DUC NGUYEN
FILMMAKER
BIOGRAPHY
An Emmy Award winner, Duc Nguyen’s documentaries cover the subjects of home, immigration, war, conflict history and reconciliation. His work includes, Bolinao 52, winner of 2 Northern California Regional Emmy Awards in 2009 for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary and Outstanding Music Composition. Stateless, his second feature documentary won an Audience Choice Award as well as a Spotlight Award in 2013 at the Vietnamese International Film Festival. In 2017, Duc produced, directed and edited his third installment for the Vietnamese boat people trilogy, Nothing Left to Lose. In 2022, he edited and post coordinated for On Demand Korea original series Asian Inspirations. Currently, he is working on several multimedia projects including a documentary about a baby that was born on the MS Truong Xuan, the last ship that left Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and a digital history website documenting the refugee experience in Southeast Asia. Duc Nguyen is the founder and owner of a multimedia company, Right Here in My Pocket.