A1 Tin Maung was a two-time Burmese Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer.

Biography

Tin Maung was born in Pyay

Pyay

Pyay is a town in the Bago Division in Burma. It has an estimated population of 123,800 . Pyay is positioned on the Ayeyarwady River and is northwest of Yangon....

, a small town in Lower Burma during the British colonial rule. The youngest brother of Nyi Pu

Nyi Pu

Nyi Pu was a Burmese actor and film director. He was the first film actor in Burmese cinema. His youngest brother was Tin Maung, an accomplished film director.-Biography:...

, a famous Burmese actor of early Burmese cinema, Tin Maung began his film career at age 10, in 1923, appearing in Taw Myaing Zon Ga Lwan Aung Phan. In 1934, while enrolled in Rangoon University, Tin Maung joined the A1 Film Company–the preeminent film studio of the time to appear in the film Mya Ganaing. He quickly became known as A1 Tin Maung, one of the studio's stable of stars.

In 1937, Tin Maung directed Aung Thabyay about the final days of King Thibaw

Thibaw Min

Thibaw Min was the last king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma . His reign ended when Burma was defeated by the forces of the British Empire in the Third Anglo-Burmese War, on 29 November 1885, prior to its official annexation on 1 January 1886....

, Burma's last monarch, who died an embittered man in exile in India. However, few Burmese got to see it initially, as the colonial government did not allow to the movie to play at theaters. In 1942, during World War II, Tin Maung enlisted in the Burma Independence Army to fight against the British colonialists.

After the war, Tin Maung returned to a film career at A1, increasingly focused on directing. He visited several Asian countries (Indonesia in 1950, India in 1954 and Japan in 1955) to learn directing and film production techniques. He won the Burmese Academy Award for best actor with the 1953 film Yadanabon

Yadanabon

Yadanabon is a name of Mandalay, and may refer to:* Mandalay, Myanmar* Mandalay Gazette, a monthly journal published in Los Angeles, California* Yadanabon Cyber City, an ICT park near Mandalay...

. He also won another academy award for best director with Ko Ye, Toe Ye, Soe Soe Ye in 1967. Tin Maung was chairman of the Film Council (later, Myanmar Motion Picture Organization

Myanmar Motion Picture Organization

Myanmar Motion Picture Organization is the official non-profit organization for the Cinema of Burma. It was established on March 8, 1946.-Patron of Myanmar Motion Picture Organization:*Bokalay U Tin Aung, Musician and Opera Professional...

) from 1964 to 1966.

Tin Maung was married to Tin Tin, and had six children. He lived in Yangon and died on 4 October 2000.

Filmography

• Mya Ganaing (1934)
• Ta Lane Nit Lane
• Chit Ta Mya
• Aung Thabyay (1937)
• Chit Yay Sin
  Chit Yay Sin
  Chit Yay Sin is a 1940 Burmese film.-Cast:*Tin Maung*May Shin*Yin Shwe*Tha Kone*Aung Gyi*Po Taung*Gym Sein*Ba Shin*Yoo Gyi*Sai Ta Maw...
  
   (1940)
• Chit Sa Noe
• Min Kaba Le
• bar ma hti
• Chain Tan Pyi
• Chit Thet Wai (1952)
• Hpuza Shin
• Pyo Do Maung
• bhain Ma tar ya
• Nit Mwar A Theal
• Moe Nya Einmet Phyu
• thu ka Lae chit ya mae
• ta man kyar
• Zarti Thway
• Zin Ma so taw main ka lay
• Chit Myay
• Po Pyon Cho (1955)
• Chit Mone Man
• Yout Sein
• Gone Ye Ma Thu
• Myay De Thitsa
• Latt Oo Sayar
• Po Hnin Phyu
• Yin We Khin Twe Zaw Lay Ye
• a kyaw a mar
• Yadanabon (1953)
• Ko Ye, Toe Ye, Soe Soe Ye (1967)