Kim Nguyen

• Name — Kim Nguyen • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Education — Concordia University (BFA, 1997) • Occupation — Film director, Screenwriter

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese father and a French-Canadian mother, he is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, having earned a BFA. His knowledge of computer-assisted image manipulation was deepened while he taught cinematographic language and screenwriting at the Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie (ICARI) and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal.

Nguyen has directed a number of feature films including War Witch (2012) (also known by the French title Rebelle), Eye on Juliet (2017) and The Hummingbird Project (2018). For War Witch, the film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, in addition to being named Best Picture and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, which also earned him an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Following War Witch, Nguyen was one of 276 new members invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2019 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup. In 2025 he was announced as entering production on The Hourglass (Le Sablier), an adaptation of Édith Blais's non-fiction book about her experience being captured and held hostage by Islamist terrorists while travelling in Burkina Faso. Shooting on the film commenced in April 2026. His 2026 documentary film Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom (Une photo à Saigon: coups de feu sur deux vies) premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was the winner of the Best Canadian Feature Documentary award.

• Year — Title — Notes • 2006 — La chambre no. 13 — S1, E9: Le rat • 2017 — Bellevue — S1, E5: How Do I Remember? S1, E6: The Problem with the Truth • 2019 — Anne with an E — S3, E2: There Is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand • 2022 — Transplant — S2, E9: Between & E10: Shadows S3, Episode 5: Nadir

Awards and nominations received by Kim Nguyen • Organizations — Year — Category — Work — Result — Ref. References • Academy Awards — 2013 — Best Foreign Language Film — War Witch • Berlin International Film Festival — 2012 — Golden Bear • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention • Cambridge Film Festival — 2012 — Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature • Canadian Screen Awards — 2013 — Best Director • Best Screenplay • Cinema for Peace awards — 2013 — Most Valuable Film of the Year • Directors Guild of Canada — 2017 — Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film — Two Lovers and a Bear • Fantastic Fest — 2009 — Best Fantastic Director — Truffle • Film Critics Circle of Australia — 2014 — Best Feature Documentary — Blush of Fruit • Fresh Film Festival — 2009 — Fresh Generation — Truffle • Gala Québec Cinéma — 2003 — Best Director — The Marsh • Best Screenplay • 2011 — Best Director — City of Shadows • 2013 — War Witch • Best Screenplay • Most Successful Film Outside Quebec • 2017 — Best Director — Two Lovers and a Bear • Best Screenplay • Most Successful Film Outside Quebec • Independent Spirit Awards — 2013 — Best International Film — War Witch • Milwaukee Film Festival — 2013 — Herzfeld Competition Award • Montreal International Black Film Festival — 2013 — Vanguard Award — — — Honored • Sitges Film Festival — 2012 — Noves Visions Award — War Witch • Tribeca Film Festival — 2012 — Best Narrative Feature • Vancouver International Film Festival — 2012 — Best Canadian Feature Film • Venice Film Festival — 2017 — Venice Days – Fedeora Awards for Best Film — Eye on Juliet • Vietnamese International Film Festival — 2013 — Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature — War Witch • World Cinema Amsterdam — 2012 — Audience Award • Writers Guild of Canada — 2017 — Feature Film — Two Lovers and a Bear

Kim Nguyen is recorded as film director, screenwriter and film producer.

• Year — Film — Original Title • 2002 — The Marsh — Le Marais • 2008 — Truffles — Truffe • 2010 — City of Shadows — La Cité • 2012 — War Witch — Rebelle • 2016 — Two Lovers and a Bear — Two Lovers and a Bear • 2017 — Eye on Juliet — Eye on Juliet • 2018 — The Hummingbird Project — The Hummingbird Project

• Year — Film — Original Title • 2000 — Soleil glacé — Soleil glacé • 2004 — The Glove — Le Gant • 2012 — Denis Marleau — Denis Marleau

• Year — Film — Original Title • 2007 — Happiness Bound — Happiness Bound • 2012 — Blush Of Fruit — Blush Of Fruit • 2014 — The Empire Of The Scents — Le Nez • 2026 — Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom — Une photo à Saigon: coups de feu sur deux vies