Kim Nguyen

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Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen (* 1974 in Montreal , Québec ) is a Canadian film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life and education

Nguyen was born to a Vietnamese father (Hung Nguyen, an engineer) and a mother (Louise Bérubé d'Amqui) from Québec. He studied film at Concordia University and earned a master at the University of Montreal in Cinematography . Due to his fascination for writing scripts, he also completed training as a screenwriter and deepened his knowledge of standard and digital photography. Nguyen taught film art and screenwriting at the Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie (ICARI) in Montreal and founded his own production company, Shen Productions, which gave him the opportunity to explore the digital methods of image manipulation and post-production more closely.

Career

In 1997 Nguyen made his directorial debut with the short film La route and also wrote the script for it. Other films followed that he produced and wrote the story for them. Nguyen made his feature film debut in 2002 with Le Marais, shot by him together with cameraman Daniel Vincelette as a 35mm film , for which the special effects were later digitally enhanced by a post-production process in Nguyen's basement. The film was rarely shown outside of Québec, but still received very good reviews. Le Marais received 6 nominations for the Prix ​​Jutra , including for Best Film and Best Director . In 2008, realized and produced Nguyen wrote Truffle , a low-budget film in black and white and a homage to the comedies of Jacques Tati and the B-movies of the 50s. The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal and won awards at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest Austin, Texas. The historical drama La Cité from 2010, written, realized and produced by Nguyen together with several co-producers, could not build on the success of Truffle . It failed the Québec box office and was immediately released on DVD in other countries. Nevertheless, Nguyen rated the film as important in his career, as it gave him, according to his own admission, the opportunity to learn from his mistakes. The film Rebelle , shot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, made its debut at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012 and was acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, where it received a Special Jury Mention and the Prize for Best Actress , Rachel Mwanza . Awards for Best Actress and Best Picture at the Tribeca Film Festival followed. His film Rebelle received a nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards . Nguyen received other prizes for this film at the Luc-Perreault / La Presse Award of the Quebec Association of Film Critics for Best Québec Film , ten Canadian Screen Awards and eight awards from the Prix Jutra, with nominations for Best Picture , Best Director and the Best script . In his documentary Le Nez (en: The Empire of Scents) from 2014, inspired by the book Papilles et Molécules by François Chartier, Nguyen devoted himself to exploring the nose and smelling. The film premiered at the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM). Nguyen directed two episodes for the Canadian television series Bellevue in 2017.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1997: La route (short film)
  • 2000: Soleil glacé (short film)
  • 2002: Le marais
  • 2004: Le gant (short film)
  • 2006: La chambre no 13 (mini series)
  • 2008: Truffle
  • 2010: La cité
  • 2012: rebel
  • 2012: Denis Marleau (short film)
  • 2014: Le nez (The Empire of Scents) - (Documentation)
  • 2016: Un ours et deux amants - Rendezvous with a polar bear
  • 2017: Bellevue (TV series)
  • 2017: Eye on Juliet - In the eye of the drone
  • 2018: The Hummingbird Project

Awards (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Authors: Andrew McIntosh and Myriam Fontaine Kim Nguyen (fr and en). - In: The Canadian Encyclopedia , March 17, 2013, accessed August 28, 2019
  2. ^ Film data sheet Rebel. - Archive: Berlin International Film Festival , accessed August 28, 2019
  3. ↑ Kim Nguyen - 2013 (en). - Montreal International Black Film Festival , accessed August 28, 2019
  4. ^ Premier documentaire de Kim Nguyen aux RIDM (fr). - Journal métro , September 29, 2014, accessed August 28, 2019
  5. ↑ Rendezvous with a polar bear. - Movie releases , accessed August 28, 2019

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personal data
SURNAME Nguyen, Kim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian film director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada