Dang Nhat Minh. Profile photo from Hanoi Grapevine

Đặng Nhật Minh

b. 1938, Huế, Vietnam

Lives and works in Vietnam

Vietnam

Đặng Nhật Minh is one of Vietnam’s foremost film directors. He began making documentary films around 1965 and is the first Vietnamese person to be awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture, in 1999. His films have won several prizes at international film festivals.

He is the former General Secretary of the Vietnam Cinema Association.

Biography information from Wikipedia, December 2025

Dang Nhat Minh The Return 1994 Film poster Film Image courtesy of the artist

Dang Nhat Minh, 'The Return' 1994, film poster. Image courtesy of the artist

Dang Nhat Minh When the Tenth Month Comes fiom Image courtesy of the artist

Dang Nhat Minh, 'When the Tenth Month Comes', 1984, film still. Image courtesy of the artist

Dang Nhat Minh Guava House Film 2000 Image courtesy of the artist

Dang Nhat Minh, 'Guava House', 2000, film poster. Image courtesy of the artist