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==Biography== ==Biography==
Hoang is the daughter of a former South Vietnamese Air Force major from Saigon and a Mekong Delta plantation heiress.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://ohsaigon.com/doanhoangbio |title=Doan Hoang - Full Bio |publisher=Ohsaigon.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-02}}</ref><ref name="dvan"/> On April 30, 1975, she was airlifted on the final civilian helicopter out of Vietnam at the end of the war.<ref name="nerdsociety"/> She was placed in a refugee camp at ] in Arkansas.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Four months afterwards, she settled in ].<ref name="courierjournal">{{cite news|url = http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100517/ZONE06/5170327/Vietnamese-community-paved-way-other-immigrants-became-part-Louisville-s-cultural-fabric | title = Vietnamese community paved way for other immigrants and became part of Louisville's cultural fabric | first = Charlie | last =White | date = May 17, 2010 }}{{subscription required|date=February 2014}}</ref> When she was nine, she wrote her first book on the Vietnam War.<ref name="ohsaigonpress">{{cite press release|format=PDF |url=http://www.letrak.ehu.es/p245-content/en/contenidos/evento/conferencia_realiza_docs/en_biopics/adjuntos/OhSaigon%20studyguide.pdf | title = American Documentary Showcase - Oh Saigon }}</ref> Around the age of 12-13, she made a film documentary on war.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/><!-- some press releases say 12 others say 13 --> She graduated from ] in 1990, and ] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calendar.fivecolleges.edu/FiveCol/calendrome.cgi?span=day&year=2006&month=4&day=10&state_values |title=Five College Calendar of Events: April 10th, 2006 |work=Calendar.fivecolleges.edu | publisher = ] | date=April 10, 2006 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref><!-- what was her major? --> Hoang is the daughter of a former South Vietnamese Air Force major from Saigon and a Mekong Delta plantation heiress.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://ohsaigon.com/doanhoangbio |title=Doan Hoang - Full Bio |publisher=Ohsaigon.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-02}}</ref><ref name="dvan"/> On April 30, 1975, she was airlifted on the final civilian helicopter out of Vietnam at the end of the war.<ref name="nerdsociety"/> Four months afterwards, she settled in ].<ref name="courierjournal">{{cite news|url = http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100517/ZONE06/5170327/Vietnamese-community-paved-way-other-immigrants-became-part-Louisville-s-cultural-fabric | title = Vietnamese community paved way for other immigrants and became part of Louisville's cultural fabric | first = Charlie | last =White | date = May 17, 2010 }}{{subscription required|date=February 2014}}</ref> When she was nine, she wrote her first book on the Vietnam War.<ref name="ohsaigonpress">{{cite press release|format=PDF |url=http://www.letrak.ehu.es/p245-content/en/contenidos/evento/conferencia_realiza_docs/en_biopics/adjuntos/OhSaigon%20studyguide.pdf | title = American Documentary Showcase - Oh Saigon }}</ref> Around the age of 12-13, she made a film documentary on war.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/><!-- some press releases say 12 others say 13 --> She graduated from ] in 1990, and ] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calendar.fivecolleges.edu/FiveCol/calendrome.cgi?span=day&year=2006&month=4&day=10&state_values |title=Five College Calendar of Events: April 10th, 2006 |work=Calendar.fivecolleges.edu | publisher = ] | date=April 10, 2006 |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref><!-- what was her major? -->


