Charlie Nguyen
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Vietnamese American
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film producer
Film producer
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, director
Film director
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, screenwriter
Screenwriter
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and martial arts
Martial arts
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action director.
Born in Saigon, Charlie Nguyen immigrated to Orange County, California
Orange County, California
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in 1982 with his family, including his brother Johnny Tri Nguyen
Johnny Tri Nguyen
Johnny Tri Nguyen is a Vietnamese American film and television actor, stunt double, and martial artist. He left Vietnam at the age of 8 with his mother, father, elder brother, and elder sister and moved to Los Angeles, CA. He is half Vietnamese and half Chinese, with his mother being...
. Charlie fell in love with martial arts movies and began his career by making action short films. In 1992, Charlie Nguyen started his own production company, Cinema Pictures. His first feature, 18th King Hùng Vương
Hung Vuong
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, was independently funded and set the tone for the kind of films he would continue to make, infused with Vietnamese history, martial arts and drama.
A former student from the University of California Los Angeles film extension program, Nguyen has produced and directed many music videos, live concerts and documentaries. His other film credits include the romantic comedy Chances Are, the drama Finding Madison and his most ambitious project, The Rebel
The Rebel (2007 Vietnamese film)
The Rebel is a 2007 Vietnamese martial arts film directed by Charlie Nguyen and starring Johnny Tri Nguyen and Dustin Nguyen. It premiered on April 12, 2007 at the Vietnamese International Film Festival in Irvine, California...
, which was picked up for distribution by The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company
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, won audiences and grand jury awards at film festivals and broke box office records in Vietnam. His latest film, Fool For Love, is a huge hit in Vietnam. Charlie is married to Diane Nguyen, co-founder of SnapJack and is father to the karate girl, Jasmine Nguyen