The 10 most famous film directors in Vietnam can be considered as: both representing the contemporary Vietnamese cinema, and also representing the current Vietnamese film-watching taste. Not only comedies, but these talented directors have also produced many films of high artistic quality and have been honored both at home and abroad.
- Vu Ngoc Dang
- Charlie Nguyen
- Bach Diep
- Tran Anh Hung
- Victor Vu
- Tran Ham
- Cuong Ngo
- Nguyen Quang Dung
- Viet Linh
- Le Hoang
Vu Ngoc Dang
Vu Ngoc Dang was born in 1974, from Thai Binh province. He is one of the few directors in the country known as a creator of films that are both commercially and artistically successful. He graduated valedictorian and made a splash with the short film Rats and Couples. His film was selected to participate in the International Student Film Festival in Israel in June 2001, but unfortunately he was unable to attend.
Perhaps Vu Ngoc Dang is the only director in here whose name is known across the country thanks to television series. After the success of the movie Suddenly want to cry (2008). Vu Ngoc Dang continues to create a brand for himself by collaborating for the second time with actor duo Tang Thanh Ha and Luong Manh Hai to release the movie Beautiful Every Centimeter 2009). Later, he continued to work with actor Luong Manh Hai through both film and television such as Hot boy rebel (2011), Walking while crying (2014), Waist 56 (2016), …
Vu Ngoc Dang
Charlie Nguyen
Charlie Nguyen real name Nguyen Chanh Truc (born November 25, 1968 in Saigon, Vietnam) is an American film director, stage director, screenwriter, comedy screenwriter and film producer. Vietnamese. Charlie Nguyen has been a permanent director for theater programs as well as documentary reports of Van Son Center for many years, he is the brother of martial arts film actor Johnny Tri Nguyen, two brothers of the same name. Comedian Van Son and actor Dustin Nguyen are both grandchildren of Elite Artist Nguyen Chanh Tin.
Charlie Nguyen is the director who contributed to the name of actor Thai Hoa. Charlie Nguyen has films produced and released at press conferences as prominently and attractively as Hollywood films. And it must be recognized that, whether it is a comedy or an action film, the colors of Charlie Nguyen’s films are bold Hollywood colors. His filmography is very rich, which can be mentioned as Teo em (2013), Dusty life in the big market (2013), the film was banned due to violent scenes, bloody slashing scenes, To Mai Tinh (2010), Long Fly (2011), Marry Now Before You Miss (2012), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 (2016), I’m Not 18 (2017), My Wife (2018)….
Charlie Nguyen
Bach Diep
Bach Diep’s real name is Nguyen Thanh Tam, born in 1929 in Hanoi in a family with a tradition of photography. From the age of 6, she was sent to study at the convent school of Saint Dominique in Hai Phong. In 1959, she attended a film directing class opened by the Ministry of Culture and Information under the guidance of Soviet experts. She graduated in 1963, then returned to work at Vietnam Feature Film Studio. Her first work was the movie Tran Quoc Toan, adapted from cheo, which was later awarded the Silver Lotus award at the second Vietnam Film Festival. Her next films were released after that were The Man on the Sedge (1973), Holy Day (1976), The Story of the Coconut Village (1977), The Unspeakable Man (1979)… The most prominent are two films. Holy Days (based on Chu Van’s novel Sea Storm) and Legend of the Mother, both starring people’s artist Tra Giang, both won the Silver Lotus award.
She retired in 1992. She is still invited to do dramas for Vietnam Television. She also made films for the categories of Saturday Afternoon Cinema and Sunday Arts. In 1997, she was conferred the title of People’s Artist. In 2007, she received the State Prize in Literature and Art for her works on Holy Day, Mother’s Legend. She is one of the Vietnamese artists named in the Encyclopedia of Soviet Cinema. In 2008, she was one of 11 contemporary artists honored on the 55th anniversary of the founding of the revolutionary cinema industry in Vietnam. She died on August 17, 2013, at the age of 84.
Bach Diep
Tran Anh Hung
Tran Anh Hung (born December 23, 1962) is a French-Vietnamese director. Tran Anh Hung is best known for his works on Vietnamese themes with a contemporary style of execution. He is the director of The Scent of Green Papaya (L’Odeur de la papaye verte), the only Vietnamese film to date to be shortlisted for the final round of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition, Tran Anh Hung also won many other film awards.
A rare director in the Top 10 most famous film directors in Vietnam is of French origin – instead of many American-born directors. Perhaps imbued with gentle, deep and romantic French thought, way of thinking and art, Tran Anh Hung’s film has a beautiful and artistic angle. Right from the very first footage of The Smell of Green Papaya (1993), to Cyclo (1995) and Vertical Afternoon Summer (2000). His talent was recognized when he was chosen by the Japanese side to direct the film adaptation of the literary classic Norwegian Wood (2010).
Tran Anh Hung
Victor Vu
Victor Vu real name Vu Quoc Viet (born November 25, 1975) is a Vietnamese-American film director, screenwriter, film producer and editor. Victor Vu has a successful career with a wide variety of film genres, constantly switching between action, comedy, drama and thriller. In 2012, Victor Vu was awarded the “Best Director” award at the Golden Kite.
In 2015, no one could not mention the work I see yellow flowers on green grass – adapted from the literary work of the same name by writer Nguyen Nhat Anh. Before that, the films that caught his attention were: Heroic Destiny (2012), Blood Heart (2014), Scandal: Red Carpet Secret (2012), … were all considered commercial films. It was only when I saw yellow flowers on green grass (2015) that people recognized his talent and strength.
