Nguyễn Khánh Dư
Born: 1933-09-02 in Cao Bằng, French Indochina [now Vietnam]
Died: 2007-12-03
Known For: Directing
Biography
Nguyễn Khánh Dư (September 2, 1933 – December 3, 2007) was a Vietnamese director and cinematographer. A war photographer for an information bureau during the 1st Indochina War, he began working as a documentary cinematographer in 1955. In 1959, he joined Vietnam Feature Film Studio and had his first feature film credit in Phạm Văn Khoa’s “Vườn cam”[Orange Garden] (1960). Despite lacking in professional training, Khánh Dư was widely regarded as one of the most influential cinematographers in early Vietnamese cinema. He worked on films such as "Chị Tư Hậu" [Mrs. Tu Hau] (1962) and "Biển lửa" [Sea of Fire] (1965) by Phạm Kỳ Nam, and won Best Cinematography at the 4th Vietnam Film Festival for his work in the feature film "Hai người mẹ" [Two Mothers] (1975) as well as the documentary "Thành phố lúc rạng đông" [The City at Sunrise] (1975). He began directing in 1976. His best known film is perhaps "Mẹ vắng nhà" [While Mother is Away] (1980), and many of his films focus on children as their subject.
Filmography
1992
- Road Dust ... (Director)
1991
- The Kids ... (Director)
1990
- My Student is a Water God ... (Director)
1986
- No Horizon To Be Seen ... (Director)
1985
- Sand Cactus ... (Director)
1984
- Birds Return ... (Director)
1983
- Skylark in the City ... (Director)
1982
- Dã Tràng Reclaims The East Sea ... (Director)
1980
- While Mother Is Away ... (Director)
1977
- The Foster Child ... (Director)
1975
- The City at Sunrise ... (Script)
- Two Mothers ... (Cinematography)
1973
- The slope ... (Cinematography)
1970
- Station ... (Cinematography)
1965
- Sea Of Fire ... (Director of Photography)
1964
- The Young Soldier ... (Director of Photography)
1963
- Mrs. Tư Hậu ... (Director of Photography)
1962
- An Early Autumn Day ... (Cinematography)