After college, she worked as an editor and writer for national magazines, including ''Details'', ''Saveur'', ''House & Garden'', ''Garden Design'', and ''Spin''.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/> After college, she worked as an editor and writer for national magazines, including ''Details'', ''Saveur'', ''House & Garden'', ''Garden Design'', and ''Spin''.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/>
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Hoang premiered ''Oh, Saigon'' in March 2007 at the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/2007/films-events/section-index/?t=documentary_competition&phpMyAdmin=b4GoJfxThdT9ZjrvAA7g9M5nmM8&phpMyAdmin=GIqshWg-LkI0-Y-wBBIkie11KIf |title=SFIAAFF : Browse - Documentary Competition |work = Festival.asianamericanmedia.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> and received a nomination for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfbg.com/2007/03/14/sfiaaff-freedom-isnt-free |title=SFIAAFF: Freedom isn't free | newspaper = ] |date=2007-03-13 |first=Cheryl |last=Eddy |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> She had her New York premiere at the ] in 2008.<ref name="itvspress"/> At the ], her film received the Grand Jury Prize.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/> It won the Best Film and Best Feature Documentary at the 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival in 2008.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/><ref name="itvspress"/> It also screened at the ].<ref name="viffbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.vietfilmfest.com/d-filmmaker-bios.html |title=D Filmmaker Bios |publisher=Viet Film Fest |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> Hoang premiered ''Oh, Saigon'' in March 2007 at the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.asianamericanmedia.org/2007/films-events/section-index/?t=documentary_competition&phpMyAdmin=b4GoJfxThdT9ZjrvAA7g9M5nmM8&phpMyAdmin=GIqshWg-LkI0-Y-wBBIkie11KIf |title=SFIAAFF : Browse - Documentary Competition |work = Festival.asianamericanmedia.org |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> and received a nomination for Best Documentary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfbg.com/2007/03/14/sfiaaff-freedom-isnt-free |title=SFIAAFF: Freedom isn't free | newspaper = ] |date=2007-03-13 |first=Cheryl |last=Eddy |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref> She had her New York premiere at the ] in 2008.<ref name="itvspress"/> At the ], her film received the Grand Jury Prize.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/> It won the Best Film and Best Feature Documentary at the 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival in 2008.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/><ref name="itvspress"/> It also screened at the ].<ref name="viffbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.vietfilmfest.com/d-filmmaker-bios.html |title=D Filmmaker Bios |publisher=Viet Film Fest |date= |accessdate=2014-02-19}}</ref>


Hoang took the film to 16 countries, including a tour of Spain in 2011 and 2012 tour of Vietnam for the US State Department and American Documentary Showcase.<ref name="showcase"/> She was invited back to Vietnam by the United Nations Vietnam delegation in September 2012 as an American delegate.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Hoang took the film to 16 countries, including a tour of Spain in 2011 and 2012 tour of Vietnam for the US State Department and American Documentary Showcase.<ref name="showcase"/>


Hoang heads up her own film production company, Nuoc Pictures, located in New York City. She is producing a follow-up to '']'' called ''Scars For Eyes''. Hoang describes the film as "about the women in her family who unbeknownst to each other, share the same terrible secret." The film will feature animation and is partly funded by grants from the Asian Women's Giving Circle and the ].<ref name="bio"/> Hoang heads up her own film production company, Nuoc Pictures, located in New York City. She is producing a follow-up to '']'' called ''Scars For Eyes''. Hoang describes the film as "about the women in her family who unbeknownst to each other, share the same terrible secret." The film will feature animation and is partly funded by grants from the Asian Women's Giving Circle and the ].<ref name="bio"/>


Hoang divides her time between ], ], ] and ].{{citation needed|date=February 2014}} Some of her other films include ''Agent'', ''Good Morning Captains'', ''A Requiem'', and ''American Geisha''.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/> Some of her other films include ''Agent'', ''Good Morning Captains'', ''A Requiem'', and ''American Geisha''.<ref name="ohsaigonpress"/>


==Personal life== ==Personal life==

Revision as of 05:54, 3 August 2014

Doan Hoang
Hoàng Niên Thục Đoan
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Nha Trang, Vietnam
NationalityVietnamese-American
Alma materSmith College
Occupation(s)Film producer, director, writer
Known for2007 documentary Oh, Saigon
SpouseJohn Francis Campbell (1998-2006)

Doan Hoang (born in Nha Trang, Vietnam), is a Vietnamese-American documentary film director, producer, and screenwriter. She produced the 2007 documentary Oh, Saigon about her family after leaving Vietnam on the last civilian helicopter as Saigon fell. The documentary won several awards at film festivals and also broadcast on PBS, and she was selected to be a delegate to Vietnam for the American Documentary Showcase.