Victor Vu
Tran Ham
Ham Tran or Tran Ham, real name Tran Quang Ham born in 1974 in Saigon, is a Vietnamese-American famous for his role as a film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor. He immigrated to the US at the age of 8 ie 1982. When growing up, Ham Tran studied to be a director, in addition, he also worked as a film producer, screenwriter and film editor. Ham Tran is a close friend of actor Lam Nguyen, who used to work for Van Son Center as a cameraman for documentary reports.
Tran Ham’s 2004 film debut was the film The Anniversary of the Dead (2003), which impressed film critics, when it won 25 international film awards for the short film category, and reached the semi-finals. for Oscar’s nomination. After the release of the second film on the theme of the Vietnam war, the film “Cross the Waves” (2007), Tran Ham switched to making high-grossing commercial films such as The Heeled Sneakers Conspiracy (2013), The Soul Reaper (The Soul Reaper). 2014), Super Thief (2016).
Tran Ham
Cuong Ngo
Director Cuong Ngo full name is Ngo Quoc Cuong, born in 1978 in Saigon, Vietnam. Director Cuong Ngo studied at the Faculty of Acting at the College of Theater and Cinema in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh. During the time of participating in the film project “The Quiet American”, Cuong Ngo was fortunate to meet Canadian producer Doug Dalesa. He was the one who advised Cuong Ngo to come to Canada to learn more about cinema. In 2005, Cuong Ngo decided to go to Canada to study Screenwriting – Directing at York University, to step closer to art.
The young director Ngo Quoc Cuong may rarely appear in the press, but in the top 10 most famous film directors in Vietnam, his name cannot be missing. With the desire to bring Vietnamese cinema to the world, having lived in the US and studying film making in Canada, Ngo Quoc Cuong is now gradually shaping his own style of filmmaking. His works are “little but quality”, when each film is a new experiment by Ngo Quoc Cuong: Golden Brooch (2009). Huong Ga (2014), Pearl of the Far East (2012) and the latest comedy The Day Bounce Today (2015).
Cuong Ngo
Nguyen Quang Dung
Nguyen Quang Dung, also known as “crazy” Dung, was born on January 18, 1978, from a family whose father is a famous writer (writer Nguyen Quang Sang), but Nguyen Quang Dung did not pursue a career in literature. determined to choose cinema as a destination for his life. In 1999, Nguyen Quang Dung graduated from the 1st class Photo Director of the School of Theater and Cinema in Ho Chi Minh City, with an excellent degree.
The opportunity began to “touch the door” when the movie Dung “crazy” accepted the job as deputy director for Vu Khuc Co (Dan. Nguyen Phan Quang Binh), a film collaborating with foreign countries on the subject of war Nguyen Quang Dung captured He first became acquainted with moviegoers when he had two favorite films in 2008 namely Kiss of Death and Soul of the Three, butcher’s skin. Both films attract their own audience: students, students and working people. The success of both films (both comedies) helped Quang Dung continue with Brilliant Kisses and Rescue the God of Death in 2009. Up to now, the special film My Nhan next in 2013 is still appreciated. price is the perfect step forward in his filmmaking career.
Nguyen Quang Dung
Viet Linh
Director Viet Linh, whose full name is Nguyen Viet Linh, was born in 1952 and is of Vietnamese origin. At the age of 16, Viet Linh left the city to go to the forest to find her father who was participating in the resistance war. From the age of 17, entering the war zone, Viet Linh came to cinema. After that, she was sent by Giai Phong Film Studio to study and graduated with honors in Directing – University of Cinema of the Soviet Union (VGIK) with the professor’s note: “Enough to be a director, no need to pass the position of assistant”.
Returning to the country, the studio assigned her the film “A peaceful place where birds sing”, which was the first film by Vietnam’s first female director. Since 1971, she has been involved in film activities as a film editor, editor, screenwriter and director of many famous movie works such as The Circus of the Street, Imprint of the Devil, Apartment, Me Thao – Glorious times…
Her films have won many awards at domestic and international film festivals. In 2014, she returned to Vietnam and decided to make Thien Thien – a play she still jokes about: “suitable for audiences aged 15 to 90”. In addition, director Viet Linh is the author and editor of the Cinema Bookcase with many works: Walking in the Cinema Garden, Career Ideas (Saigon Cultural Publishing House, 2006), 20 film lessons (Van Literature Publishing House, 2006). Culture of Saigon, 2007), My story and my story (Young Publishing House, 2008)…
In 2014, Viet Linh released two books, Five Minutes with the Loft, a collection of prose in which the female director wrote several issues for a magazine column under her name. And another book is “It’s sunny here” which, as the female director shared, is a paper-based television series expressing her “thirst for filmmaking through words”.
Viet Linh
Le Hoang
Le Hoang (born January 20, 1956 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese film director. He has been known since the 1990s as a director of serious art films such as Blades or Who’s Down. He also participated in writing articles for a number of newspapers such as Tuoi Tre, Sports & Culture, etc. His articles are often signed under the pseudonym of his wife, Le Thi Lien Hoan, and are written in a fantasy or satirical interview style. satirical.
Le Hoang is the only director in the Top 10 most famous film directors in Vietnam, famous for his satirical and poignant statements, this director often works as a gameshow judge, MC of talk shows instead of famous for his work. Of course, it’s not fair to say that when director Le Hoang also resonated after the success of the film Dancing Girl (2001) – an entertaining movie, different from the rest of the directors in the list. books – people who focus on creating meaningful, artistic films that deliver quality films to audiences.
Le Hoang
Among the 10 most famous film directors in Vietnam, there are directors who have stopped making films, some have switched to the entertainment industry, but most of the above directors are constantly improving themselves, dedicated to the profession to make movies. produce quality cinematic works. Let’s look forward to their new works.
Posted by: Truong Cong Hau
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