“JUST START MAKING MAGIC”
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.
She is also the founder of Los Angeles-based motion design studio Morph & Muse, which specialises in title design, show graphics packages, and campaign visuals for film, television and branding.
Reflecting on her journey, Ms Koh encouraged aspiring creatives to embrace what makes them different.
“If you look within yourself, especially from a different culture and a different perspective, you’re adding just another tool to your Swiss Army knife,” she said.
“You can offer a different perspective to the graphics, or even have new (ways of) storytelling and how different people react to the graphics themselves.”
Looking ahead, she said she hopes to continue working across fiction and documentaries while telling stories that resonate with audiences.
She recently worked on the title and end title sequences for By Any Means, directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The historical crime film is scheduled for release in September.
Ms Koh also urged young Singaporeans to make the most of social media to showcase their work and not “wait for permission to create”.
“Just start making. Use social media to your advantage, because the boundaries between worlds are a lot smaller now,” she added.
“In order for people to know what you’re able to create, you have to put it out there. Just start making magic, and the universe will find you.”
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