Tran Anh Hung
| Tran Anh Hung | |
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| Born |
Trần Anh Hùng December 23, 1962 Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam |
| Occupation | Film Director, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
| Spouse(s) |
Trần Nữ Yên Khê 2 children |
Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962) is a Vietnamese-born French film director.
Trần was born in Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam, and immigrated to France when he was 12 following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Trần has been at the forefront of a wave of acclaimed overseas Vietnamese cinema over the past two decades. His films have received international fame and acclaim, and his first three features were varied meditations on life in his home country Vietnam.
Trần's Oscar-nominated debut (for Best foreign film) was The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), which also won two top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. His follow-up Cyclo (1995, which featured top Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu Wai, also won a top prize at the Venice International Film Festival. The Vertical Ray of the Sun, released in 2000, was the third film in his "Vietnam trilogy."
After a sabbatical Trần returned with the noir psychological thriller I Come with the Rain (2009), which featured a star-studded international cast including Josh Hartnett and Elias Koteas.
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