Directing
Nguyễn Khánh Dư
- Born
- Sep 2, 1933 · Aged 74
- Died
- Dec 3, 2007
- Place of birth
- Cao Bằng, French Indochina [now Vietnam]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 11
Also known as (4)
- Nguyen Khanh Du
- Нгуен Кхань Зу
- Кхань Зу Нгуен
- Khanh Du Nguyen
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"…