Name Tony Bui Role Film director | Siblings Timothy Linh Bui | |
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Born September 14, 1973 (age 50) ( 1973-09-14 ) Saigon, Vietnam Occupation Direct, Producer, Writer Education Loyola Marymount University Awards Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize - U.S. Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic Nominations Golden Bear, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, Bronze Horse Movies Three Seasons, The Throwaways, Green Dragon, Yellow Lotus Similar People Timothy Linh Bui, Duong Don, Nguyen Ngoc Hiep, Lisa Rinzler, Jason Kliot | ||
What s up w tony bui director of the throwaways
Tony Bui (born September 14, 1973) is a Vietnamese independent film director in the U.S., most famous for his 1999 film Three Seasons, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and became the only film ever to win both the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize there. The film was based on Bui's own experiences dealing with the changing landscape and people of his ancestral home of Vietnam. The film starred Harvey Keitel.
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- What s up w tony bui director of the throwaways
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and nominations
- References
Early life
Bui was born in Vietnam and in 1975 came to the U.S. at the age of two years with his family, as a refugee of the U.S.-Vietnamese war, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon. He was raised in Sunnyvale, California. His father ran a video store which led to his interest in cinema. He studied film at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Career
Bui visited Vietnam several times before making first short film, the highly successful Yellow Lotus, which also debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to play at festivals around the world.
He has also produced Green Dragon, starring Patrick Swayze and Forest Whitaker, for his older brother Timothy Linh Bui, as well as writing several screenplays for production companies. He is believed to be developing another feature film project. For a brief time he was associated with Lazarus, a film in development at Warner Brothers.
Personal life
Bui is the brother of Timothy Linh Bui, a film director and producer. The two have worked together on several films. He is also the nephew of the Vietnamese actor Đơn Dương.
Awards and nominations
Austin Film Festival
49th Berlin International Film Festival
Humanitas Prize
Independent Spirit Award
Portland International Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival