Ly Hai and the story of 10 years of working: From singer to director of hundreds of billions

Originally a singer, after 10 years of artistic activities, launching many projects and 6 popular movies, Ly Hai is gradually asserting the position of one of the leading names in Vietnamese cinema. .

From singer "encroaching" to director "exploding" the box office

In the early 1990s, Ly Hai was a famous singer with modern songs and dances - he was dubbed "Golden Legs". In 2000, the series Lifetime with you was born. The 90-minute scripted music videos for each album made Ly Hai a phenomenon.

At that time, it can be considered that Ly Hai was a pioneer in the musical filmmaking movement with investment products, which received much love from the audience.

Ly Hai has been successful continuously for many years with 10 albums To Live With You and many other solo albums. In particular, the series Lifetime with you also helped him achieve many records such as: The first person to fly and explode a car - something that Vietnamese movies had not done at that time; cascadeur jumps from the 8th floor of a high-rise building; the first person to release an online album on Zing MP3 music site.

During his illustrious musical career, Ly Hai has released 600 songs, penned and composed 20 songs. Many of his songs are famous, and his lines in musical films have also become the mouthpieces of the audience.

At the peak of her singing career, in 2015, Ly Hai left the stage to fulfill her bigger dream: Film director and release her first movie Flip Face. Many people mistakenly believe that Ly Hai is a "hands-on" director, but the truth is that Ly Hai originally came from the School of Dramatic Arts 2. Embracing his love of cinema, Ly Hai constantly researched how to make films. , screenplay and cinematography.

Taking advantage of the knowledge and experience after the hit music movies, in 2015 Ly Hai hit the cinematic lane with his debut work - Flip Face.

Receiving enthusiastic support from the public, earning 72 billion and becoming the momentum for Ly Hai to launch 4 more works in a row with revenue increasing over time: Flip Face: Film Studio - 80 billion VND, Flip Face: Three Missing Guys - 85 billion VND, Flip Face: The house has guests - 120 billion and the action blockbuster Flip Face: 48H - more than 150 billion.

After 5 movies, Flip Face is recognized as the movie series with the fastest revenue growth, and at the same time, the movie series is always in the top of the highest-grossing movies. of the history of Vietnamese cinema.

After 8 years, Ly Hai has become one of the most successful producers and directors in the film industry, opening the trend of making brand films (franchise) on Vietnamese screens.

Passion for innovation, challenge yourself

One of the reasons why Flip Face continuously conquers increasingly demanding audiences is thanks to director Ly Hai's spirit of "playing big" and his willingness to explore new limits. He was even ready to spend huge amounts of money just to make art.

Ly Hai and the Flip Face series are always reinventing themselves and experimenting with different genres to engage audiences. His films all have separate content, genres ranging from action, comedy, psychological, horror, sensationalism, love, creating a strange "mouth" for the public.

In the near future, Ly Hai will renew himself again with the project Flip Face 6: The ticket of fate has completely different content from the previous parts. This is also the first time that Ly Hai tries his hand at thriller, psychological, comedy mixed with action.

The director is full of love and always goes back to the roots

The name Ly Hai is always associated with the love of his homeland, he always wondered how to bring beautiful images of Vietnam to the screen. In the whole Flip Face brand, each film has extremely diverse backgrounds with many famous landmarks, spanning all parts of the country.

Not only bringing to the screen the beautiful scenes of his homeland, but Ly Hai also designed and restored the traditional cultural beauty of Vietnam. As in Flip Face 5, he brought the image of a beautiful stilt house of the previous Cham village.

The heart" of the director who loves the West is also reflected in the scene of the buggy racing in Chau Doc (An Giang), the scenes at Cai Rang floating market, or the details of the character using the rice tattoo tree which is a traditional artifact. familiar objects with the people of the West as weapons.

In particular, in the latest film Flip Face 6: The Fateful Ticket, he restored the traditional village of Dinh Yen as the main scene.

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