- Khoa Do
Khoa Do (born 1979,
Saigon ,Vietnam ) audio|Do Khoa.ogg|pronunciation is an actor, writer and director who received the Young Australian of the Year award in 2005. Khoa Do and his family arrived inSydney as Vietnamese refugees in 1980 (his brother is the comedianAnh Do ). He received a scholarship to attend St Aloysius' College in Milson's Point, graduating in 1996 and went on to study Arts at theUniversity of Sydney .Young Australian of the Year
Khoa Do was named the 2005
Young Australian of the Year for his "leadership, compassion, and will to inspire and inform Australians on issues that affect our communities."Philanthrophy
Do has been active in helping the under-privileged in South-Western
Sydney , especially the Vietnamese community. In 2000, he was awarded the Young Vietnamese-Australian of the Year Award for his services in drama and working with youths in Sydney's south-west. A year later, Khoa commenced voluntary work with disadvantaged kids at Cabramatta's Open Family Youth Social Services Centre. He was asked to teach film-making to these 'at risk' youth and saw no better way to teach them than to go ahead and make a film with them. While at University Khoa worked as an English teacher and job-seeking-skills volunteer amongst youths living inCabramatta . For his efforts, he was awarded the 2001 Young Citizen of the Year Award (Bankstown City) and in 2003, he also received a Centenary Medal.Film Industry Awards
In 2001, Khoa was nominated for an
AFI Award for his screen play for the short film Delivery Day. The film tells the story of a young girl and her struggle to balance the demands of school, her mother and the family's backyard sweatshop and is based heavily on Khoa's own experience.In 2003, Khoa received the IF Independent Spirit Award for The Finished People. In 2004, Khoa was nominated for two AFI Awards, three Film Critics' Circle Awards and two Australian Writers' Guild Awards for this film and for his community theatre.
In 2005, he was also awarded the Powerhouse Wizard Award, which "recognises emerging leaders in Australian innovation and achievement."
elected Filmography
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Footy Legends (2006)
*The Finished People (2003)
*Delivery Day (2001)External links
* [http://www.khoado.com.au Khoa Do Official Site]
* [http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page129.asp Australian of the year awards]###@@@KEY@@@###
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