Huy Thành

Huy Thành (full name Nguyễn Huy Thành, b. February 20, 1928 – May 22, 2018) was a Vietnamese screenwriter, film director, former Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Cinema Association and former Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Cinema Association. Considered one of the greatest directors of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema, he was awarded the title of People's Artist by the Vietnamese government in 1993 and the State Prize in 2007. He belonged to the first directing class (1959) of the Vietnam Film School. In 1964, Huy Thành collaborated with People's Artist Trần Vũ to make the film "Floating Village…