Born in Da Nang, Vietnam, in 1962, Trần Anh Hùng moved to France at twelve after the fall of Saigon, and studied at the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière. His debut The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) won the Caméra d'Or at Cannes and an Oscar nomination. His style is sensory and slow, with an emphasis on food, nature and fine composition. Cyclo (1995) won the Golden Lion at Venice, and Norwegian Wood (2010) adapted Haruki Murakami. The Taste of Things (2023) won him the best director prize at Cannes.
Filmography
- The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
- Cyclo (1995)
- The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
- Norwegian Wood (2010)
- Eternity (2016)
- The Taste of Things (2023)