{{short description|American filmmaker}} '''Ringo Le''' ('''Lê Quang Vinh''')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-02-27 |title=Giải Cánh diều vàng 2007: Hứa hẹn những đổi mới |url=https://nhandan.vn/post-487739.html |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Báo Nhân Dân điện tử |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Chuyện tình Sài Gòn (Saigon Love Story) - bộ phim hứa hẹn nhiều khám phá mới |url=https://toquoc.vn/chuyen-tinh-sai-gon-saigon-love-story-bo-phim-hua-hen-nhieu-kham-pha-moi-99218805.htm |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Tổ Quốc news |language=vi}}</ref> is an American filmmaker who is of Vietnamese descent. Ringo is a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles. After college, he was selected as a fellow to participate in the Film Independent Project:Involve film mentorship program. He has also participated in the CBS Director's Program at CBS Television City in Los Angeles.
Le directed the film Saigon Love Story, which was nominated for the Winds of Asia-Best New Asian Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2006. The film was an official selection at the Shanghai International Film Festival 2006. In addition, Saigon Love Story had a highly acclaimed, sold-out screening at VC FilmFest 2006. In 2013 he wrote, directed and produced Big Gay Love, which starred Jonathan Lisecki and Nicholas Brendon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2573206/|title = Big Gay Love (2013)| website=IMDb }}</ref> Le is currently writing a script on the struggles of opening a restaurant in the local industry and is in the works on producing a film in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/p/2015/07/30/madame-tam-asian-bistro-shutters-in-downtown-palo-alto|title = Madame Tam Asian Bistro shutters in downtown Palo Alto | Peninsula Foodist | Elena Kadvany | Palo Alto Online |}}</ref>
In 2022, he wrote, directed and starred in his feature ''My Vietnam''.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Vietnam |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17499930/reference/ |website=IMDB.com |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Film !Director !Writer !Producer !Note |- |2006 | ''Saigon Love Story'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | 2013 | ''Big Gay Love'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | |''My Vietnam'' |Yes |Yes |No |}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|3731151}} *[http://www.sea-globe.com/life-a-style/159-final-question/303-ringo-le?75d287cb1b4da16dc9c91f4ef35802e5=8d816c607838d2873ad64b45486f7a61 SEA-Globe: Ringo Le] *[http://bnmagazine.com/article_detail.php?art_id=252 Ringo Le, Filmmaker of Saigon Love Story] *[http://www.vconline.org/ff06/prog_17.html VC FILMFEST 2006]
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