Aung Lwin ( ; born 23 October 1935) is a
Myanmar Academy Award winning
Burmese actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
and director, having made his film debut in 1957.
Early life and career
Aung Lwin was born on
Sittwe
Sittwe (, ), formerly Akyab (), is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2019 the cit ...
,
Rakhine State
Rakhine State ( ; , ; ), formerly known as Arakan State, is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Re ...
, Myanmar. His parents are of ethnic
Rakhine, U Aung Kyaw Zan and Daw Kywe. He also studied at No.3, Basic Education High School, Botahtaung for about five years. He made his film debut in 1957 and starred in the 2004 film ''
Naug Ma Kja Kyay''. He also directed the Myanmar film ''
Moe Goke Set Wyne Ko Kyaw Lun Yeuh'' (''Beyond the Horizon''). He is the board member of
Myanmar Academy Awards selection committee of the
Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation
Myanmar Motion Picture Organization is the official non-profit organisation for the Cinema of Burma. It was established on 8 March 1946.
Patron of Myanmar Motion Picture Organisation
* Bogalay Tint Aung, Musician and Opera Professional
* Maung ...
. He resigned from the
Myanmar Academy Awards selection committee in July 2014.
When he acts as a director, he uses the name "San Shwe Maung". Nowaday, He is the manager of the archive, spearheading the movement to preserve these important artefacts. He is usually star with another Rakhine actor
Nay Toe
Nay Toe (; ; born Nay Lin Aung (; ; on 9 September 1981) is a Rakhine people, Rakhine film actor and comedian with the Anyeint, Burmese traditional anyeint troupe ''Htawara Hninzi''. He won Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for Best Actor ...
in some of his films.
Filmography
*
Tein Hlwar Moht Moht Lwin (1967)
*
Kyaukme A Kyin Thar (1969)
*
Hmone Shwe Yee
''Hmone Shwe Yee'' (, ), is a 1970 Burmese black-and-white drama film starring Win Oo, Khin Than Nu and Aung Lwin. The film won the Best Picture Award and Win Oo won the Best Actor Award in 1970 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.
The film ...
(1970)
*
Moe Nya Einmet Myu (2009)
*
A Tway (1962)
*
Nge Kywan Swe (1968)
* Naw Kue Ma (1974)
*
Beyond the Horizon (director)
*
Nay Kyauk Khae (1983)
*
Nauk Ma Kya Kyay
* Hatred in The Wind (2010)
* Pin Lay Yay Kan Nwe Mar Kan (2010)
* A Mhway Sein (2011)
* A Mhone Lwan Thaw (2011)
* Ko Lu Pyo Gee & Juliet (2011)
* Country's famous actress husband (2012)
* Tha Ye Tacay Shi Lar (2013)
* Wife's Relative (2014)
* Pan Pyu Sa Tay Nya (2014)
* Online Ghost (2015)
*
Kingdom of Mrauk U
The Kingdom of Mrauk-U (Arakanese language, Arakanese: မြောက်ဦး ဘုရင့်နိုင်ငံတော်) was a kingdom that existed on the Arakan coastal plain from 1429 to 1785. Based in the capital Mrauk-U, near t ...
Opera (2016)
* Mhway Chet Chet Tay Myer Nay Tay (2018)
* Nhay Par Thwar Update (2019)
* Problem (2019)
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Longing with Love (2020)
References
Burmese male film actors
1935 births
Living people
People from Rakhine State
Burmese film directors
20th-century Burmese male actors
21st-century Burmese male actors
Rakhine people
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