Tran Anh Hung

Trần Anh Hùng (English: Anh Hung Tran), born December 23, 1962)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a Vietnamese-French filmmaker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life and education

Hung was born in Da Nang, South Vietnam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}
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{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, he immigrated to France at age 12.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hung majored in philosophy at a university in France. By chance, he saw Robert Bresson's film A Man Escaped and decided to study film instead. He went on to study photography at the National School Supérieure Louis-Lumière,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which trains cinematographers and supported himself by working in the Musée d'Orsay bookshop.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Film career

Hung 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 of Vietnam.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hung'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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His follow-up Cyclo (1995, which featured Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Vertical Ray of the Sun, released in 2000, was the third film in his "Vietnam trilogy."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After a sabbatical, Hung 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.<ref name="crafted">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Hung directed Norwegian Wood,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel of the same name, which was released in Japan in December 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Films on Vietnam

In France, Hung studied at the prestigious film school, Louis Lumière. For his graduation project in 1987 he wrote and directed a short film La femme mariée de Nam Xuong, inspired by an old Vietnamese folk tale (Truyền kỳ mạn lục).

Following this Hung made another short film, La pierre de l'attente (1989), before launching the feature film The Scent of Green Papaya (1993). The Scent of Green Papaya was acclaimed for its style and its beautiful images of Vietnamese life.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> To date, the film is the only representative of Vietnamese cinema to be nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The success of Papaya helped Hung gain funding for the next film, Cyclo. The film tells stories of poor people living in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and was filmed on location there. Cyclo won the Golden Lion at 52nd Venice International Film Festival, and at the age of 33, Hung was one of the youngest filmmakers to be thus honored there.

Having depicted life in Ho Chi Minh City, Hung turned his attention to Hanoi in The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000). The main characters of the film are three sisters who idolize their parents' family life, before the truth is revealed after the mother's death.

Influences and style of film-making

Hung's films are made to rebuild the image of Vietnam that he lost when immigrating to France, and to provide the audience with another point of view on Vietnam when this topic has been long dominated by French and American cinema. The stories are based on Hung's knowledge about Vietnamese culture and (in the second and third films) his first-hand experience gained from trips to the country.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Hung is strongly influenced by French cinema and from some European and Japanese filmmakers, namely Bergman, Bresson, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky and Ozu.<ref name="crafted"/>

Hung's style of filmmaking is expressed through the claim: "Art is the truth wearing a mask".<ref name="mask">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He denies the conventional story-telling style and pursues making films with a new language: "to challenge the audiences' feelings, making them enjoy the films not with the critical reasoning but the language of the body".<ref name="mask" />

As a banner of Vietnamese films, Hung, a French-Vietnamese director, shattered the stereotypical images of poverty and backwardness depicted in prior American and French films with his unique camera images, showing the audience a Vietnam where tenderness and cruelty coexist. In Vietnam, Hung's most famous "trilogy"—The Scent of Green Papaya (1993), Cyclo (1995), and The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)—expresses feelings for his country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Feature Film
Year	English Title	Original Title	Template:Refh
1993	The Scent of Green Papaya	Mùi đu đủ xanh	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	Cyclo	Xích lô	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	The Vertical Ray of the Sun	Mùa hè chiếu thẳng đứng	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	I Come with the Rain	I Come with the Rain	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010	Norwegian Wood	ノルウェイの森	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Eternity	Eternité	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	The Taste of Things	La Passion de Dodin Bouffant	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Short Film
Year	English Title	Original Title	Template:Refh
1989	La femme mariée de Nam Xuong	Người thiếu phụ Nam Xương	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	La pierre de l'attente	La pierre de l'attente	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Trần Anh Hùng

OrganizationsTemplate:Efn	YearTemplate:Efn	Category	Work	Result	Template:Refh
Academy Awards	1994	Best International Feature Film	The Scent of Green Papaya	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2024		The Taste of Things	Template:Sho	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Astra Film Awards	2024	Best International Feature		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best International Filmmaker		Template:Nom
British Film Institute	1994	Sutherland Trophy	The Scent of Green Papaya	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Cannes Film Festival	1989	Critics' Week Grand Prize Short Film	La femme mariée de Nam Xuong	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	1993	Award of the Youth	The Scent of Green Papaya	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Caméra d'Or		Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2000	Un Certain Regard	The Vertical Ray of the Sun	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2023	Best Director	The Taste of Things	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Palme d'Or		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
César Awards	1994	Best Debut	The Scent of Green Papaya	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CineLibri	2016	Grand Prize for Best Literary Adaptation	Eternity	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Deauville Asian Film Festival	2011	Best Film	Norwegian Wood	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Film Fest Ghent	1995	Grand Prix for Best Film	Cyclo	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
International Istanbul Film Festival	2011	Fipresci Prize	Norwegian Wood	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival	2009	Siren Award - Best International Film	I Come with the Rain	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Magritte Awards	2017	Best Foreign Film in Coproduction	Eternity	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Mill Valley Film Festival	2023	Audience Award – World Cinema	The Taste of Things	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Miskolc International Film Festival	2023	Emeric Pressburger Prize		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Montclair Film Festival	2023	Audience Award – World Cinema		Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2024	Best International Feature Film		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
San Sebastián International Film Festival	2023	Culinary Zinema Best Film Award		Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Sydney Film Festival	2011	Sydney Film Prize	Norwegian Wood	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Torino Film Festival	1989	Best Short Film	La femme mariée de Nam Xuong	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Venice Film Festival	1995	Fipresci Award	Cyclo	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Golden Lion		Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	2010		Norwegian Wood	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Vietnamese International Film Festival	2013	Inspiration Award	—	Template:Win	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	2023	Best Foreign Language Film	The Taste of Things	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent

External links

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