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Timothy Linh Bui is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 13 april 1970 at Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Timothy Linh Bui (b. Saigon, South Vietnam, April 13, 1970) is a Vietnamese-born American filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter. He directed Green Dragon, and co-wrote and produced Three Seasons.
Bui was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, and came to the United States with his family as a refugee of the Vietnam War in 1975, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon. He grew up in Sunnyvale, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a graduate of Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood (CCH).
Personal life
Timothy Linh Bui is the older brother of Tony Bui, who is also a film director and producer. He is also the nephew of the Vietnamese actor Đơn Dương.
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Early lifeBui was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, and came to the United States with his family as a refugee of the Vietnam War in 1975, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon. He grew up in Sunnyvale, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a graduate of Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood (CCH).
Personal life
Timothy Linh Bui is the older brother of Tony Bui, who is also a film director and producer. He is also the nephew of the Vietnamese actor Đơn Dương.
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Filmography of Timothy Linh Bui (4 films)
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Powder Blue (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Striptease
Actors Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne, Lisa Kudrow
Rating61%
Several Los Angeles residents meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy, loss and divine intervention.
Green Dragon (2001)
, 1h55Directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Đơn Dương, Billinjer C. Tran, Kieu Chinh, Kathleen Luong
Rating60%
The film follows the experience of Vietnamese refugees in the United States immediately following the Fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Tai Tran (Duong) has been appointed the camp translator by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Lance (Swayze). He has arrived with his sister's two young children. Their mother is believed to have been lost in the rush to leave Vietnam.
Scriptwriter
Powder Blue (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Striptease
Actors Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne, Lisa Kudrow
Roles Story
Rating61%
Several Los Angeles residents meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy, loss and divine intervention.
Green Dragon (2001)
, 1h55Directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Patrick Swayze, Forest Whitaker, Đơn Dương, Billinjer C. Tran, Kieu Chinh, Kathleen Luong
Roles Story
Rating60%
The film follows the experience of Vietnamese refugees in the United States immediately following the Fall of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Tai Tran (Duong) has been appointed the camp translator by Gunnery Sgt. Jim Lance (Swayze). He has arrived with his sister's two young children. Their mother is believed to have been lost in the rush to leave Vietnam.
Three Seasons (1999)
, 1h44Directed by Tony Bui
Origin Vietnam
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Đơn Dương, Harvey Keitel, Marc Bélanger
Rating71%
In the misty mornings of Saigon, young girls wake up to pick lotuses from a flower pond, to later sell to American tourists and fellow Vietnamese alike. To pass the time, the girls sing rich folk songs that touch the heart of a poet (Teacher Dao) who lives in an old temple overlooking the pond. Teacher Dao (Manh Cuong Tran) suffered leprosy at the age of 26 and had consequently lost his fingers.
Producer
Powder Blue (2009)
, 1h46Directed by Timothy Linh Bui
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Striptease
Actors Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne, Lisa Kudrow
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Several Los Angeles residents meet on Christmas Eve through chance, tragedy, loss and divine intervention.
Owl and the Sparrow (2007)
Origin Vietnam
Genres Drama
Roles Executive producer
Rating73%
The film takes place during five days in the lives of the main characters: Thuy (Pham Gia Han), a ten-year-old runaway orphan, Lan (Cat Ly), a flight attendant, and Hai (Le The Hu), a zookeeper. Thuy works in a factory for her uncle, Minh (Nguyen Hau), who thinks she is useless and unfit for school. Longing for a life elsewhere, she runs away from home and ends up on the streets of Saigon selling postcards and roses to earn a living. One night, Thuy meets Lan at a noodle shop and the two become friends. On hearing that Thuy is homeless, Lan gives her a place to stay at her apartment and Thuy comes to admire her for her kindness, beauty, and independence. Unbeknownst to everyone, however, Lan is having an affair with a co-worker and is secretly unhappy with her life.