Complex sentence: A cinema fan since his student days in Saigon in the 1930s, he made his first feature "Apsara" released on August 8,1966 and made eight other films during the next three years, serving as producer, director, writer, composer and star.
Split into simpler sentences: A cinema fan since his student days in Saigon in the 1930s, he released his first feature, "Apsara", on August 8,1966. He made eight more films during the next three years, serving as producer, director, writer, composer and star.