BIO
Linh Nga is a Vietnamese - American actress, filmmaker, peace
& environmental activist. She is the founder of 9669 Films.
Linh Nga's 2019 feature documentary "Inside This Peace" won
Best Feature Documentary at the California Women's Film
Festival CWFF 2019, earned Award Of Merit - Documentary
Feature at the Impact DOCS Awards 2019, and nominated for
Best Feature Documentary at the Action On Film International
Film Festival 2019. Other honors include Best T V Series at the
Vietnam International Film Festival in 2003 for "Xuoi Nguoc
Duong Tran", the Gold Medal for Best Voice from Good
Singing Voice of Hanoi in 1997, and the Gold Medal for Best
Voice from Nam Dinh City Young Voice in 1990. Her other
films are Quỳnh (Quynh), Khoảng Cách (Distance); Đốm Lửa Biên Thùy (Border Flame),
Xuoi Nguoc Đuong Tran, Mạnh Hơn Công Lý (More Than Justice), Đám Cưới Ở Thiên Đường
(Wedding In Heaven), Vùng Cửa Sóng (Maritime Boundary), Whats' The Good Of Being Good?..
PERSONAL
Linh Nga was born in Nam Dinh, Viet Nam. Her father is music
composer Quang Duy Nguyen, her mother is opera singer Thuy
Bich Thi Le, and her older brother is dance composer Linh Duy
Nguyen. Linh Nga graduated from Vietnam Academy of Dance
(Tr ường Cao Đẳng Múa Việt Nam) with a BA degree in 1999.
She studied and graduated from the Hanoi Academy of Theatre
and Cinema (Trường Đại Học Sân Khấu Và Điện Ảnh Hà Nội)
a few years later with another BA degree. She earned a MFA degree
(Master Of Fine Art) in Film productions with Sound design emphasis
from Chapman University in 2014. Linh Nga joined the Club of Love
(Câu lạc bộ tình thương) formed by NSND Tường Vy from 1993 to
2000. During this time, she helped Club of Love (Câu lạc bộ tình thương) raising funds for the poor
and the victims of Agent Orange. Linh Nga also worked for Vietnam Television as an actress,
screenwriter, and director. In 2004, she founded a film company in Vietnam, named Linh Nga
Trading & Communication Company Lmt. She owned some restaurants from 2000 to 2005.
In 2000, Linh Nga engaged to Trần Văn Thuyết, also known as Thuyết Buôn Vua, a successful
businessman and a strategist for Năm Cam. Năm Cam was a notorious Vietnamese mobster
who is also known as the "Godfather" of Vietnam. A year later, Thuyết was arrested and
sentenced 20 years to prison related to Năm Cam's case. Năm Cam's trial in the Ho Chi Minh
City’s People's Court was one of the largest criminal cases in history of Vietnam.
Linh Nga came to California, United States in 2005 to study abroad. She attended Newton
College in Orange County. She met Johnny K. Pham during this time. They started a family then
filed for divorce in 2012. Linh Nga worked for Vietface TV as a news presenter, news-writer since
2011. She also worked for Thuy Nga Paris by Night as a cosmetic products representative from
2012 to 2016.
Linh Nga has two daughters are Anna Linh and Mary Linh.
FILMS
In 2014, Linh Nga founded her film company
in the United State, 9669 Films,LLC. In 2015,
9669 Films produced the first film production,
"What's the good of being good?". The short,
action film released in November, 2nd of 2017
in the United States and other countries.
9669 Films's feature documentary "Inside This
Peace" produced in 2018 won Best Feature
Documentary at the California Women's Film
Festival CWFF 2019, earned Award Of Merit
- Documentary Feature at the Impact DOCS
Awards 2019, and nominated forBest Feature Documentary at theAction On Film International
Film Festival AOF 2019. Linh Nga wrote, directed, produced, and sound designed for the film.
Her daughter Anna Linh joined the crew as a film producer. The documentary received support
from Hollywood's filmmakers such as director Roy Finch, screenwriter Frank Deese, music
composer Nathaniel Wolkstein. The documentary tells the story of Thoa, an Agent Orange victim
"Inside This Peace"is officially released on August 10, 2019 - the Agent Orange Day.
CC BY-SA