Lưu Huỳnh
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- This is a Vietnamese name; the family name is Lưu, but is often simplified as Luu in English-language text. According to Vietnamese custom, this person properly should be referred to by the given name Huỳnh.
Lưu Huỳnh is a Vietnamese American film director.
He worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show Paris by Night, which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed accompanying a song by Trinh Cong Son generated much controversy among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam during the Vietnam War in a negative light.[1]
His 2007 film The White Silk Dress (Áo lụa Hà Đông) has been highly acclaimed. Thus far, it has won the Audience Award at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea,[2] the Kodak Vision award at the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival in Japan,[3] and the highly coveted "Best foreign film" award at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.[4]
The White Silk Dress has also been officially selected to represent Vietnam at the 80th Academy Awards in the Best foreign language film category.
[edit] Filmography
- 1994 - Em và Michael Jackson (Me and Michael Jackson)
- 1999 - Đường trần (Passage of Life)
- 2006 - Áo lụa Hà Đông (The White Silk Dress)
[edit] References
- ^ (Vietnamese) Tố Nhi. Đạo diễn Lưu Huỳnh: Tôi phải chịu áp lực từ hai phía. Sài Gòn Tiếp Thị. Retrieved on 2007-10-28.
- ^ Viet Nam News
- ^ Vietnam spins 'Silk' into Oscar material
- ^ VietNamNet - Vietnam movie honored at China Film Festival
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