{{short description|American film director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Nadine Truong | image = | birth_place = [[Germany]] | education = [[University of California, Los Angeles]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[AFI Conservatory]] ([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]) | occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]] | children = 2<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CSfwy4xny3P/?hl=en</ref> }} '''Nadine Truong''' is a director, writer and photographer. She received her [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in directing from the [[American Film Institute Conservatory]].
==Short films== Her directorial credits include ''Chopsticks'' (which was premiered at the 2007 Vietnamese International Film Festival), ''The Muse'' (a dramatic short produced under the [[Visual Communications (VC)|Visual Communications]]' "Armed with a Camera" Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists) which was also screened at the [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]] and which was nominated for the VC Golden Reel Award for Best Narrative Short Film, ''One Never Knows'', ''Mine'', ''Sushi'', ''Eggbaby'' (2009), ''Shadow Man'' (2009) and ''Initiation'' (2009), which stars [[David Lee McInnis]], Christopher Dinh, [[Tim Chiou]], [[Kathy Uyen]] and Jerry Ying.<ref name=selfPR>{{cite web |title=Nadine Truong, Screenwriter, Director, Author |url=http://www.nadinetruong.com |publisher=Nadine Truong}}</ref><ref name=IMDB>{{cite web |title=Nadine Truong Bio |website=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2854935/bio}}</ref>
Truong is the recipient of The George C. Lin Emerging Filmmaker Award from the [[San Diego Asian Film Festival]] in 2010, for her short films ''Shadow Man'' and ''Eggbaby'',<ref>{{cite web |publisher=The George C. Lin Foundation |title=Congratulations to Nadine Truong |url=https://georgelinfund.blogspot.com/2010/10/congratulations-to-nadine-truong.html}}<br>- {{cite web |publisher=SDAFF |title=Previous Award Winners |url=http://sdaff.org/festival/winners.php}}</ref> and a recipient of a Visual Communications "Armed With A Camera" Fellowship for Emerging Media Artists in 2007, which she used to create the short film ''The Muse''.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=AWC |title=Alumni & Projects, Class of 2007 |url=http://www.vconline.org/alpha/cms/index.cfm/programs/artist-services/armed-with-a-camera-fellowship/awc-alumni/ |accessdate=2013-01-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604092530/http://www.vconline.org/alpha/cms/index.cfm/programs/artist-services/armed-with-a-camera-fellowship/awc-alumni/ |archivedate=June 4, 2012 }}</ref> Truong also received a Mary Pickford Scholarship for Excellence in Directing from [[The American Film Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=AAIFF |date=2013 |title=Where are the Women in Film, Nadine Truong Bio |url=http://www.asiancinevision.org/aaiff13panel/}}</ref>
==Feature films== ===''Someone I Used to Know''=== Truong directed her first feature film in 2012 previously titled ''nightdreamblues'' but was re-titled ''Someone I Used to Know'', written by West Liang, and starring [[Brian Yang (producer)|Brian Yang]], Eddie Mui, Emily Chang, West Liang, [[Tzi Ma]] and [[Diana Lee Inosanto]].<ref>{{cite web |website=Someone I Used to Know |title=Principal Crew |url=http://someoneiusedtoknowmovie.com/siteFrames/castcrewFrame.html}}</ref> The film was premiered at the 2013 CAAMFest, formerly known as the [[San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival]], and was described as "a bittersweet drama" that is "a new-millennium remix of such classic eighties' ensemble dramas as ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' and ''[[St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire]]''."<ref>{{cite web |title=Someone I Used to Know |publisher=CAAMFest |url=http://caamfest.com/2013/films/someone-i-used-to-know/}}</ref> It was also screened at the 2013 [[Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival]] and the 2013 [[Asian American International Film Festival]] in New York City, drawing further comparisons to the films ''[[Less than Zero (film)|Less than Zero]]'', ''[[The Anniversary Party]]'' and ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Someone I Used to Know |publisher=LAAPFF |date=2013 |url=http://laapff.festpro.com/films/detail/someone_i_used_to_know_2013}}</ref>
