Sally Tran

Directing

Sally Tran

Known for

Directing

Credits

14 titles

Sally Tran is a former fashion-designer who loves bright colors, bold patterns, and intricate designs. Arriving by way of Vietnam and New Zealand, she began her career in New York with a music video for Fool’s Gold and ads for U by Kotex, Smile Train, and Cartoon Network. (Free The Bid) Tran moved to the screen production industry to find a place for her creativity and spirit that was sorely wasted in the commercial fashion design world. (The Big Idea)

Known for

Clementine poster
NR

A late-blooming Trans woman reluctantly confronts an assigned-male-at-birth Trans specific and life-altering dilemma. With the help of her besties, she attempts to process this debacle in order to determine which path to take on her journey to decolonize her womanhood.

Clementine

2025

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint poster
NR

Meet Henry Glint. He’s a pretty normal guy with a pretty normal job, and has big plans for a perfectly normal future. But Henry is about to discover there is a parallel world just beyond his reach that is a long way from normal. It all begins when Henry makes a chance purchase of a chocolate bar in the office vending machine and opens up the portal to ‘Timeslow’, a world where time slows down.

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint

2015

Don't F*ck With Ba poster
NR

Disillusioned by corrupt authorities, Thao and their friends decide to seek street justice against a thieving gang, aiming to foster renewed solidarity and protect their community.

Don't F*ck With Ba

2024

Cake poster
NR

This documentary is about courage and survival and having the will and perseverance to succeed despite considerable obstacles. The story of Mitchell Pham's remarkable journey is told through the evocative use of stop-frame animation, created from a Vietnamese traditional folded paper craft, mixed with live action to show an innovative account of his harrowing but ultimately inspirational journey from Vietnamese prison camp, to a life in New Zealand after the Vietnam war.

Cake

2012

No artwork available
NR

From the Vietnam War to the New York streets, Vietnamese refugees built the infamous 80s gang Born to Kill, bound by brotherhood, blood, and the mantra: Love. Money. Sin.

Born to Kill

2026

Centuries and Still poster
NR

“Centuries and Still” is a mixed media illustrated short film telling the history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S. The film seeks to unveil how history took part in the birth and perpetuation of today’s surge of anti-Asian discrimination and hate crimes. The search for justice goes back to the Gold Rush era fetishization of Asian women, to today’s hate crimes targeting Asian elders. (Film Shortage)

Centuries and Still

2021

Behind the camera

Clementine poster
NR

A late-blooming Trans woman reluctantly confronts an assigned-male-at-birth Trans specific and life-altering dilemma. With the help of her besties, she attempts to process this debacle in order to determine which path to take on her journey to decolonize her womanhood.

Clementine

2025

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint poster
NR

Meet Henry Glint. He’s a pretty normal guy with a pretty normal job, and has big plans for a perfectly normal future. But Henry is about to discover there is a parallel world just beyond his reach that is a long way from normal. It all begins when Henry makes a chance purchase of a chocolate bar in the office vending machine and opens up the portal to ‘Timeslow’, a world where time slows down.

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint

2015

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint poster
NR

Meet Henry Glint. He’s a pretty normal guy with a pretty normal job, and has big plans for a perfectly normal future. But Henry is about to discover there is a parallel world just beyond his reach that is a long way from normal. It all begins when Henry makes a chance purchase of a chocolate bar in the office vending machine and opens up the portal to ‘Timeslow’, a world where time slows down.

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint

2015

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint poster
NR

Meet Henry Glint. He’s a pretty normal guy with a pretty normal job, and has big plans for a perfectly normal future. But Henry is about to discover there is a parallel world just beyond his reach that is a long way from normal. It all begins when Henry makes a chance purchase of a chocolate bar in the office vending machine and opens up the portal to ‘Timeslow’, a world where time slows down.

Timeslow: The Timeless Tales of Henry Glint

2015

Don't F*ck With Ba poster
NR

Disillusioned by corrupt authorities, Thao and their friends decide to seek street justice against a thieving gang, aiming to foster renewed solidarity and protect their community.

Don't F*ck With Ba

2024

Don't F*ck With Ba poster
NR

Disillusioned by corrupt authorities, Thao and their friends decide to seek street justice against a thieving gang, aiming to foster renewed solidarity and protect their community.

Don't F*ck With Ba

2024

Cake poster
NR

This documentary is about courage and survival and having the will and perseverance to succeed despite considerable obstacles. The story of Mitchell Pham's remarkable journey is told through the evocative use of stop-frame animation, created from a Vietnamese traditional folded paper craft, mixed with live action to show an innovative account of his harrowing but ultimately inspirational journey from Vietnamese prison camp, to a life in New Zealand after the Vietnam war.

Cake

2012

Cake poster
NR

This documentary is about courage and survival and having the will and perseverance to succeed despite considerable obstacles. The story of Mitchell Pham's remarkable journey is told through the evocative use of stop-frame animation, created from a Vietnamese traditional folded paper craft, mixed with live action to show an innovative account of his harrowing but ultimately inspirational journey from Vietnamese prison camp, to a life in New Zealand after the Vietnam war.

Cake

2012

No artwork available
NR

From the Vietnam War to the New York streets, Vietnamese refugees built the infamous 80s gang Born to Kill, bound by brotherhood, blood, and the mantra: Love. Money. Sin.

Born to Kill

2026

No artwork available
NR

From the Vietnam War to the New York streets, Vietnamese refugees built the infamous 80s gang Born to Kill, bound by brotherhood, blood, and the mantra: Love. Money. Sin.

Born to Kill

2026

No artwork available
NR

From the Vietnam War to the New York streets, Vietnamese refugees built the infamous 80s gang Born to Kill, bound by brotherhood, blood, and the mantra: Love. Money. Sin.

Born to Kill

2026

Centuries and Still poster
NR

“Centuries and Still” is a mixed media illustrated short film telling the history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S. The film seeks to unveil how history took part in the birth and perpetuation of today’s surge of anti-Asian discrimination and hate crimes. The search for justice goes back to the Gold Rush era fetishization of Asian women, to today’s hate crimes targeting Asian elders. (Film Shortage)

Centuries and Still

2021

Grandma's Four Color Cards poster
NR

From her tiny home in Saigon’s bustling District 4, 101-year-old Ngoai runs an underground card game. With her loyal cat and the kindness of her neighbors, she faces poverty with unwavering resilience and quiet strength.

Grandma's Four Color Cards

2025

Toi La Who poster
NR

Anne is an 8-year-old girl living in suburbia New Zealand. The world she sees is perfect, her family, her school, her friends, herself. One day, without warning or any real understanding, Anne's world comes crashing in around her revealing the imperfect world that was ignored. This forces Anne to re-examine herself and she starts to recognize her culture and identity.

Toi La Who

2011