Mattie Do

• Name — Mattie Do • Native Name — ແມດດີ ໂດ • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — * Film director • film producer • Years Active — 2012–present

Do was born in Los Angeles, California, to immigrant parents who left Laos during the communist revolution. Do returned to Vientiane in 2010 with her husband to take care of her retired father. She trained originally as a make-up artist and worked on film productions in Europe and America before becoming a consultant to the oldest film company in Laos, Lao Art Media, upon her return in 2010. She, her husband and their dog Mango live in Vientiane, Laos.

Her directorial debut, Chanthaly (2012), was the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos, as well as the first to be screened at major film festivals outside of Southeast Asia like the 2013 Fantastic Fest.

Do's second feature film, Dearest Sister (2016), (Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ) was chosen to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as part of the La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde program and was selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first time that Laos submitted a film for consideration in this category. It was screened at more than 20 film festivals and was selected by Laos as its first Oscars submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

Her third feature, The Long Walk (2019), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori section of the 76th Venice International Film Festival. She won Best Director at the 45th Boston-Science Fiction Film Festival.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 2021 — Creepshow — Episode: "Drug Traffic"

Mattie Do is recorded with the occupation film producer. Recorded as film director and film producer.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 2012 — Chanthaly — Also; makeup artist, sound editor • 2015 — River — Executive producer • 2016 — Dearest Sister — Also makeup artist • 2016 — Bangkok Nites — Co-producer • 2019 — The Long Walk

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Notes • 2020 — The Tuk Tuk of the Fifth Kind • 2025 — The Sleeping Beauty — Premiered at the Locarno,