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Tony Bui is a Sundance award-winning writer, director, and producer. He is currently Artist-in-Residence at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute and teaches in Columbia’s School of the Arts graduate film program.
Tony Bui. Writer: Three Seasons. Arrived in US at age 2, and raised in Sunnyvale, California. His father ran a video store and he soon was inspired to make his own Super8 movies. Studied film at LA's Loyola Marymount University. Visited Vietnamese several times before making first short film, Yellow Lotus (1995).
Through these intertwining tales, Tony Bui is able to portray the struggles of a vanishing culture. Kien An represents the country's old ways, living as if untouched by time. Lan represents the country's present, re-inventing herself and hoping to embrace the capitalist invasion.
Tony Bui is a Vietnamese-born American independent film director in the U.S., most famous for his 1999 film Three Seasons, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and became the first film to win both an Audience Award and a Grand Jury Prize.
Tony Bui’s debut feature is a love letter to rain-soaked Saigon, weaving together four lives in a tale that’s at once gritty and poetic, a snapshot of a place where the old and new collide in a dance of beauty and despair.
Feb 9, 2024 · But for Vietnamese-American filmmaker Tony Bui, it was an opportunity to light up the Sundance screen for the second time. His film Three Seasons premiered 25 years ago in 1999 in the US Dramatic ...
May 12, 2024 · "Three Seasons" - Join us as we explore the transformative journey of film restoration and the universal power of storytelling with Director Tony Bui. A conversation that delves into the intricate layers of meaning behind his work and his profound commitment to shedding light on impactful narratives.
