The Most Famous
FILM DIRECTORS from Vietnam
This page contains a list of the greatest Vietnamese Film Directors. The pantheon dataset contains 2,041 Film Directors, 2 of which were born in Vietnam. This makes Vietnam the birth place of the 57th most number of Film Directors behind Tunisia, and Burkina Faso.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Vietnamese Film Directors of all time. This list of famous Vietnamese Film Directors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Tsui Hark (b. 1950)
With an HPI of 64.98, Tsui Hark is the most famous Vietnamese Film Director. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Tsui Hark (Chinese: 徐克, Vietnamese: Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Vietnamese: Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker. A major director in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, Tsui gained critical and commercial success with films such as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983), the Once Upon a Time in China film series (1991–1997), Green Snake (1993), The Lovers (1994), and The Blade (1995). His credits as a writer and producer include A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), The Killer (1989), The Legend of the Swordsman (1992), The Wicked City (1992), Iron Monkey (1993) and Black Mask (1996). Amid the Hong Kong handover, Tsui briefly pursued a career in the United States, directing the Jean-Claude Van Damme-led films Double Team (1997) and Knock Off (1998), before returning to Hong Kong. Since the early 2000s, he has shifted to Mainland-Hong Kong co-productions and found success with blockbusters such as the Detective Dee film series, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2011), The Taking of Tiger Mountain (2014) and The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021).
2. Tran Anh Hung (b. 1962)
With an HPI of 59.02, Tran Anh Hung is the 2nd most famous Vietnamese Film Director. His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Trần Anh Hùng (English: Anh Hung Tran), born December 23, 1962) is a Vietnamese-French filmmaker.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Vietnamese film directors born between 1950 and 1962. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Vietnamese film directors include Tsui Hark, and Tran Anh Hung.
