Othello Khanh

Othello Khanh (born October 22, 1964 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France

France

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) is a French-Vietnamese film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

. Khanh began his career in France in the early 1980s, Khanh directing television programmes and advertisements.

Following his desire to become more involved in 'meaningful' films, in 1993 he moved to Southern California and then Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 where he independently produced and directed http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487150/combined Corridos sin rostro,] a documentary film about the Zapatista Army of National Liberation

Zapatista Army of National Liberation

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico....

 uprising in Southern Mexico.

In 1995, Khanh returned to his roots in Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

 where he is the co-founder of the production company Créa TV, which focuses on documentaries and commercials. Khanh has made steps towards entering the Vietnamese feature film industry.

Khanh wrote the screenplay for Saigon Eclipse

Saigon Eclipse

Saigon Eclipse is a 2007 Vietnamese film. The 90-minute film, directed by Othello Khanh and starring Dustin Nguyen, Trương Ngọc Ánh, Marjolaine Bui, Johnny Nguyen, Nhu Quyen, Daniel You, Edmund Chen, and Joseph Chen Tseng, is based on Nguyen Du's epic poem, The Story of Kieu.-Plot summary:The...

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In 2011 Khanh came back to Mexico where he wrote, produced and directed "Florence Cassez, l'ultime recours" broadcasted on French public network France 5. This 52 minutes documentary explores new leads proving the innocence of french woman Florence Cassez

Florence Cassez

Florence Marie Louise Cassez Crepin is a French woman convicted in Mexico of belonging to the kidnapping gang Los Zodiaco . She is currently serving a 60-year sentence for the crimes of kidnapping, organized crime, and illegal possession of firearms...

sentenced to 60 years prison in Mexico.