Kim Nguyen (born 1974)
Early life
Born and raised in
Montreal,
Quebec to a
father and a
French-Canadian mother,
he is a 1997 graduate of Concordia University in
Montreal, having earned a BFA.
His knowledge of computer-assisted image manipulation was deepened while he taught cinematographic language and screenwriting at the Institut de création artistique et de recherche en infographie (ICARI) and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montréal.
Career
Kim has directed a number of feature films including
War Witch (2012) (also known by the French title
Rebelle),
Eye on Juliet (2017) and
The Hummingbird Project (2018). For
War Witch, the film was the top winner at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, in addition to being named Best Picture and winning acting awards for two of its stars, Nguyen himself won the awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay,
which also earned him an
Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Following
War Witch, Kim Nguyen was one of 276 new members invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2019 he was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup.
In 2025 he was announced as entering production on Le Sablier, an adaptation of Édith Blais's non-fiction book about her experience being captured and held hostage by Islamist terrorists while travelling in Burkina Faso.[Charles Rioux, "Kim Nguyen adaptera Le sablier d’Édith Blais au cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, May 1, 2025.]
Filmography
Films
Feature film
| 2002
! scope="row" | The Marsh | Le Marais | |
| 2008
! scope="row" | Truffles | Truffe | |
| 2010
! scope="row" | City of Shadows | La Cité |
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| 2012
! scope="row" | War Witch | Rebelle | |
| 2016
! scope="row" | Two Lovers and a Bear | Two Lovers and a Bear | |
| 2017
! scope="row" | Eye on Juliet | Eye on Juliet | |
| 2018
! scope="row" | The Hummingbird Project | The Hummingbird Project | |
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Short film
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| 2000
! scope="row" | Soleil glacé | Soleil glacé | |
| 2004
! scope="row" | The Glove | Le Gant | |
| 2012
! scope="row" | Denis Marleau | Denis Marleau | |
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Documentary films
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| 2007
! scope="row" | Happiness Bound | Happiness Bound | |
| 2012
! scope="row" | Blush Of Fruit | Blush Of Fruit | |
| 2014
! scope="row" | The Empire Of The Scents | Le Nez | |
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Television
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| 2006
! scope="row" | La chambre no. 13 | S1, E9: Le rat | |
| 2017
! scope="row" | Bellevue | S1, E5: How Do I Remember?
S1, E6: The Problem with the Truth | |
| 2019
! scope="row" | Anne with an E | S3, E2: There Is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand | |
| 2022
! scope="row" | Transplant | S2, E9: Between & E10: Shadows
S3, Episode 5: Nadir |
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Accolades
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| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention | | |
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| Best Screenplay | |
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| Best Screenplay | |
| 2011 | Best Director | City of Shadows | | |
| 2013 | War Witch | | |
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| Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | |
| 2017 | Best Director | Two Lovers and a Bear | | |
| Best Screenplay | |
| Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | |
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See also
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Asian Americans in arts and entertainment
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List of Academy Award winners and nominees of Asian descent
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