Linh Dan Nguyen Phan
Linh Dan Nguyen Phan
 
 

 

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Dan grew up in between the Vietnamese and French cultures then moved to the United States to study at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts for a BFA in Film & TV Production with a minor in Studio Arts. Since then, she has worked as a Director of Photography around the world and have shot over 30 short films and 6 feature films from top box office studio films to award-winning independent films. Her camera work has been screened at festivals such as Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, Busan International Film Festival, among others. She is recorded to be the first Vietnamese female director of photography to capture a local feature film released in theaters in 2020. In 2023, she received “Best Cinematography” at the Golden Lotus Award. This is the first time this award was given to a woman in Vietnam. Dan has also participated as a Jury in the Central Asia Competition at the Bishkek International Film Festival 2024 and in the Short Films Competition at Hanoi International Film Festival 2024.

Dan is currently based in Saigon, Vietnam, and is available to work worldwide.

 
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 Select Awards & Achievement

  • Best Cinematography | Golden Lotus Award at the 23rd Vietnam Film Festival 2023

  • Cinematography Fellow at CHANEL x Busan International Film Festival Asian Film Academy 2023

  • Nominated for “Best Creative” at Ngoi Sao Xanh | Face of The Year Award in 2022 and 2024

  • Motion Pictures Association (MPA) President Special Recognization Award 2023

  • “Women of our Time” 2022 by L’OFFICIEL VIETNAM 

  • National Winner - Best Cinematography at Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021

  • “If wood could cry, it would cry blood” project received the Arte Kino Awards at Busan International Film Festival 2021

  • Fellow at La Fabrique Cinema - Cannes International Film Festival - 2022

  • SGIFF SEA Film Lab 2021 Fellow

  • Best Screenwriter at New York - First Run Film Festival 2021

  • New York Foundation of the Arts - MADE IN NY Film, TV and Theater Fund Recipient 2019

  • A.P.A. STARR Fund Recipient 2018

  • Todd Phillips Production Award - 2019

  • Russell Hexter Filmmaker Fund Recipient - 2019

  • Panavision Grant 2018

  • Best Short - Golden Kite Award - Canh Dieu Vang 2018

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 INSTAGRAM

Some random shots from one of the features this year. Realized I’m not so good at comedies 🙂‍↕️ Shot on @arri alexa 35 & alexa mini LF with @cookeoptics s7/i
Em đừng đi làm dâu cho thiên hạ 🙅🏻‍♀️ another sister collab with @danestla for @justsuboi
“Shoot, shoot, shoot” 🎬 Will hold on to the camera for as long as I can Thank you to @arri @arri_asia for the #alexa35
Thank you @chanelofficial x @busanfilmfest Been an honor to be a cinematography fellow at CHANEL x BAFA. It’s such an inspiration to be around like minded filmmakers with so much passion. Thank you for sharing the hope and pain of this tough i
Had a meaningful experience shooting this short doc piece for @colorsxstudios presenting the Vietnamese drag scene 🙌 @hoi.houseofillusion Watch the full film on @nowness directed by @megancourtis line production. @booncha.studio colorist. @mai_la
Dug up from the archives that I photographed from long ago. Miss shooting short films… 🙃
Received quite a few blow these past few months. Looking back, these long set days where everyone worked hard with a common goal to complete a good film seem so much simpler. Thank you so much to the entire cast and crew for going above and beyond du
Honored to be part of L’Officiel Vietnam ‘Women of Our Time’ list along with 20 amazing Vietnamese women 🙏🙏 Thank you to L’Officiel team @alexfox_alexfox and baby @tigrebia for making me look like a badass witch. There&rsqu
Missing You | Vũ Thanh Vân @sadnessismybestestfriend_ A huge shoutout to everyone from the cast and crew for the all nighters to shoot and to do post for this idea I naively thought would be simple to pull off 😅 starring - theofficialminh