Lưu Huỳnh (born Saigon) is a Vietnam-born Vietnamese American film
director. His family arrived in America when he was 16 years old.He
worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show Paris By
Night, which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed
accompanying a song by Trịnh Công Sơn generated much controversy
among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam
during the Vietnam War in a negative light.His 2007 film The White
Silk Dress (à o lụa HÃ Ä Ã´ng) won the Audience Award at the Busan
International Film Festival in South Korea, the Kodak Vision award at
the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival in Japan, and the highly coveted "Best
foreign film" award at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.The White
Silk Dress was officially selected to represent Vietnam at the 80th
Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
director. His family arrived in America when he was 16 years old.He
worked as a director for the Vietnamese diaspora variety show Paris By
Night, which is banned in Vietnam. In 1997, a segment he directed
accompanying a song by Trịnh Công Sơn generated much controversy
among overseas Vietnamese because it allegedly depicted South Vietnam
during the Vietnam War in a negative light.His 2007 film The White
Silk Dress (à o lụa HÃ Ä Ã´ng) won the Audience Award at the Busan
International Film Festival in South Korea, the Kodak Vision award at
the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival in Japan, and the highly coveted "Best
foreign film" award at the Golden Rooster Awards in China.The White
Silk Dress was officially selected to represent Vietnam at the 80th
Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
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