Victor Vu
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November 25, 1975 North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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Director Producer Writer |
| Years active | 1997 - present |
Victor Vu is a Vietnamese American film director and screenwriter who gained awards and commercial success in Vietnam while also engaged in plagiarism and dishonest cover up attempt. Along with critical acclaims, news media and public opinion have also accused Vu of plagiarism. In Vietnam's landmark first official plagiarism investigation, Vietnamese regulators found Vu's film Inferno to have copied Hollywood's 1991 film Shattered. This resulted in Inferno's disqualification from Vietnam's Golden Kite Awards. Vu called a press conference to try misinform Vietnamese public that in Hollywood, such identical similarities are the obligatory result of using Hollywood filmmaking method.
Born (born November 25, 1975) and raised in Southern California, Vu earned his BA in film production from Loyola Marymount University. He has directed Passport to Love, Battle of the Brides, Blood letter,Spirits – Oan Hon,First Morning, Inferno – Giao Lo Dinh Menh, Scandal (2012). and Vengeful Heart (2014) (Vietnamese: Quả Tim Máu). His social drama Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass is based on Nguyen Nhat Anh's best-selling novel.
Vu was investigated— in Vietnam's first official plagiarism investigation —by Vietnamese cinema regulators, after the Vietnamese news media and public accused his film Inferno of being a copy of Wolfgang Petersen's film Shattered. A televised news report in Vietnam claimed that Inferno was up to 90% similar to the Hollywood film Shattered.
Vu's press conference to explain away accusations of plagiarism- Vu held a now-infamous press conference in Vietnam to deny plagiarizing the movie Shattered but it was perceived in Vietnam as a dishonest whitewashing attempt. In his press conference Vu acknowledged the similarities but claimed he has never heard of Shattered and explained that the similarities are due to "what's called the creative process." Vu explained that he uses "exactly the Hollywood method and the Hitchcock method" and because all Hollywood films follow the same mold, it's inevitable that if he uses the Hollywood method his film has no choice but be similar from A to Z to other Hollywood films by coincidence. Vietnamese news media made public their recording of Vu's press conference.
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