{{Short description|Vietnamese-American filmmaker}} thumb|Hàm Trần in 2025 '''Ham Tran''' ({{Langx|vi|Trần Hàm}}) is a Vietnamese American filmmaker. He is of Hoa (Chinese Vietnamese) ancestry, specifically Teochew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nwasianweekly.com/2012/03/commentary-who-are-the-teochew-people-they-are-our-neighbors-and-friends/|title = COMMENTARY: Who are the Teochew people? They are our neighbors and friends|date = 23 March 2012}}</ref>
He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School and is most famous for his thesis film ''The Anniversary'', which was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film.
His most recent effort is the feature film ''How to Fight in Six Inch Heels'' which had its U.S. premiere on 13 March 2014 at CAAMFest in San Francisco. Tran also directed the full-length Vietnamese boat people and re-education camp drama, ''Journey From the Fall'', which was picked up in North America by ImaginAsian Pictures and released nationally on March 23, 2007.
In 2009, Tran received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Vilcek Foundation -|url = http://www.vilcek.org/news/press-release/vf-announces-prize-recipients.html|website = www.vilcek.org|accessdate = 2015-11-12}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Director === *''The Prescription'' (short film) *''Pomegranate'' (short film) *2004 - ''The Anniversary'' *2006 - ''Journey From the Fall'' *2013 - ''How to Fight in Six Inch Heels'' *2014 - ''Hollow''<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/hollow-fills-vietnam-cinemas|title= Hollow fills Vietnam cinemas|author= Stephen Cremin|date= 22 July 2014|accessdate= 24 July 2014|work= Film Business Asia}}</ref> *2016 - ''Bitcoin Heist'' *2017 - ''She's the Boss'' *2022 - ''Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy'' *2024 - ''Missing Eve Of Tet'' *2025 - ''Hijacked''
=== Executive producer === *2007 - ''Owl and the Sparrow''
=== Cinematographer and editor === *2007 - ''Oh, Saigon'' *2007 - ''The Rebel''
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1519363}}
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