Trần Anh Hùng
Known for

Directing

Credits

26

Gender

Man

Birthday

23 Dec 1962 (61)

Place of birth

Đà Nẵng, Central Vietnam

Also known as
트란 안 훙
Чан Ань Хунг
Anh Hung Tran

Trần Anh Hùng

Biography

Trần Anh Hùng (born December 23, 1962; Đà Nẵng) is a French filmmaker of Vietnamese ancestry. Hùng was born in Mỹ Tho, South Vietnam. Following the fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, he immigrated to France at age 12. He 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 Louis Lumiere Academy, which trains cinematographers. Hùng 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. Hùng'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 Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), won the Golden Lion 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, Hùng 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. Hùng directed Norwegian Wood, an adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel of the same name, which released in Japan in December 2010. After Eternity in 2016, his return in a French production, The The Pot-au-Feu, is announced in February 2022, with Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel in the cast.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1989The Married Woman of Nam Xuong
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2023The Taste of ThingsDirector
2023The Taste of ThingsScreenplay
2020RomSupervising Editor
2020RomProducer
2019The Third WifeArt Department Assistant
2016EternityDirector
2016EternityWriter
2011Bi, Don't Be AfraidCo-Producer
2011Bi, Don't Be AfraidExecutive Producer
2010Norwegian WoodDirector
2010Norwegian WoodScreenplay
2009I Come with the RainDirector
2009I Come with the RainWriter
2003A Sight for Sore EyesThanks
2000The Vertical Ray of the SunWriter
2000The Vertical Ray of the SunDirector
2000The Vertical Ray of the SunProduction Supervisor
1996CycloDirector
1996CycloWriter
1993The Scent of Green PapayaDirector
1993The Scent of Green PapayaWriter
1991Stone of ExpectationDirector
1991Stone of ExpectationWriter
1989The Married Woman of Nam XuongDirector
1989The Married Woman of Nam XuongWriter