Đặng Nhật Minh

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-05-11 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Huế, Vietnam

Đặng Nhật Minh

Biography

Đặng Nhật Minh (b. Huế, Vietnam, 1938) is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors and a screenwriter. Đặng's first work in film was translating Russian films made in the USSR to Vietnamese. When his dad died during the Vietnam War in 1967, he was given party-related career favours which, combined with his own learnings, allowed him to become a director. His first film, made in 1965, was a documentary about geology. Other notable works after this time include: "Ha Bac My Hometown" (Hà Bắc quê hương, 1967), "May - Faces" (Tháng 5 - Những gương mặt, 1975), "Nguyen Trai" (Nguyễn Trãi, 1980). As a documentary filmmaker, he became the government’s...

Acting

1983

The Town Within Reach

as Journalist from Japan

1983

Near and Far

as Phi Hùng

Production

1970

Miss Nhung

as Director

1975

2002

The Guava House

as Director

2009

Don't Burn

as Director

1999

1987

1994

The Return

as Director

2002

The Guava House

as Short Story

1994

The Return

as Writer

1983

2002

The Guava House

as Screenplay

2022

Jasmine

as Screenplay

2022

Jasmine

as Producer

2022

Jasmine

as Director

2002

The Guava House

as Producer

1973

Stars on the Sea

as Director

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