Malaysia’s 20 best and brightest: L'es Copaque Production, Fried Chillies.com, Leong Mun Yee & Yeo Joon Han

Every year we've got this thing called the 20 under 40. It's where KLue places the spotlight on 20 individuals who have made headlines, set trends, open up avenues and basically showed us how much can be done and achieved with hard work and passion. We've already mentioned the first four last week... so it's time to meet the next four:

L'es Copaque Production - Mohd Nizam B. Abd Razak (25), Muhammad Usamah Zaid B. Yasin (25), Mohd Safwan B. Abd Karim (26), Kee Yong Pin (25) & Muhammad Anas B. Abdul Aziz (26) : Creators of Geng and Upin & Ipin.

"These five have done something that no Malaysian has ever done before: produce Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula, the country's first 3D animated movie that became the second highest grossing local film of all time."

Written by Aliya Nazlan; former college mate, current colleague.

Check their official site for more info.

FriedChillies.com - Mohd Adly Rizal (36) & Honey Ahmad (32): True blue foodies who run a website for true blue foodies.

"As long as anyone's kitchen is smoking in Malaysia, as long as denizens like me from across the Causeway yearns for that plate of Mak Tom's nasi lemak, as long as a hawker on some innocuous back lanes of Changkat Bukit Bintang continues to dish out the best hokkien mee, I confidently say that FriedChillies will be here to stay with its undying dedication to all things 'makan'."

Dean Johari is a PR consultant by day and a glutton all day and night long.

Visit www.friedchillies.com for a scoop on Malaysian food.

Leong Mun Yee (24): Both Pandelela Riong and Leong Mun Yee and Malaysia's diving darlings.

"Notwithstanding suffering multiple injuries in her diving career, Mun Yee came back stronger every time, and performed well during her rehabilitation period. I must admit that this is what I admire her the most. Mun Yee definitely has raised the expectations in our Malaysian Diving Team. We are all proud of her achievements."

Written by brother Andrew Leong.

Yeo Joon Han (40): Filmmaker, writer, composer, producer, editor - everything but a sell out.

"And to what a response! Before an emotional standing ovation of thousands at his Venice Film Festival premiere last August, Joon Han’s inspiring movie journey was written all over his face.  As a friend, I felt honoured to have been an observer and semi-participant of the process. Here’s to the next one, Joon Han!"

Zoe Popham used to work at a Bangkok post-production house where Joon Han would finish some of his commercial work. She attended the world premiere of Sell Out! at the 2008 Venice Film Festival and took on the role of the film’s unofficial PR Manager.

Learn more about Yeo Joon Han, Sell Out! and other things here.

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To read more about these individuals and others on our 20 under 40 list, pick up a copy of the KLue September issue now!