Kim Nguyen

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Kim Nguyen
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Nguyen in 2013
Born1974
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
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]

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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

Television

As director

YearTitleNotes
2006La chambre no. 13S1, E9: Le rat
2017 Bellevue S1, E5: How Do I Remember?
S1, E6: The Problem with the Truth
2019 Anne with an E S3, E2: There Is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand
2022 Transplant S2, E9: Between & E10: Shadows
S3, Episode 5: Nadir

Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Kim Nguyen
Organizations [lower-alpha 1] Year [lower-alpha 2] CategoryWorkResultRef.
Academy Awards 2013 Best Foreign Language Film War Witch Nominated [12]
Berlin International Film Festival 2012 Golden Bear Nominated [13]
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special MentionWon [14]
Cambridge Film Festival 2012Audience Award for Best Fiction FeatureWon [15]
Canadian Screen Awards 2013 Best Director Won [16]
Best Screenplay Won
Cinema for Peace awards 2013Most Valuable Film of the YearNominated [17]
Directors Guild of Canada 2017Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Two Lovers and a Bear Nominated [18]
Fantastic Fest 2009Best Fantastic DirectorTruffleWon [19]
Film Critics Circle of Australia 2014Best Feature DocumentaryBlush of FruitNominated [20]
Fresh Film Festival 2009Fresh GenerationTruffleWon [21]
Independent Spirit Awards 2013 Best International Film War Witch Nominated [22]
Milwaukee Film Festival 2013Herzfeld Competition AwardWon [23]
Montreal International Black Film Festival 2013Vanguard Award—Honored [24]
Prix Iris 2003 Best Director The Marsh Nominated [25]
Best Screenplay Nominated
2011 Best Director City of Shadows Nominated [26]
2013 War Witch Won [27]
Best Screenplay Won [28]
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Nominated
2017 Best Director Two Lovers and a Bear Nominated [29]
Best Screenplay Nominated
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Nominated
Sitges Film Festival 2012Noves Visions Award War Witch Won [30]
Tribeca Film Festival 2012Best Narrative FeatureWon [31]
Vancouver International Film Festival 2012Best Canadian Feature FilmNominated [32]
Venice Film Festival 2017 Venice Days – Fedeora Awards for Best Film Eye on Juliet Won [33]
Vietnamese International Film Festival 2013Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature War Witch Won [34]
World Cinema Amsterdam2012Audience AwardWon [35]
Writers Guild of Canada 2017Feature Film Two Lovers and a Bear Nominated [36]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards, festivals, honors and other miscellaneous organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
  2. ↑ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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