Biography

People's Artist Trần Vũ (b. Nguyễn Phú, Nam Định province, 10 November 1925 - 16 February 2010) was a Vietnamese film director and screenwriter. In 1959, when he was already 34 years old, he attended the first directing class of the Vietnam Film School, under the guide of several Soviet filmmakers. Trần Vũ's first film, also his thesis for graduation, was "The Passerine Bird" (Con chim vành khuyên, 1962), which won the Golden Lotus Award at the 2nd Vietnam Film Festival and the Special Prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Trần Vũ's other notable work between 1954 and 1970 was "Floating Village" (Làng nổi, 1964), which he co-directed by People's Artist Huy Thành.