Biography

Hoang is the daughter of a former South Vietnamese Air Force major from Saigon and a Mekong Delta plantation heiress. On April 30, 1975, she was airlifted on the final civilian helicopter out of Vietnam at the end of the war. Four months afterwards, she settled in Louisville, Kentucky. When she was nine, she wrote her first book on the Vietnam War. Around the age of 12-13, she made a film documentary on war. She graduated from Seneca High School in 1990, and Smith College in 1994.

After college, she worked as an editor and writer for national magazines, including Details, Saveur, House & Garden, Garden Design, and Spin.

Hoang developed the film Oh, Saigon over seven years, where she documented her family. In 2005, the Sundance Institute awarded Hoang a grant for the then titled Homeland. She also received funding from the Independent Television Service (ITVS), the Center for Asian American Media, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Hoang premiered Oh, Saigon in March 2007 at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and received a nomination for Best Documentary. She had her New York premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in 2008. At the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, her film received the Grand Jury Prize. It won the Best Film and Best Feature Documentary at the 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival in 2008. It also screened at the Vietnam International Film Festival.

Hoang took the film to 16 countries, including a tour of Spain in 2011 and 2012 tour of Vietnam for the US State Department and American Documentary Showcase.

Hoang heads up her own film production company, Nuoc Pictures, located in New York City. She is producing a follow-up to Oh, Saigon called Scars For Eyes. Hoang describes the film as "about the women in her family who unbeknownst to each other, share the same terrible secret." The film will feature animation and is partly funded by grants from the Asian Women's Giving Circle and the Ms. Foundation.

Some of her other films include Agent, Good Morning Captains, A Requiem, and American Geisha.

Personal life

Hoang met John Francis Campbell, a London-based musician and executive businessman, at a wedding in France. They were married from 1998 to 2006, and lived in London and New York City. Campbell also served as an executive producer on Oh, Saigon.

Filmography

  • 2007: Oh, Saigon
  • 2008: The Trail of Ho
  • 2009: Legacy of Denial
  • 2014: Side Man, in post-production
  • 2014: Scars For Eyes, in post-production

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Doan Hoang - Full Bio". Ohsaigon.com. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  2. ^ "Doan Hoang | DVAN". Dvanonline.com. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. ^ "Interview with Filmmaker Doan Hoang: Oh, Saigon – Life After Vietnam War |". Nerdsociety.com. 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  4. ^ "American Documentary Showcase - Who Fact Sheet" (PDF).
  5. White, Charlie (May 17, 2010). "Vietnamese community paved way for other immigrants and became part of Louisville's cultural fabric".(subscription required)
  6. ^ "American Documentary Showcase - Oh Saigon" (PDF) (Press release).
  7. "Five College Calendar of Events: April 10th, 2006". Calendar.fivecolleges.edu. Five Colleges. April 10, 2006. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. "Indies : Sundance Documentary Fund Announces Grants For Thirteen Documentary Projects". Filmmakers.com. Media Pro Tech. 2005-11-20. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. ^ "Oh, Saigon - Photos and Press Kit". ITVS. 1975-04-30. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  10. "Funded Projects Archive | CAAM Home". Caamedia.org. 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  11. "SFIAAFF : Browse - Documentary Competition". Festival.asianamericanmedia.org. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  12. Eddy, Cheryl (2007-03-13). "SFIAAFF: Freedom isn't free". SF Bay Guardian. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  13. "D Filmmaker Bios". Viet Film Fest. Retrieved 2014-02-19.

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