Kim Nguyen
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Born | 1974 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Education | Concordia University (BFA, 1997) |
Occupation(s) | Film director, Screenwriter |
Kim Nguyen (born 1974)[1] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle) which received numerous honours including an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]
Early life
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese father and a French-Canadian mother,[1][3] he is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in Montreal, having earned a BFA.[4] His knowledge of computer-assisted image manipulation was deepened while he taught cinematographic language and screenwriting at the Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie (ICARI) and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal.[1][5][6]
Career
Kim has directed a number of feature films including War Witch (2012) (also known by the French title Rebelle), Eye on Juliet (2017) and The Hummingbird Project (2018). For War Witch, the film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, in addition to being named Best Picture and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay,[7] which also earned him an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.[8] Following War Witch, Kim Nguyen was one of 276 new members invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[9] In 2019 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup.[10][11]
Filmography
Films
Feature film
| Short film
Documentary films
|
Television
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2006 | La chambre no. 13 | S1, E9: Le rat | [25] |
2017 | Bellevue | S1, E5: How Do I Remember? S1, E6: The Problem with the Truth | [26] |
2019 | Anne with an E | S3, E2: There Is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand | [27] |
2022 | Transplant | S2, E9: Between & E10: Shadows S3, Episode 5: Nadir | [28] |
Accolades
Organizations[a] | Year[b] | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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Academy Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | War Witch | Nominated | [29] |
Berlin International Film Festival | 2012 | Golden Bear | Nominated | [30] | |
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention | Won | [31] | |||
Cambridge Film Festival | 2012 | Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature | Won | [32] | |
Canadian Screen Awards | 2013 | Best Director | Won | [33] | |
Best Screenplay | Won | ||||
Cinema for Peace awards | 2013 | Most Valuable Film of the Year | Nominated | [34] | |
Directors Guild of Canada | 2017 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated | [35] |
Fantastic Fest | 2009 | Best Fantastic Director | Truffle | Won | [36] |
Film Critics Circle of Australia | 2014 | Best Feature Documentary | Blush of Fruit | Nominated | [37] |
Fresh Film Festival | 2009 | Fresh Generation | Truffle | Won | [38] |
Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best International Film | War Witch | Nominated | [39] |
Milwaukee Film Festival | 2013 | Herzfeld Competition Award | Won | [40] | |
Montreal International Black Film Festival | 2013 | Vanguard Award | — | Honored | [41] |
Prix Iris | 2003 | Best Director | The Marsh | Nominated | [42] |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
2011 | Best Director | City of Shadows | Nominated | [43] | |
2013 | War Witch | Won | [44] | ||
Best Screenplay | Won | [45] | |||
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Nominated | ||||
2017 | Best Director | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated | [46] | |
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Nominated | ||||
Sitges Film Festival | 2012 | Noves Visions Award | War Witch | Won | [47] |
Tribeca Film Festival | 2012 | Best Narrative Feature | Won | [48] | |
Vancouver International Film Festival | 2012 | Best Canadian Feature Film | Nominated | [49] | |
Venice Film Festival | 2017 | Venice Days – Fedeora Awards for Best Film | Eye on Juliet | Won | [50] |
Vietnamese International Film Festival | 2013 | Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature | War Witch | Won | [51] |
World Cinema Amsterdam | 2012 | Audience Award | Won | [52] | |
Writers Guild of Canada | 2017 | Feature Film | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated | [53] |
See also
- Asian Americans in arts and entertainment
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent
Notes
References
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External links
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- Kim Nguyen at IMDb
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- The Marsh (2002)
- Truffe (2008)
- City of Shadows (2010)
- War Witch (2012)
- Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
- Eye on Juliet (2017)
- The Hummingbird Project (2018)
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