Nguyễn Hồng Sến

Nguyễn Hồng Sến

Morte : 1995-01-21

História

People's Artist Nguyễn Hồng Sến (1933-1995) was a Vietnamese film director, best known for his films about the Vietnam War. He was born in Moc Hoa, Long An province. After 1954, he went to North Vietnamese and attended the first cinematography class of the Vietnam Film School. The first film he made is a documentary, "Nước về Bắc Hưng Hải" (Water Flows to North Hung Hai), winning the Gold Medal at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1959. Nguyễn continued to make other films, such as "Lửa trung tuyến" (Fire of the Middle Zone), "Kim Đồng"..., before returning to South Vietnam in 1964. After a number of films reporting on the war, Nguyễn directed "Đường ra phía trước"/The Way Forward (he credited himself as Hồng Chi), documenting the activities of a public transport convoy serving the battlefield in the Dong Thap Muoi area of Vietnam. This film won the Gold Medal at the 1969 Moscow International Film Festival and the Golden Lotus Award at the 1973 Vietnam Film Festival. After 1975, he had a short internship in Bulgaria and the German Democratic Republic, then returned to Vietnam to direct his first feature film "Mùa gió chướng" (The Windy Season). The film received the Silver Lotus award at the 1980 Vietnam Film Festival. At the same festival, his second feature film "Cánh đồng hoang" (The Abandoned Zone: Free Fire Area), about the difficult life of a couple with a small child in the Dong Thap Muoi area during the Vietnam War, received the Golden Lotus award. "Cánh Đồng Hoang" would go on to win the First Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival, 1981. Nguyễn Hồng Sến was awarded the title of the People's Artist in 1984. He died in 1995 of a serious illness.

Perfil

Nguyễn Hồng Sến

Filmes

Flooding Season
Director
One of the three collaborated movies by Trinh Cong Son (songwriter), Hong Sen (director), and Nguyen Quang Sang (novelist). The other two are "Mùa Gió Chướng" and "Cánh Đồng Hoang".
Left Alone
Director
A Vietnamese woman from an ethnic minority is grieving over the death of her husband caused by the U.S. bomb. An American fighter pilot is shot down and desperately trying to survive under the U.S. bombing in the jungle where the woman lives.
Hòn Đất
Director
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
Station Zone's Leader (credited as Hồng Chi)
In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.
The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone
Director
In Dong Thap Muoi during the days of the Vietnam War, Ba Do, Sau Xoa and their little child live in a small shack in the middle of an abandoned wetland zone. They are entrusted with the mission of maintaining Viet Minh's lines of communication in the area. Daily life goes on as the small family looks out for death from above.
Whirlwind Season
Director
Nguyễn Hồng Sến's debut feature, based on the novel of the same name by Nguyễn Quang Sáng. Members of the Viet Cong attempt to defend their fellow citizens from being forcefully relocated from their village by a South Vietnamese army officer while at the same time continue with their efforts to win the war in Vietnam.
Kim Đồng
Director of Photography
Một Ngày Đầu Thu
Director of Photography
Lửa trung tuyến
Director of Photography
About the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people against the French colonialists. Commander Dung, who is fighting on the front line, is sent to the rear to organize the supply of ammunition to the forward units.
Nhiệm Vụ Hoa Hồng
Director
Rose Quest is movie Vietnam 1991