===''Senior Project''=== In 2013, Truong directed a feature film entitled ''[[Senior Project (film)|Senior Project]]'', written by a 16-year-old Hong Kong high school student named Jeremy Lin (not the basketball player).<ref>{{cite news |author=Dave McNary |title='Switched at Birth' Star Vanessa Marano On 'Senior Project' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/switched-at-birth-star-vanessa-marano-on-senior-project-exclusive-1200661091/}}<br>- {{cite news |author=Patrick Frater |title='Senior Project' to Graduate This Fall |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/senior-project-to-graduate-this-fall-1200565807/}}<br>- {{cite web |title=Logan Marshall-Green Joins 'Madame Bovary'; 'Senior Project' Adds Sterling Beaumon |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 2013 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/logan-marshall-green-madame-bovary-senior-project-sterling-beaumon-600247/}}</ref> Fabienne Wen and her daughter Ellie Wen (who wrote and produced [[Quentin Lee]]'s ''[[White Frog]]'') produced the film through their banner Itsy Bitsy Productions, along with [[Stephane Gauger]] (''[[Saigon Electric]]'') and Yaron Kaplan.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Itsby Bitsy Film LLC |title=Projects |url=http://itsybitsyfilmllc.com/Projects.html}}</ref> The film stars [[Ryan Potter]] (who plays the main character, Mike Fukanaga on [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Supah Ninjas]]'') as the primary protagonist, "Peter", [[Vanessa Marano]] ([[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]]'s ''[[Switched at Birth (TV series)|Switched at Birth]]'') as "Sam", [[Meaghan Martin]] (the main character, Jo, in ''[[Mean Girls 2]]'', ABC's ''[[10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)|10 Things I Hate About You]]'') as "Natalia", [[Sterling Beaumon]] (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', ''[[Red Widow (TV series)|Red Widow]]'') as "Spencer", [[Kyle Massey]] (''[[That's So Raven]]'', ''[[Cory in the House]]'') as "Andy", the ''YouTube'' star [[Lana McKissack]] as "Jill" and the stand-up comedian and actor [[Margaret Cho]] as "Ms. Ghetty".<ref>{{cite web |author=Thomas Commonwealth |title=VANESSA MARANO PUTS A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO HER "SENIOR PROJECT" |website=The Tracking Board |url=http://www.tracking-board.com/vanessa-marano-puts-a-lot-of-thought-into-her-senior-project/}}<br>- {{cite web |title=Logan Marshall-Green Joins 'Madame Bovary'; 'Senior Project' Adds Sterling Beaumon |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=October 2013 |url=https://deadline.com/2013/09/logan-marshall-green-madame-bovary-senior-project-sterling-beaumon-600247/}}</ref>
===''I Can I Will I Did''=== In 2017, Truong wrote and directed the feature film ''I Can I Will I Did'' about a depressed foster youth named Ben ([[Mike Faist]] of ''Challengers, Westside Story, Dear Evan Hansen'') who is bullied and, as a result, eventually is in a car accident. His recovery process is slow, until he meets Adrienne, a fellow patient at the hospital who breathes hope into his life and introduces him to her grandfather, taekwondo master Kang (Ik Jo Kang). Kang not only teaches him how to walk and has him back on his feet, but also how to take charge of his own life. Ik Jo Kang is also a taekwondo master in real-life. The film won an Audience Award at the 2017 [[Asian American International Film Festival]] and also Best Feature and Best Supporting Actress ([[Selenis Leyva]]) at the 2017 Sunscreen Film Festival.<ref name=selfPR/>
==Background== Truong was born in Germany and now{{when|date=April 2023}} lives in Los Angeles.<ref name=selfPR/><ref name=IMDB/> She received a B.A. degree in [[anthropology]] from [[UCLA]] and a MFA in directing at the [[American Film Institute]].<ref>''Id.''</ref> Truong is married to the actor and producer [[Brian Yang (producer)|Brian Yang]].
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|2854935}} *[http://someoneiusedtoknowmovie.com/index_main.html Someone I Used to Know Official Page] *[http://www.nadinetruong.com/ Nadine Truong's Official Site] *[http://www.nadinetruong.com/ Nadine Truong's Blog] *[https://vimeo.com/user7276954 Nadine Truong on Vimeo] *[http://www.alivenotdead.com/nadinetruong Nadine Truong on Alive Not Dead] *[http://www.asiansonfilm.com/2011/06/nadine-truong-interview-delving-deep-creating-moments-and-guiding-the-process/ Nadine Truong on Asians on Film: Delving Deep, Creating Moments and Guiding the Process]
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