Đỗ Minh Tuấn

Directing

Đỗ Minh Tuấn

Born

1952-08-09 (74)

Place of birth

Hanoi, Vietnam

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Đỗ Minh Tuấn is a Vietnamese poet and director. He is a member of the Vietnam Writers' Association and the Vietnamese Cinema Association, and was was a member of the Executive Committee during the third term of the association. He is the Director of the Nhân đạo Film Studio, part of the Vietnamese Red Cross. During the filmmaking career of director Đỗ Minh Tuấn, he has made 5 feature films that have attended international film festivals and been licensed by 15 countries to be screened in theaters and released on disc. "Ngọn đèn trong mơ," "Hoa của trời" and "Vua bãi rác" were purchased and archived by Japan's Fukuoka Film Institute. "Vua bãi rác" becomes the first Vietnamese entry for consi…

Known for

Behind the camera

The Light in The Dream poster
NR

A boy, abandoned by his family, finds himself struggle to continue his study at school and make a living without stepping in the crime-ridden path of his brother.

The Light in The Dream

1987

The Landfill King poster
9.0

Trong, a self-proclaimed king of a garbage dump, falls in love with the poor flower seller Thuy.

The Landfill King

2002

The Landfill King poster
9.0

Trong, a self-proclaimed king of a garbage dump, falls in love with the poor flower seller Thuy.

The Landfill King

2002

Laughter Epidemic poster
NR

A director pays a visit to a hydroelectric plant construction site and gives a grandiose speech on the impending glory of its opening. His exaggerated body language soon becomes a running gag among the workers who pass around the rumour that he might have dropped the diamond ring during the speech, which the director ironically - and wholeheartedly- believes.

Laughter Epidemic

1988

No artwork available
NR

A movie about office politics at an import-export company.

The Card of the Director

2001

Memories of Điện Biên poster
5.0

Set during the historic Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the film follows Bao, a Viet Minh soldier tasked with escorting Bernard, a young French prisoner, away from the battlefield. Accompanying them is May, a Vietnamese field nurse who tends to Bernard's wounds. As the three journey through the war-torn landscape, their conflicting loyalties, cultural differences, and growing emotional connections give rise to jealousy, misunderstandings, and unexpected compassion.

Memories of Điện Biên

2004

God’s Flowers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

God’s Flowers

1995

Kí Ức Điện Biên poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kí Ức Điện Biên

2004