have a website, a blog and a YouTube and even Twitter page. I have one of the latest PDA phones and two iPods. I produce and direct digital films. And I have been an IT journalist for the past nine years. But somehow or rather, I had never subscribed to an online networking site. Until, of course, Facebook came along. [Click for more]
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: general elections, maimun yusof, malaysia, terengganu, The Malaysian Insider
I had to give more of the spotlight to my ‘favourite’ political candidate ever… Tok Maimun Yusof! This time, the video is for The Malaysian Insider. Check it out and make sure to voice your comments!
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: 1malaysia, malaysia, muhyiddin, saravanan, shabery, The Malaysian Insider
Ever wonder what 1Malaysia is really all about? Well, wonder no more! I took to the town to find out. The video story above (which I did for The Malaysian Insider) reveals my findings!
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog, writing | Tags: babi, cat, dog, islam, pig, samak, The Malaysian Insider, ustaz
Here’s a short documentary I did about ‘samak’ some time ago. And to my delight, because of this, I was immediately promoted to the rank of ‘Ustaz‘!
Here’s an excerpt of my latest column/reaction to my new found status (which can be read in it’s entirety at The Malaysian Insider):
JUNE 3 — “Assalamualaikum,” said the woman on the other line.
“Wa’alaikumsalam,” I replied.
“Boleh saya bercakap dengan Ustaz Zan Azlee?”
“Err… Zan Azlee bercakap.”
“Saya nak bertanya, saya baru sahaja membeli rumah. Perlukah saya samak lantai dan dinding rumah tersebut?”
I’m definitely not an ustaz (Islamic scholar) and I’m definitely not an expert on issues relating to samak. I had no clue as to why she called me asking for advice on cleaning her house. [Click for more]
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, directing, documentary, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog
My video story for The Malaysian Insider this week is about DVD pirates. Understandably, it was kinda tough trying to get any of them to agree to be interviewed and I had to dish out RM75 on Mandarin DVDs to convince this guy!
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, internet, journalism, new media, press, writing | Tags: The Malaysian Insider
Fresh from my video story I did for The Malaysian Insider… I then went and wrote an opinion piece for them. Go check it out here.
It’s going to be a fortnightly column… where I will scour the Internet for interesting videos and comment on them based on current affairs and pop culture.
Below is the video (click on the screen capture to view) and an excerpt of what I wrote:
“MAY 15 — I never like taking responsibility for mistakes I’ve made. It means admitting that I was wrong at something. And when I admit that I’m wrong, it means that I’m not perfect. I can’t stand not being perfect. The reason being, I am perfect.
So I guess I can relate to people who can’t seem to admit to their mistakes. Let’s say, for example, the mayor of Crumble Rock City wants to develop his town. He encourages the construction of buildings all around so that the city looks modern and sophisticated.” [Click for more]
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!!
Filed under: The Malaysian Insider, directing, documentary, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog | Tags: da huang pictures, johor bahru, liew seng tat, may 13 1969, saga, The Malaysian Insider
May 13th is today! I did a special video package for The Malaysian Insider. Check it out!
Props to my hometown’s (Johor Bahru) popular Warong Saga and my biatch Liew Seng Tat at Da Huang Pictures!
Filed under: al jazeera, broadcast, internet, journalism, new media, press
I’ve been working on a special TV news report for Al Jazeera in conjunction with World Human Rights Day (10th December 2008).
Ibrahim, his brother and a friend
My assignment from the producer was to find out how refugee children in Malaysia live and go to school… basically, their right to education. I interviewed a Rohingya boy named Ibrahim and a girl named Fatimah.
Refugee kids in a UNHCR 'school'
Datuk Ishak Mohamed, Malaysian Immigration Department
The sad thing about it is that Malaysia doesn’t recognise refugees so they can’t go to public school. But there are programmes organised and funded by the UNHCR.
So don’t forget to watch my special report on Al Jazeera this Wednesday, 10th December 2008!
Filed under: al jazeera, broadcast, internet, journalism, new media, press, video blog
Al Jazeera had a special project in which they asked videojournalists from all around the world (and moi in dirty ol’ KL!) to file in reactions to the 2008 US Presidential Elections. It was ‘special’ because we were told to use 3G phones (in the spirit of Web 2.0) to do it. So, above are the videos that I did. The interviewees are Mass Comm students from HELP University-College.
Filed under: al jazeera, broadcast, internet, journalism, new media, press
I covered the 2004 and 2008 Malaysian General Elections as a journalist. It was exciting and fun to be a part of the country’s history.
I’ve gone international now baby! I’ll be covering the reaction to the 2008 US Presidential Election in Kuala Lumpur for Al Jazeera!
The time slots for my reports are:
4th November 2008 (but in Malaysia, it’ll be 5th November lah!)
0100GMT
0300GMT
0500GMT
0700GMT
0900GMT
So make sure you tune in to Al Jazeera (Channel 513 on ASTRO)! Woohoo!
Filed under: I'm Muslim Too!, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, journalism, press
The Star - Cover (28 Sept 08)
The Star - page 2 (28 Sept 08)
The Star - page 3 (28 Sept 08)
Malay Mail (11 Sept 08)
And the fame continues! Hahaha! Got a cover story in The Star and also a profile in the Malay Mail. Click the pictures to read the articles.
Don’t forget… the full length version (73 minutes) of I’M MUSLIM TOO! will be going on air on NTV7 on 2nd October at 11:30am. So while in the process of getting indigestion during Raya… just tune in to the TV!
Just wanted to say… to all my bros and hoes (viewers, the NTV7 gang, all the editors and writers at the papers, friends, family)… thanks for all the support and kind words. Sniff! Sniff! Selamat Hari Raya!
Filed under: I'm Muslim Too!, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, journalism, press
Berita Harian (1 Sept 08)
New Straits Times (3 Sept 08)
So… the I’M MUSLIM TOO! month has begun! I did the mandatory publicity for the documentary… articles in the newspapers (click the images above to read) and also appeared on ntv7′s The Breakfast Show on 3 Sept 08 (visit ntv7′s website and watch the episode on CatchUp TV).
The price for my autograph has now gone up from RM5 to RM8! Damn right! Muahaha! But more importantly… don’t forget… Thursdays in September… 7:30pm… ntv7!
Filed under: awards, directing, documentary, film, internet, new media, press, video blog
This is the short film which the winners of Apostrophe produced while in Hanoi, Vietnam, under my brilliant mentorship! Muahaha! (not too shabby… and it’s all their own… I slept while they completed it in the wee hours of the night! hahaha!)
Above is an article in the New Straits Times written by Chai Mei Ling. You can click here or here to read it.
Filed under: I'm Muslim Too!, acting, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, press
Off The Edge (that artsy fartsy magazine!) talks about documentary filmmaking in the Nov 2007 issue, and I was one of the interviewees. Being the publicity freak that I am, I just had to plug my new film, ‘I’m Muslim Too!’. Haha! They don’t call me Mat Pub for nothing! (Click on the pics to read the article.)
