Nguyen Quang Dung: dropped out of school, now a director of a hundred billion dollar film, dating a young lover

Nguyen Quang Dung, also known as "Crazy Dung", is a famous Vietnamese film director. With his creative and intelligent artistic thinking, Nguyen Quang Dung is highly appreciated by both experts and audiences.

Nguyen Quang Dung was born on December 18, 1978 in Ho Chi Minh City, originally from My Luong commune (now My Luong town), Cho Moi district, An Giang province. His father is the famous late writer that everyone knows - Writer Nguyen Quang Sang. Nguyen Quang Dung's father is known to generations of students through the literary work Ivory Comb. Since childhood, the male director has been in contact with many famous writers, poets, and musicians of the previous generation. Interestingly, the song Mother is away by the late musician Trinh Cong Son was co-written by the young bo.y Nguyen Quang Dung.

Although he is the son of a famous writer, Nguyen Quang Dung's academic performance is not good. The director's scores in all subjects are only average, enough to pass the class. Later, Nguyen Quang Dung humorously shared that he wrote an essay reviewing the work "My Father's Ivory Comb" and only got 4 points. With the desire to convey messages through films, Nguyen Quang Dung studied Directing at the University of Theater and Cinema. Although he did not have any outstanding achievements during his 12 years of studying, when he went to university, Nguyen Quang Dung fully developed his artistic talent and graduated with honors and high scores.

Nguyen Quang Dung’s first completed work as a director was a graduation short film called Doi. This short film was later approved by a major film studio at that time, and what is special is that Doi had the contribution of the late writer Nguyen Quang Sang as a scriptwriter. Despite graduating with high achievements, the male director’s early period was very difficult because he could not get into any film studio to do his dream job.

In the early 2000s, after being hired by TFS Film Studio, Nguyen Quang Dung's name rose like a kite in the wind. The short film Con Ga Rooster won the Ho Chi Minh City Literature and Arts Awar.d 2000-2003. Following that were the films Hon Truong Ba, Da Hang Thit (2006), Nu hon than chet (2009), Giai cuu than chet (2010), all of which left an impression on the hearts of movie-loving audiences.

With a solid foundation, Nguyen Quang Dung began to be favored by film studios, and his films were also invested with "huge" budgets. In 2013, Nguyen Quang Dung and the movie My Nhan Ke caused an explosion on the Vietnamese big screen. The film earned 52 billion VND in revenue, 3 times the film's budget, and was also shown in major countries such as the US and Australia.

Perhaps Nguyen Quang Dung is very lucky with remakes (adapted from foreign blockbusters) when films such as Em la ba noi cua anh (2015), Thang nam ruc ro (2018), Tiec trang mau (2020), ... all have impressive revenue and achievements. Although they have the same plot, these films are successful thanks to the "Vietnamese soul" in the male director born in 1979. From the setting, the actors' appearance to the character's dialogue, all are naturally Vietnamized, making the film closer to Vietnamese audiences, bringing a difference compared to the original work. This is the special point that makes the audience love and always support Nguyen Quang Dung's works.

The nickname Dung Crazy is associated with Nguyen Quang Dung because of his seemingly crazy ideas in his youth. However, those unique things have helped him achieve what he has today, a brilliant success that is hard to match. Besides being a film director and producer, Nguyen Quang Dung is also trusted to be invited to the ho.t seat of famous TV shows such as: Vietnam Idol, Perfect Version, Super Intelligence Vietnam, TikTok 2021 - Precious Moments, ..

Unlike other directors, Nguyen Quang Dung is not very interested in marriage. The male director once humorously shared with the media: "One day, I met my close friend, and she suddenly asked me if I was going to get married. I said no, I was afraid of making her suffer. But this is my real thought. She asked me if I was going to have children and I replied that the world is too crowded. We don't necessarily have to create another person and we don't know what will happen. If possible, we should do something good with what we have, like helping our siblings take care of their grandchildren, or sharing with children in need."

Although marriage and family are not important, the love life of this director born in 1979 is extremely rich. Nguyen Quang Dung said that he has dated 5 girls named T. Moreover, many people also speculate about his feelings for beauties such as: Supermodel Thanh Hang, singer Minh Thu, female dancesport champion Khanh Thi,... Although he denied it, Nguyen Quang Dung and these beauties all had intimate words and actions for each other.

In the program, director Nguyen Quang Dung said that during his childhood, he had problems like many other children such as being bored with studying, dropping out of school, playing too much... But every time something big happened, his father kept a calm attitude, never scolding or blaming.

One time he was bored with studying, dropped out of school and the teacher called his parents. Then his father called him out to talk like two men, asked him the reason and talked with him. That made director Nguyen Quang Dung clearly feel his father's love and desire to bring him back to good things.

Writer Nguyen Quang Sang's attitude also helped him understand many things after he grew up. According to him, in life, everyone has times when they feel like they are being shaken. Therefore, it is very necessary to have groups of relatives, so that one person can pull the other person together to help each other balance. These can be family members or close friends.

Nguyen Quang Dung said that in his career, he has worked with 2 companies and one of them has produced 11 or 12 films since his first work. Among them, 2 films were not successful. But when working together for a long time, how you treat each other and yourself after success or failure is very important.

"I also work with many stars. After they become successful, they demand to change their crew and only listen to those who agree with them. I notice that stars who have long-term fame are often sober. They know when to meet people who give them the right love. Therefore, I find that in life, having someone who loves you and believes that their love for you is right is very important."

Tran Thanh received a disappointing ending, invested in 2 films but went empty-handed at the Vietnam Film Festival, the head of the judges clearly stated the reason. Bảo Nam13:23:22 27/11/2023The film Southern Forest Land, directed by Nguyen Quang Dung, premiered from October 13 to November 25, reaching nearly 140 billion VND in revenue (according to Box Office Vietnam), but still had nothing at the Vietnam Film Festival.