Minh Nguyen-Vo

Minh Nguyen-Vo
In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Nguyen (or Nguyen Vo). According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Minh.

Nguyễn-Võ Nghiêm-Minh (known professionally as Minh Nguyen-Vo) is a Vietnamese-American film director born in 1956. His films include Mùa len trâu, known in English as 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.[1]

Awards

  • Best film, Asian Marine Film Festival (2005)[3]
  • Best film and nomination for best director, 50th Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2005)[4]
  • Best director, Cape Town Film Festival, (2005)[5]
  • Most outstanding film, Vietnamese Entrepreneurs' Cultural Centre (2005)[6]
  • Best director, 15th Vietnam Film Festival (2007)[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Buffalo Boy honoured at Chicago Film Festival". VietNamNet Bridge. 3 November 2004. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2004/11/342243/. Retrieved 29 June 2009. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Vietnamese film wins top prize at int'l festival in France". Thanh Nien News. 22 November 2004. http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=6&newsid=3384. Retrieved 29 June 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Vietnamese film wins yet another award". Thanh Nien News. 22 September 2005. http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=6&newsid=9356. Retrieved 29 June 2009. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Buffalo Boy proves to be a real eye-opener" (fee required). New Straits Times. 8 October 2005. http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=NSTRAT0020051010e1a80000q. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 
  5. ^ "Vietnamese film takes top honour". Thai News Service. 28 November 2005. http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=THAINS0020051125e1bs00072. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 
  6. ^ "Film "Mua Len Trau" wins another prize". Voice of Vietnam. 29 December 2005. http://english.vovnews.vn/Utilities/PrintView.aspx?ID=39158. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 
  7. ^ ""Buffalo boy" wins Best Foreign Language Film". Voice of Vietnam. 18 January 2006. http://english.vovnews.vn/Utilities/PrintView.aspx?ID=38564. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 
  8. ^ ""Hanoi, Hanoi" film wins Golden Lotus Award at 15th Vietnam Film Festival". Voice of Vietnam. 25 November 2007. http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Hanoi-Hanoi-film-wins-Golden-Lotus-Award-at-15th-Vietnam-Film-Festival/200711/21459.vov. Retrieved 29 June 2009. 

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