Directing
Huy Thành
Born — Died
1928-02-20 — 2018-05-22
Place of birth
Da Nang, Central Vietnam
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
Huy Thành (full name Nguyễn Huy Thành, b. February 20, 1928 – May 22, 2018) was a Vietnamese screenwriter, film director, former Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Cinema Association and former Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Cinema Association. Considered one of the greatest directors of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema, he was awarded the title of People's Artist by the Vietnamese government in 1993 and the State Prize in 2007. He belonged to the first directing class (1959) of the Vietnam Film School. In 1964, Huy Thành collaborated with People's Artist Trần Vũ to make the film "Floating Village" (Làng Nổi), which officially premiered in Vietnam in 1965 and was later shown in Soviet theaters u…
Known for
NRAfter the war ends, Luy returns home and is now assigned as Commune Secretary of his coastal village. However, his wife is now wedded to Son, a soldier of the formerRepublic of Vietnam regime.
Back to the Sand Village
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Heroes of the Tay Son Dynasty
2010
NRA woman manages to escape from the Khmer Rouge labour camp. Saved from drowning in river by a group of Vietnamese soldiers, she decided to join them.
There are People in this City
1989
NRThe inhabitants of a small island in the delta of the turbulent Red River are doomed to poverty: floods wash away crops, livestock, and even people. From generation to generation, a legend is passed down about a kind dragon that can drink the river's water and save the village. But the dragon is a fairy tale, and the people have decided to block the treacherous river themselves. With extraordinary perseverance, fighting against the elements, the village population builds protective fortifications around the island.
Floating Village
1964
During the American bombings in 1972, a group of workers remain to protect a power plant in the north of Hanoi.
Capital North
1977
NRA poetic glimpse of life in Vietnam War
Until When?
1982
Behind the camera
NRAfter the war ends, Luy returns home and is now assigned as Commune Secretary of his coastal village. However, his wife is now wedded to Son, a soldier of the formerRepublic of Vietnam regime.
Back to the Sand Village
1981
NRAfter the war ends, Luy returns home and is now assigned as Commune Secretary of his coastal village. However, his wife is now wedded to Son, a soldier of the formerRepublic of Vietnam regime.
Back to the Sand Village
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Heroes of the Tay Son Dynasty
2010
NRA woman manages to escape from the Khmer Rouge labour camp. Saved from drowning in river by a group of Vietnamese soldiers, she decided to join them.
There are People in this City
1989
NRA woman manages to escape from the Khmer Rouge labour camp. Saved from drowning in river by a group of Vietnamese soldiers, she decided to join them.
There are People in this City
1989
NRThe inhabitants of a small island in the delta of the turbulent Red River are doomed to poverty: floods wash away crops, livestock, and even people. From generation to generation, a legend is passed down about a kind dragon that can drink the river's water and save the village. But the dragon is a fairy tale, and the people have decided to block the treacherous river themselves. With extraordinary perseverance, fighting against the elements, the village population builds protective fortifications around the island.
Floating Village
1964
NRThe inhabitants of a small island in the delta of the turbulent Red River are doomed to poverty: floods wash away crops, livestock, and even people. From generation to generation, a legend is passed down about a kind dragon that can drink the river's water and save the village. But the dragon is a fairy tale, and the people have decided to block the treacherous river themselves. With extraordinary perseverance, fighting against the elements, the village population builds protective fortifications around the island.
Floating Village
1964
During the American bombings in 1972, a group of workers remain to protect a power plant in the north of Hanoi.
Capital North
1977
During the American bombings in 1972, a group of workers remain to protect a power plant in the north of Hanoi.
Capital North
1977
NRA poetic glimpse of life in Vietnam War
Until When?
1982
6.0While being imprisoned on a remote island for leading a naval-yard workers' strike, a man reminisces about his former days as a naval mechanic and the life back in his hometown.
The Rooster’s Crow at Noon
1996
A young cadre of the state is in the board of a re-education programme for bourgeoisies, but the object of its "rehabilitation" turns out to be her mother-in-law who moved South after 1954.
Near and Far
1983
A young cadre of the state is in the board of a re-education programme for bourgeoisies, but the object of its "rehabilitation" turns out to be her mother-in-law who moved South after 1954.
Near and Far
1983
NRPhương and his sister Vân reunite after years of separation in the war, but their clashing political affiliations soon set them apart.
Rising Storm
1966
NRPhương and his sister Vân reunite after years of separation in the war, but their clashing political affiliations soon set them apart.
Rising Storm
1966
NRTwo pilots and their beloveds, all of whom are close friends, try to navigate their lives separate from one another as the men transition to combat.
Patch of Sky
1975
NRTwo pilots and their beloveds, all of whom are close friends, try to navigate their lives separate from one another as the men transition to combat.
Patch of Sky
1975
4.0No synopsis available yet.
Strange Land
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4.0No synopsis available yet.
Strange Land
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