Minh Nguyen-Vo
Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh (Vietnam, 1956), known as Minh Nguyen-Vo, is a Vietnamese-American film director. His films include Mùa len trâu (English title: The Buffalo Boy), for which he won many international awards. He spent 16 years as a physicist at the University of California in Los Angeles before completing cinematography studies at the same institution in 1998.
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Minh Nguyen-Vo
- Born
- 1956
- Nationality
- Vietnam
- Occupation
- film director · screenwriter
- Education
- University of California and Los Angeles · University of Poitiers
- Languages
- Vietnamese
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Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh (Vietnam, 1956), known as Minh Nguyen-Vo, is a Vietnamese-American film director. His films include Mùa len trâu (English title: The Buffalo Boy), for which he won many international awards. He spent 16 years as a physicist at the University of California in Los Angeles before completing cinematography studies at the same institution in 1998.
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His latest film, Nước (English title: 2030), a futuristic feature film set in 2030 Vietnam, was selected as the opening night film of the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.
• New Directors Silver Hugo Award, 40th Chicago International Film Festival (2004) • Grand Prix, Amiens International Film Festival (2004) • Best film, Asian Marine Film Festival (2005) • Best film and nomination for best director, 50th Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2005) • Best director, Cape Town Film Festival, (2005) • Most outstanding film, Vietnamese Entrepreneurs' Cultural Centre (2005) • Best foreign language film, Palm Springs International Film Festival (2006) • Best director, 15th Vietnam Film Festival (2007)
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