Duc Nguyen

Right Here in My Pocket
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Fountain Valley, California

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About Duc

An Emmy Award winner, Duc Nguyen’s documentaries cover the subjects of home, immigration, war, conflict history and reconciliation. In 2001, he produced a short documentary film, Mediated Reality, which examined the U.S. mainstream television's portrayal of the tug-of-war between the U.S. and Cuba over 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez. In 2007, he directed and produced "Bolinao 52", a documentary about an ill-fated journey of a Vietnamese refugee boat that later won 2 Northern California Regional Emmy Awards in 2009 for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary and Outstanding Music Composition. "Bolinao 52" was shown in over 15 international film festivals and was broadcasted in Japan, Australia, Europe and on PBS stations nationally. "Stateless," his second feature documentary, won an Audience Choice Award as well as a Spotlight Award in 2013 at the Vietnamese International Film Festival. An eager traveler, he has done video documentary work in Vietnam, Cuba, the Andes Mountains and in the Amazon River, South America. In 2002, he spent a month in Ecuador documenting a group of archaeologists searching for a Pre-Inca civilization. In 2003, Nguyen served as an assistant editor for "The New Americans" and "My Journey Home", multi-part series on family and identities. He served as an assistant editor on the award winning documentary "Sentenced Home" and an associate editor on the multiple awards winner "Sir, No, Sir" in 2005. Before becoming an independent documentary filmmaker, Duc Nguyen spent over10 years in the entertainment and television industries in Hollywood. Duc has a Bachelor degree in Mass Communications from UC Berkeley with a focus in journalism.

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Bolinao 52 (2008)
Film (Documentary) Director Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, millions refugees took the perilous escape across South China Sea to find freedom. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Other lost at sea for days while some were pillaged, robbed and raped by pirates. However, more than 30 years after, no major film or television program tells their stories. Bolinao 52 is a long-silenced voice, an unspoken legacy of the Vietnam War - the story of the Vietnamese Boat People. Written by Nguyen, Huu Duc
Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Film (Documentary and War) Editorial department This feature-length documentary focuses on the efforts by troops in the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to oppose the war effort by peaceful demonstration and subversion. It speaks mainly to veterans, but serves as a ready reminder to civilians that soldiers may oppose war as stridently as any civilian, and at greater personal peril. Written by Steve Fenwick (scf@w0x0f.com)
My Journey Home (2004)
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