Graduating in film and photography from the University of Westminister in London in 1990, Dain has gone on to direct short films, television content (TV3 & Astro), television commercials (Malaysia, Indonesia, India and China) and documentaries. His media installations have premiered at the prestigious Biennale of Sydney art festival, the UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver and commissioned for permanent display at the Burj al-Arab in Dubai. In 2006, Dain directed a feature film, Dukun, which was practically banned and never released.
Dain’s year-long Nippon Foundation Asian Public Intellectual fellowship in 2007 began the seeds of the documentary CINEMA OF TERROR which is set for production in 2011. It has received support from the Jan Vrijman Fund, Crossing Borders and Busan Asian Network of Documentary Fund.
Dain was born in Kuala Lumpur and grew up in Tumpat (on the Thai border), Kampung Baru (in the heart of Kuala Lumpur), Cairo and London. He currently resides in KL, where he spends his free time writing.
