Gravedigger's Luck

Commissioned by Discovery Networks Asia, Gravediggers' Luck (2003) is the sequel to the award-winning Moving House (2001). It documents the trials and tribulations of Ah Kow, the gravedigger whom Pin Pin met while shooting Moving House. The film takes a humorous look at the work of a gravedigger in Singapore. It follows him as he tries out multiple luck-enhancing methods to improve his luck, which he believes has worn thin because of his job as a grave exhumer. Gravedigger’s Luck was the runner-up for Best Documentary and the runner-up for Best Infotainment Programme at the Asian TV Awards.

It is part of a 6-part Discovery series, Afterlife, where Pin Pin was the series co-consultant.

The series was first telecast in the Asia Pacific feed in August 2003.

2003, documentary, 22min, 4:3, in Hokkien, Mandarin, English, with English subtitles

  • Written & Directed by Tan Pin Pin
    Series Producer: David Moggie
    Series Editors: Tan Pin Pin, Jasmine Ng
    Assistant Producer: Ho Choon Hiong
    Production Assistants: Augustine Low, Joe Kia, Maverick Guo
    Camera: Haruld Goh, Low Ling Hooi, Nelson Pereira
    Additional Camera: Jack Tan, Russell Zendher, Ivan Yeo, Goh Meng Hing
    Camera Assistants: Lim Tian Chye, Ben Ong
    Sound: LT Chan, James Choong, Yazer Aziz
    Post Production: VHQ Post (S) Pte. Ltd.
    Editor: Tammy Quah
    Media Assistant: Stanley Low
    Colourist: Corey Spykerman
    Opening Titles & Graphics: Lulu Li, Elena Ruey Ho
    Post-Production Coordinator: Sandy Cheah
    Original Music & Sound Design: Nigel Woodford
    Sound Mix: Shtung Pte. Ltd.
    Narrator: David Moggie

    Thanks To:
    Chan Ah Kaw
    Chua Ah Tee
    Ang Yew Seng Funeral Parlour
    Lee Teoh Heng Undertaker
    Heng Kok Handicraft
    Ho Yoke Cheong
    Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Show
    Hu Ji Hua Musical Troupe
    Eddie Lo
    Lian Shan Shuang Lin Temple
    Huang Jialing
    AP Minimart Toa Payoh
    Singapore Pools
    Colin Lauw
    Block 219 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Zhong Yuan Hui
    Geylang Bahru Zhong Yuan Hui
    Han Kwang Wei
    Tan Siok Siok
    Soh Seok Hoon
    Lo Mun Hou
    Michael Lee

    For VHQ TV
    Unit Production Manager: Sharon Demello
    Executive Producers: Chris Batson, Jocelyn Little

    For Discovery Networks Asia
    Production Manager: Lil Cranfield
    Executive Producer Vikram Channa
    Executive in Charge of Production: James Gibbons

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