Trần Anh Hùng

Trần Anh Hùng is one of those filmmakers whose work you feel before you understand it. Born in Da Nang, Vietnam in 1962 and raised in France, he's got this rare dual cultural instinct that produces images soaked in heat, memory, and longing — the kind of cinema that moves at the pace of breath rather than plot. His debut, The Scent of Green Papaya, was so visually assured it earned him the César for Best First Film in 1994, and then Cyclo took the Golden Lion at Venice the following year. That's an almost absurd level of early recognition, and honestly it was deserved. His work sits in this meditative space where silence does as much heavy lifting as dialogue, and you walk away from his films carrying some image — light through a window, a sound, a texture — that just refuses to leave you.

Name (English)

Trần Anh Hùng

Name (Japanese)

トラン・アン・ユン

Reading

とらん・あん・ゆん

Born

December 23, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Tiger

Origin

Da Nang, Vietnam

Occupation

filmmaker

Awards & achievements

• 1994 César Award for Best First Film
• 1994 Sutherland Trophy
• 1995 Golden Lion

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A6%E3%83%B3

Tags

• filmmaker

Last updated

2026-06-02

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