Gavin is a TV director with nearly 140 TV episodes under his belt. He won Best Director at the 18th Singapore International Film Festival 2005 for his debut short film Subtitle (2005). Subtitle was invited to around 10 festivals around the world.

His sophomore effort Wei? (2006) was a finalist at the 19th Singapore International Film Festival 2006, and was invited to around 20 prestigious festivals around the world i.e. Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival 2007 and Slamdance 2007.