Phạm Thiên Ân

Biography

Phạm Thiên Ân (born November 1989 in Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese film director, screenwriter and editor. He initially studied Information Technology at Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City before turning toward filmmaking. He taught himself cinematography and editing and worked as a wedding videographer, experiences that eventually led him to independent cinema.

His short films include The Mute (2018), which screened at international festivals including Palm Springs, Tampere and Uppsala, and Stay Awake, Be Ready (2019), which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival and won the Illy Prize.

His feature debut, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell...