Linh Nga
BIO
Linh Nga is a Vietnamese - American
film director, film producer, actress,
sound designer, and screenwriter. 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 NamDinh 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. 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. She has appeared in many films in Vietnam
from 1995 to 2004 such as "Đốm Lửa Biên Thuỳ" (Border Flames), "Ông Bầu Ca Nhạc"
(The Impresario), Khoảng Cách (Distance), Xuoi Nguoc Đuong Tran, Mạnh Hơn Công Lý (More Than
Justice), Đám Cưới Ở Thiên Đường (Wedding In Heaven), Vùng Cửa Sóng (Maritime Boundary)..
Linh Nga founded a film company in Vietnam in 2004, 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. Linh Nga attended Newton
College in Orange County. She met Johnny K. Pham during this time. They started a family then
filed for divorce in 2011. In the same year, Linh Nga attended Chapman University, where she
graduated with MFA degrees in Film Production with Sound Design Emphasis. She works for
Vietface TV as a news-anchor, news-writer since 2011. Linh Nga also worked for Thuy Nga Paris
by Night as a cosmetic products representative from 2012 to 2016.
She 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 America'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 in
"Inside This Peace"is officially released on August 10, 2019 - the Agent Orange Day.
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