# Kim Nguyen

Kim Nguyen (born 1974) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for his 2012 film War Witch (Rebelle) which received numerous honours including an Academy Awards nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.

## Early life

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec to a Vietnamese 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.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2006 | La chambre no. 13 | S1, E9: Le rat |
| 2017 | Bellevue | S1, E5: How Do I Remember? S1, E6: The Problem with the Truth |
| 2019 | Anne with an E | S3, E2: There Is Something at Work in My Soul Which I Do Not Understand |
| 2022 | Transplant | S2, E9: Between & E10: Shadows S3, Episode 5: Nadir |

## Accolades

Awards and nominations received by Kim Nguyen :
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Academy Awards | 2013 | Best Foreign Language Film | War Witch | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2012 | Golden Bear | War Witch | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | 2012 | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Special Mention | War Witch | Won |
| Cambridge Film Festival | 2012 | Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature | War Witch | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2013 | Best Director | War Witch | Won |
| Canadian Screen Awards | 2013 | Best Screenplay | War Witch | Won |
| Cinema for Peace awards | 2013 | Most Valuable Film of the Year | War Witch | Nominated |
| Directors Guild of Canada | 2017 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |
| Fantastic Fest | 2009 | Best Fantastic Director | Truffle | Won |
| Film Critics Circle of Australia | 2014 | Best Feature Documentary | Blush of Fruit | Nominated |
| Fresh Film Festival | 2009 | Fresh Generation | Truffle | Won |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2003 | Best Director | The Marsh | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2003 | Best Screenplay | The Marsh | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2011 | Best Director | City of Shadows | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2013 | Best Director | War Witch | Won |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2013 | Best Screenplay | War Witch | Won |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2013 | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | War Witch | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2017 | Best Director | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2017 | Best Screenplay | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |
| Gala Québec Cinéma | 2017 | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2013 | Best International Film | War Witch | Nominated |
| Milwaukee Film Festival | 2013 | Herzfeld Competition Award | War Witch | Won |
| Montreal International Black Film Festival | 2013 | Vanguard Award | — | Honored |
| Sitges Film Festival | 2012 | Noves Visions Award | War Witch | Won |
| Tribeca Film Festival | 2012 | Best Narrative Feature | War Witch | Won |
| Vancouver International Film Festival | 2012 | Best Canadian Feature Film | War Witch | Nominated |
| Venice Film Festival | 2017 | Venice Days – Fedeora Awards for Best Film | Eye on Juliet | Won |
| Vietnamese International Film Festival | 2013 | Grand-Jury Trống Đồng Award for Best Feature | War Witch | Won |
| World Cinema Amsterdam | 2012 | Audience Award | War Witch | Won |
| Writers Guild of Canada | 2017 | Feature Film | Two Lovers and a Bear | Nominated |