Timothy Linh Bui


Timothy Linh Bui is a Vietnamese-born American filmmaker, film producer, and screenwriter. He directed Green Dragon, and co-wrote and produced Three Seasons.

Biography

Early life

Tim Bui was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, and came to the United States with his family as a refugee of the Vietnam War in 1975, leaving Vietnam approximately one week before the Fall of Saigon. He grew up in Sunnyvale, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. His parents held a video store where he watched "thousands" of movies and shot amateur action short films in his parents' backyard.
He initially moved to Los Angeles to study in business school, but quickly dropped out to join a film school. He is a graduate of Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood.
Timothy Linh Bui is the older brother of Tony Bui, who is also a film director and producer. He is also the nephew of the Vietnamese actor Đơn Dương.

Film career

In 1999, Tim Bui co-wrote the film Three Seasons with his brother, the first US-funded production about Vietnam that portrayed the beauty of the country instead of the war horrors of the 1970s. This trip to Vietnam revived his interest for his family's country.
In 2002, he directed Green Dragon, which took place in the Vietnamese internment camps in Pendleton, California in 1975.
Patrick Swayze did his last film appearance in Tim Bui's 2009 film Powder Blue.
In 2013, he co-founded with his partner Anh Tran the movie production company Happy Canvas Film in the USA. In 2016, he moved Happy Canvas Film to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to develop the film industry in the country. The studio worked on the production of a Vietnamese version of the TV show The Bachelor. In 2018, he was part of the production team behind the American remake of his 2016 film The Housemaid.

Filmography

Awards