Quang Dung: The billion-dollar director who changed his career to 'food blogger', fans praise him to the core

Born into an artistic family, it is no surprise that Nguyen Quang Dung is so talented. He brings humane stories through the storytelling style of a filmmaker.

Nguyen Quang Dung, also known as "Crazy Dung", was born on December 18, 1978. He 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's film works have all successfully conveyed meaningful messages and brought in huge revenues, typically: Nu hon than chet, My nhan ke, Em la ba noi cua anh, Tiec trang mau, Da co hoai lang, Em va Trinh.

Nguyen Quang Dung was born and raised in Saigon, 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 boy Nguyen Quang Dung.

Although he is the son of a famous writer, Nguyen Quang Dung's academic performance is not good. His grades 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 Theatre and Cinema. Although he did not have any outstanding achievements during his 12 years of studying, Nguyen Quang Dung fully developed his artistic talent when he went to university 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 Award 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.

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 hot 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. 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.

Recently, food lovers everywhere are spreading the word about a "new" food blogger who is considered extremely reputable. Because many netizens have gone to eat according to this food blogger's reviews and had to nod their heads repeatedly and admit that... it's really delicious. Good news spread far and wide, the name of this food blogger continues to be spread everywhere, and his channel has also become a place that many people refer to whenever they want to find a restaurant.

Although he is a "new" food blogger, this is a very familiar name, because he is a famous director with many films such as Nu hon than chet, My nhan ke, Thang nam ruc ro, Tiec trang mau, Giac mo cua me, Em va Trinh, Trinh Cong Son... And no one is a stranger, he is director Nguyen Quang Dung.

Unlike many other food bloggers, instead of reviewing one restaurant per video, on Nguyen Quang Dung's YouTube channel, each video will be a list of restaurants. He also said that his channel's audience loves this type of video that summarizes many restaurants, so he often does it that way.

Nguyen Quang Dung's way of talking and introducing food stalls is also very simple. But his videos still impress viewers with his slow but very emotional way of talking and creating a sense of closeness.

Each food blogger has a unique feature to attract and retain viewers. With Nguyen Quang Dung's YouTube channel, that feature is the prestige in each review. This is also what helps him "score absolutely" and become "hot" on YouTube. Many people have tried eating according to his recommendations and confirmed that it is really delicious. Thanks to that, the YouTube channel of "food blogger Nguyen Quang Dung" has become a reputable place for people to refer to the addresses of restaurants.

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